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Crime and punishment
Two interesting local cases.
Yesterday, police got called to one of the Max stations after a report that a boy had stabbed someone. When they got there, they found the 13-year-old boy, and the 32-year-old man he'd stabbed.
But after interviewing witnesses, and checking surveillance video, they let the kid go and arrested the man.
You see, the man had punched the kid and tried to choke him. The kid had then pulled a knife and told the guy he'd stab him if he tried it again. The man did. And the kid did.
The man claimed in court that he didn't do anything wrong and his lawyer has entered a not guilty plea.
Then, today, some dimwit trued to rob a gun store. With a baseball bat. He smashed a case and took a gun. Then the store owner pulled out his *loaded* gun and held the guy at gunpoint until the cops got there.
Yesterday, police got called to one of the Max stations after a report that a boy had stabbed someone. When they got there, they found the 13-year-old boy, and the 32-year-old man he'd stabbed.
But after interviewing witnesses, and checking surveillance video, they let the kid go and arrested the man.
You see, the man had punched the kid and tried to choke him. The kid had then pulled a knife and told the guy he'd stab him if he tried it again. The man did. And the kid did.
The man claimed in court that he didn't do anything wrong and his lawyer has entered a not guilty plea.
Then, today, some dimwit trued to rob a gun store. With a baseball bat. He smashed a case and took a gun. Then the store owner pulled out his *loaded* gun and held the guy at gunpoint until the cops got there.
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Sometimes it seems like the average IQ on this planet has dropped 30 points since I graduated college...