Yet they can still be effective:
A Dollar General store in California could be on the hook for a substantial sum of money after an employee appears to have flouted the state’s monopoly on violence by going after an accused shoplifter on her own – and hitting him with her car.
Remember your Ralph Waldo Emerson:
If the law is too mild, private vengeance comes in.
Let the Myrmidons of the Omnipotent State take note.
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I laughed when reading the legal-mouth opining “That should never be permitted in a civilized society.” She should be subjected to hearing, over and over again: “Well, it’s no longer civilized thanks to all the legal slimeballs who preceded you.“
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They should have read Hosea. They have sown the wind. Now the whirlwind is upon them, and they don’t like it.
The criminal justice system is there to protect criminals from the righteous fury of their victims. I’ve heard that prioins aren’t there to keep criminals in, they’re there to keep us out.
While we are transitioning from this time when criminals have more rights than citizens, be sure to remember this simple rule: Don’t get caught.