If he has video he goes to the courts. When we start winking at an old man for shooting a 13 year old kid because he bleieves the kid stole his stuff, we have indeed gone into the dark side of lawlessness which is the favored realm of thugs and criminals, and perhaps Mr. Spooner’s neighbors. Who knows? If he caught someone inside robbing him, well that’s a whole nother story. Drop them with extreme prejudice is my motto.
I have personal experience with good neighborhoods going bad. My neighbors were old.....twice my age, and the homes were brick, well kept and owned by mostly veterans or their widows. NICE homes. After 8 years in that community, the writing was on the wall, section 8 apartments, sleazy duplexes, and very scary people walking the streets at night. We had been surrounded in the fields that I used to walk my dog in..... I sold that house for a $30,000 loss, just to get out. That was 10 years ago.....now driving through that neighborhood....well, it's dangerous. Some people believe their home is their castle....others belieive it's easy pickings....
And when neither the courts, the prosecutors, nor the police have any interest in the plight of an old white guy, then what?