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But it’s not supposed to happen here
Posted on July 21, 2004 | Filed Under Rants
Does everyone think their community is safe or is everyone aware of the inherent dangers that surround them on a daily basis? I tend to think my community is safe, free from the dangers and violence that plague some places.
While on vacation this week my wife and I read the newspaper and saw one night there were three robberies, one that ended in the death of a 49 year old man. All three of these incidents happened within a couple of miles of our house. The perpetrators were all teenagers.
In the first case a 17-year-old girl was robbed by two teenage girls who kicked and beat her, but she escaped relatively unscathed. In The second robbery a 20-something man was robbed by the same two teenage girls, but this time they were accompanied by 10 teenage guys — this man also escaped without major injury.
Later that night, however, the third robbery victim also became a murder victim. The teenagers apparently not satisfied with simply robbing the man beat him to death as he exited a local pub. Police found him unconscious in the parking lot — he died the next day.
This is the type of stuff we read about happening all the time, but it’s not supposed to happen here. Our little corner of the world is growing up and I don’t think I like where we’re heading.
Because of the ridiculous laws, the teenagers cannot be named and will probably get no more than a slap on the wrist, leaving them free to do it all again.
I hate to see things like this happen, but I hate it more that we can’t do anything about it!
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