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Originally Posted by Amnesia620
However, when it comes to my safety (nevermind the fact that I recently experienced a robbery in my previous home WHILE I was sleeping) I will happily take what safety and protection I can get.
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Of course, you absolutely have a right to protect yourself from people hurting you or your loved ones. But nothing in his story should have caused a reasonable person to fear for his life. Reading his story in the light most favourable to his actions AT WORST there was a slight risk to the property of the management company, and only very weak evidence to support even that assumption.
Protecting yourself and neighbors is a noble goal. Calling out the cops to harrass people based on suburban suspicion of strangers is bullshit.
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Originally Posted by Amnesia620
Most of the time they drop the charges (oooh, BIG misdemeanor charge of "trespassing") and also it's an opportunity for the man to find a shelter to stay in, sources and programs that MAY be able to assist him in any area of help he may need to get back on his feet...
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I see, you must not be from America. Here the goal of our criminal justice system is punishment, not rehabilitation.
And I'm not trying to indict the police here, they did their job after being called out by a paranoid neighbor. In fact, they were taken away from possibly more pressing duties to investigate this situation. The police should only be called in serious situations, not every time somebody feels like it.