Why the world (Or at least Winnipeg) really does need Batman…….. An Outraged citizen’s perspective on vigilante justice.

Ok so roughly a year ago there was a story on the news a father had left his best friend to babysit his 12 year old daughter while he went out to get some more beer for a bbq. Now the only reason the father went and got the beer himself was because his friend had already had too much to drink. Upon arriving back at home he was shocked to see his best friend on top of his daughter pinning her to the couch, he was so shocked in fact the he promptly beat the living shit out of his best friend and put him in the hospital. A couple days later I was shocked to find out that the best friend was going to get a slap on the wrist because of his “diminished capacity” (he was fucking drunk it’s not like he was mentally challenged) but apparently he had a good lawyer. Whereas the father was being prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law on 1 count of attempted murder (not aggravated assault due to the circumstances but attempted murder).

Now as a new father this whole situation blew my mind, if I were to catch my best friend in the act of “raping” my daughter, (and I put raping in brackets because my best friend has made it abundantly clear that on my daughters 18^th b-day he is taking her out and getting her drunk and knowing Julian she would probably end up wanting to sleep with him………..read my blog ( http://www.timothykelley.blogspot.com ) to understand the dynamic that Julian and I share to know that this is a joke and No I do not actually think Julian will sleep with my daughter.) But if I were to catch him in the act of actually raping her I would do the exact same thing and I do not think there is a father on the planet that would tell you otherwise.

Luckily I was not the only outraged person and the jury decided it was a crime of passion, and he was given probation and anger counseling. Now although I think is better than jail but I do not think he needed any punishment whatsoever he did what any father would have done in his situation. This story totally had me advocating vigilante justice but because in my eyes justice had been served (aka the guy got beaten within an inch of his life) I was not totally upset.

This morning that all changed. At roughly 4pm yesterday out in front of the public safety building (for anyone not familiar with Winnipeg that is City Hall/Police Headquarters) there was a teenage boy accosted and robbed for everything he owned his wallet his sneakers his skateboard anything of value, the fucking kicker is that there were at least 5 police officers in the front lobby at the time who watched the whole thing happened and did not do a fucking thing, which leads me to the question why the fuck do we need them anyways. If police are more involved with putting grow ops out of business because they are growing a substance that in the next 15 years will probably be legal and taxed by the government anyways rather that the “real” crimes out there we need someone to fight for the rest of us. I am tempted myself to go buy a Batman costume and do it on my own but I am too out of shape is there anyone that will answer the call… probably not but we need it none the less.

Now just as I was about to finish this article the world decides that wait police were not stupid enough and thought I needed more fodder to convince you all so here it is. Recently(not sure of the exact date they did not say it on the news) a gentleman was walking in downtown Calgary, as he walked up to a corner and waited for the light to change he noticed the man next to him smoking crack in a pipe out in broad daylight. So rather than subjecting himself to the fumes he decided that since there was no apparent risk he would cross the street. Now a Police officer who had been standing across the street had watched him “Jaywalk” and proceeded to give the man a $250 ticket completely ignoring the man walking nonchalantly past him smoking his crack pipe. Thank you law enforcement I fell much more protected next time I get mugged remind me to call the Watchmen long before I call you piss poor excuses for law enforcement why don’t you all just take a flying fuck at a rolling donut.