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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Couple things -- I'm not DEFENDING the perpetrator's actions, but I certainly think that any civil damages would have to be associated to the store owners' behaviors as well.
Please clarify your point, because this is precisely vigilante justice in my book. Since the perpetrator never actually left the store with the goods, he hadn't stolen anything. He could easily defend walking around in the store with the goods. There's a reason that retail stores can't stop you until you LEAVE the store (in most jurisidictions). Until then, you haven't stolen anything!
Furthermore, he was attempting to subdue/detain/harm the perpetrator, which is what LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS are for. Since you obviously think you know what vigilante means more than I do...
They acted in this manner because they thought the police wouldn't get there in time, and had to lock the (percieved) criminal inside. That's vigilante justice.
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lmfao! Are you kidding me dude??
What if the guy had said he was sorry and went back to the owners and handed them the jewels? You really think the cops would have let him go because he wasn't out of the store yet?? Lots of convenience stores have a locking feature on their doors in order to trap would be thieves inside the store. The only thing different in this case is the stupidity of the store owners for not having a protective barrier between them and the enraged thief.
Your definition of vigilante justice was contradicted by the very source you quoted. They did not "mete out justice" to the thief. They trapped him so that he could be detained by law enforcement and then tried in the legal system. Where a JUDGE would "mete out justice." Is that so hard to understand?
Here's an example of vigilante justice to help you understand if you still don't get it:
Man beats wife.
Brother of woman shoots husband in the face.
He took the law into his own hands and sentenced the husband to death. The robbery case would be like the brother walking in on the husband beating his wife and the brother tying the husband up and calling the cops. They were only facilitating the law.
Man am I glad you're not a lawyer or a judge.