Jail for standing up to drug dealer

correct sentence in my opinion.

he flushed drugs away, drugs become less available, pushes prices up, people turn to more crime to fund higher priced drugs.

next.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by keithd

correct sentence in my opinion.

he flushed drugs away, drugs become less available, pushes prices up, people turn to more crime to fund higher priced drugs.

next.

Quality as always!

An inevitable consequence of a society with a failed legal system. Sometimes I think The League of Shadows in Batman Begins had the right idea...

I don't agree with taking the law into you're own hands but I can understand why someone would do it. I'm sure I would in certain circumstances. The fact that people feel that the police/government/legal system will not do anything is the important issue. We all see/hear about/experience crime at some point and the authorities seem to do very little about it.

[timwilky]

Vigilante justice is usually quicker, cheaper and more effective than the legitimate injustice system.

Victims (and the family of the user are) do not see the system working on their behalf and it is more akin to a job protection system for the legal/law professional.

By reclaiming morel law and the need to see transgressors adequately punished you are potentially doing these professionals out of a job. No wonder they were keen to protect themselves from a more efficient system.

That aside, It was nice to see my local family of scroats turn from burglary to drug dealing. The local drug dealer protected his job and ensured we had no local scroats with his own version of vigilante justice and a pick axe shaft.

[Mr Speirs]

I don't understand what crime he committed??? Can someone please tell me what crime he committed?

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

I don't understand what crime he committed??? Can someone please tell me what crime he committed?

He barged in and forcibly took drugs from dealer, then flushed them down loo. This was a 'breach of the peace'.

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

I don't understand what crime he committed??? Can someone please tell me what crime he committed?

I suspect this:

However, Sheriff Robert McCreadie ignored the plea for mercy and said: "If you were concerned about matters you should contact the police, not enter a house and threaten to kill someone. You can't take matters into your own hands the way you did."

... had something to do with it.

[yorkie_chris]

Dunno, I've always thought if you are commiting a crime, then you are outside the law. E.g I should be able to kick the living $hit out of any burglars in my house... someone threatens to kill some slag of a dealer, unlucky.

His mistake was admitting to it afterwards... you don't get prosecuted on what you do, you get prosecuted on what you say afterwards.
Should have tried "I went there to buy some, but we disagreed on price, so I flushed his stash down the bog". (I swear to tell the truth, the half truth, and nothing like the truth)

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

I don't understand what crime he committed??? Can someone please tell me what crime he committed?

Breaking and entering and threatening behaviour.