UK: victim of burglary arrested?
Did anyone else catch this story? A man awoke in the middle of the night to find his house being burgled. He confronted the intruder and backed him towards the bedroom window. The burglar attempted to escape by climbing through the window - and fell. Now the VICTIM - the man whose house it is - has been arrested!
Do you agree that this is absurd? What do those of you from other countries think?!
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This is absurd, regardless of the circumstances. If you have broken into another person's house, your evil intent is obvious. Therefor, you should rightly be in fear what the householder can do to you in defense of their family. I have heard of all the insipid arguments about "what is more important? A human life or your stuff" (ofter posed by people who think abortion is a "right". WHere is their concern for human life in THAT case?). It is not about stuff, it is about an intruder who may, and most likely will, do harm to you and your family and guests. You have a right and an obligation to defend your family and houseguests from intruders, and if the intruder is stupid enough to defenestrate themselves, that is their problem.
I know why this defender of his home was arrested, it was because the government hacks saw what he did as a challenge to their power. My question is: if the government hacks think he should have let the authorities handle the intrusion, where the hell WERE the authorities when this intruder was threatening this guy's household? Was he supposed to tell the intruder "just wait here a moment while I nip down to the donut shop and get some police"? The police generally show up in time to clean up the blood of the victims and file reports. When it comes to home defense, it is a do-it-yourself thing because a lot of police depts dont seem to make house calls.
From the USA: The circumstances need to be investigated, but an arrest seems excessive.
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