Current Events > Brothers in Texas kill stepfather for sexually abusing 9-year-old sister

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I think we all understand their anger, and if they found him raping their brother, and then killed him, they might have had a argument for self defense, but you cannot beat someone to death merely because you suspect them of doing something heinous.

He has a warrant for abusing a minor...it wasn't suspected

He has a warrant for abusing a minor...it wasn't suspected

Doesn't surprise me Cyric is here.

Cyric is usually very wrong in another topic he talks about but correct here.

Cyric is usually very wrong in another topic he talks about but correct here.

No, he's really not.

He's just throwing out snide remarks and repeating the same sentence.

"Murder is murder".

Okay, if someone murders Hitler, it's still murder, what of it? Lol.

He's taking the logical, lawful route...not something a normal human being would be able to do at a moment like that.

The dude had a warrant for his arrest. If found guilty he would have been put away jfc the legal system isn't going to let these 3 off.

Doesn't surprise me Cyric is here, arguing against a child predator's death. It happens every time.

And here YOU are, pulling the same obvious strawman you were so keen on in that other topic you embarrassed yourself in.

How did that other "hero" work out for you?

On that note, what is it with you and medals? What are you, the German High Command?

To be fair, you're putting too much faith into the justice system of Texas of all places.

That's not proof that he did it. And even if they did know for a fact, it wouldn't be justification for killing him.

They were justified in killing him.

He has a warrant for abusing a minor...it wasn't suspected

You're on CE. He could get caught on video and have it streamed to the web, they'll still defend his actions or suggest ANY consequence is too harsh.

Name 1 person on this board who thinks people who commit horrific crimes should receive zero consequences

No, he's really not.

He's just throwing out snide remarks and repeating the same sentence.

"Murder is murder".

Okay, if someone murders Hitler, it's still murder, what of it? Lol.

...why are you bringing German into this? Wtf? What does being German have to do with anything?

He's just throwing out snide remarks and repeating the same sentence.

"Murder is murder".

Okay, if someone murders Hitler, it's still murder, what of it? Lol.

Okay, if someone murders Hitler, it's still murder, what of it? Lol.

There are a few, but I think they're banned or suspended atm.

Fair, next

Give em some therapy sessions and a couple months community service that gets added to credit for college

It's a reference to the iron cross being given out like cheap candy.

But on the subject of bringing up Germany:

It's extra cute you don't realise this post is a massive own-goal, by the way.

I think that would be considered an assassination.

Uh huh

And if we all decided to resort to vigilante justice society would fall apart. You do realize there was a topic with hundreds of posts here praising a father for killing a dude who allegedly raped his daughter...

And that turned out to be a lie right?

you took it as an opportunity to compare to Germany for no real reason

It's a reference to the iron cross being given out like cheap candy.

Okay, if someone murders Hitler

To be fair, you're putting too much faith into the justice system of Texas of all places.

They were justified in killing him.

You're on CE. He could get caught on video and have it streamed to the web, they'll still defend his actions or suggest ANY consequence is too harsh.

Forget morals and conscience.

I feel this is a different argument. Regardless of the quality of the justice system, we still ideally need a system.

As for 'Let the courts decide'... Have you seen how this country treats rape (Especially in a state like Texas)?

We could say that this guy would face the consequences otherwise, but we've also seen sexual abuse allegations, particularly in red states like Texas, get thrown out all the time.

Still doesn't make vigilante justice the answer, because it has failed and will continue to fail.

Vigilante justice largely exists because the system fails constantly.

There have been plenty of times where vigilante justice has at least forced us to re-evaluate and make changes to our justice system.

I would have you prove this.

While I'm not calling this false outright, I would have you provide examples.

McElroy ... met his last wife, Trena McCloud (19572012), when she was 12 years old and in eighth grade. He statutorily raped McCloud repeatedly, also burning her house down and shooting the family dog before her parents relented and agreed to their marriage. She became pregnant when she was fourteen, dropped out of school in the ninth grade, and went to live with McElroy and his third wife Alice. McElroy divorced Alice and married Trena in order to escape charges of statutory rape, to which she was the only witness. Sixteen days after Trena gave birth, both she and Alice fled to Trena's mother's and stepfather's house. According to court records, McElroy tracked them down and brought them back. He then returned to Trena's parents' home when they were away and, once again, shot the family dog and burned the house down.
In all, he was indicted 21 times but escaped conviction each time, except for the last.In 1981, McElroy was convicted of shooting and seriously injuring the town's 70-year-old grocer, Ernest "Bo" Bowenkamp.] McElroy successfully appealed the conviction and was released on bond, after which he engaged in an ongoing harassment campaign against Bowenkamp and others who were sympathetic to Bowenkamp, including the town's Church of Christ minister

In the 60s and 70s, Ken McElroy was Skidmores boogyman. He was beyond a bully, more of a self-imposed dictator who ran the town of Skidmore like his personal kingdom, literally raping and pillaging for 2 decades.
He held a legal stronghold over anyone who dared to press charges with the aid of his mob-connected lawyer, and intense harrasment campaigns, that included stalking, shootings, killing of pets, and arson. Even the police feared him.
When, after years of abuse a mob of local citizens surrounded McElroy in the center of town and fired a few fatal shots into the white trash terrorist, not one of the more than 50 witnesses would say say who pulled the trigger. To this day, every last citizen has refused to speak, and no one was ever arrested in the vigilante slaying.

All things done because of the failure of the justice system, but are any of these proven to have changed their justice system?

That was only directed to the first statement. I'm not sure you can empirically prove the second but I think logically it could and probably has.

Understandable but you're not not judge, jury, and executioner. Murder is murder; unless they were stopping him in the actual act of child molestation they don't have a case here.

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