Posted on 04/10/2006 5:02:52 AM PDT by Abathar
The article says the security guards were the ones who called 911 to get the cops to come.
However, we're probably getting beyond ourselves; the news report is short on facts; the media often screws these things up; and we're just speculating.
Politicians + Greed has always caused serious conflict in the history of mankind....that's the scary part, 'casue it's the average citizen who always pays the price.
the man, whose identity has not been released,William Jackson, nicknamed "Bill Jack".
-Eric
I guess I'm naive, but I expect more. A politician in my eyes ONLY has his word. Violate that trust and he is a worthless terd.
Even if the situation gets UGLY, I will stand by someone who also stands by his word. The importance of nation supersedes any personal political ambitions. Kerry politicizing the war (which he supported) is an example of such low life deviant behavior. That is a human without character. A man without a sole.
Who “really” believes they are doing the right thing by granting amnesty to illegal activity or not sealing up that boarder? Who really thinks this is smart? Benefits our nation in fighting crime or terrorism? Helps us keep our healthcare costs down or drugs off the streets? It’s ALL about pandering to voter blocks.
Sadly most Hispanics don’t realize that they are supporting measures that undermine their own economic position.
Smart dogs. Had no trouble telling the difference between a criminal and sheriff's deputies. This point will come in handy when the business owner is hauled into court, and accused of keeping vicious dogs.
Short cut??? This was the fenced off, locked, and guarded by pit bulls property of a business in Compton, California. Do some Googling on Compton if you're not familiar with it. It is NOT a "small town or rural area", and nobody takes a "shortcut" through other people's property. He tried to commit a crime, and he got killed in the process. This is not a problem in my book. Anybody who is jumping fences into businesses in this area is a career criminal, and an undue burden on hardworking taxpayers, who shouldn't have to pay for decades of imprisonment, public defenders, parole officers, substance abuse "treatment", and theft/destruction of their property.
So not only do you know for a fact that there is no other possible reason for the man jumping the fence, but now you know that he was not merely a criminal, but he was a "career criminal." Yeah, okay.
Perhaps you should follow the case, via local papers online, and publicly available court documents. Then you'll be able to confirm my assessment.
Deserves? Not necessarily. But the world is an imperfect place. You roll the dice and take your chances.
Wrong question. The right question is:
Is pinching some sheet metal worth risking your life? This man apparently decided yes.
What would be worth trying to find out is how long it took police to respond to the 911 call.
If it took them a relatively long time, say 15 minutes, and during that time these security guards simply stood around, listening to the man's screams and watching the dogs bite the man over and over and over until he died, doing nothing to call off the dogs, then the security guards should be prosecuted.
We are not legally allowed to kill someone solely because he crossed onto our land. This principle is not some recent liberal invention, it has been a part of our law since the earliest times.
Don't get me wrong - if I had to bet, I would bet on the odds that he hopped the fence to commit a crime. But we don't know that for certain, and there are other possibilities as well. For example, he could have been just some drunk homeless guy.
What I find unseemly is the cheering by some people, assuming this guy was a drug-dealing gang-banger with a long list of murders to his credit, when we really don't know for certain that that is in fact the case.
"Are guard dogs supposed to kill?"Not if they're properly trained.
That was brilliant.
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