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Originally Posted by Master_Shake
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.
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.
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I do agree with you on the point that Police are a resource that shouldn't be wasted/taken for granted. I do see your point on being called away from any possible emergency that would require their assistance, it would be more important.
Couldn't be more American if I tried, however, there are a lot of people who still believe that there is some good in The System...not everything is automatically negative or corrupt.
I can see your point on the fact that yes, the suspect didn't show any sign of intimidation or threat, however, since the future can't always be foretold in detail, it sounds to me like it was motivated a bit by ego, paranoia and a little bit of sleep deprivation. Hey, it happens.
Chalk it up to eliminating the "what ifs" so they could sleep better that night.