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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people’s anger about this is because it feels like they’re coming down hard on this guy, who is kind of the end of the line, but not doing anything about all the missed opportunities and failures along the way that means gangs of 12 year olds are out driving stolen cars in the night.

I trust the court and jury to decide if this was manslaughter, but aggressive vigilantes seems like a small DC problem where kids stealing and car jacking cars is a much bigger problem with a much higher body count. That’s why people are angry, because they feel like the attention is on the wrong problem, not because they want teens to be shot.

The way the mother lets herself off the hook in her quotes is insane to me. I would kill myself.

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The point is to avoid creating more aggressive vigilantes which letting this man off would encourage.

You call the police.  You stay in your home.  You don't walk outside and kill a 13 year old.  There is no way responding to this property crime by killing someone is the right answer.  The man who shot the boy knows this.  It's a shame you don't.[/quote]

He worked with youth.  He knows that his actions are not the solution.  He knows that calling the police in DC isn't a solution.  He knows there is no solution.  Just as the rest of us do.

This sentence is a deterrent.  To make sure that everyone knows there is no solution.  [/quote]

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