yeti
Well-Known Member
disney should've kicked the gunpointer out of WDW
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Kicked him out? I'd prefer they do a little more than "kicking" armed guests out. Perhaps kicking them into a couple handcuffs would be a better solution. :drevil:
disney should've kicked the gunpointer out of WDW
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One of these things is not like the others...one of these things just doesn't belong... :lookaroun :lol:
Where exactly do you see that?
Admittedly, that's my assumption based on that updated story alone. If it turns out differently, then I'll stand corrected. Right now, I'll go with the benefit of the doubt since even a "drug addict" well known to local PD can be a crime victim, too.
That TV story makes me wonder. Why would a Connecticut cop call a television station and make the accusation? Kinda out of line and unprofessional, I think. Hopefully, he also called Orlando PD.
Now, the two of them WERE victims. Regardless of why they actually approached the car, they were still victims of a crime and got pistol whipped and beat up, etc. However, they weren't put into the position without doing anything wrong. Their choice put them in that position.
I just know how to be nice and walk fast at the same time.
I can't say that I've ever felt un-safe there, but I'll defintely be more cautious next time I visit...
I'm not sure that I agree with them being victims in certain circumstances. If they got into the car with the intent of purchasing or selling illegal drugs, and were beat and pistol whipped by illegal drug sellers or buyers, they were victims of their own choices to sell or purchase illegal drugs. When you enter into the world of drug sale and usage, you are choosing to deal with unscrupulous characters. IF this is in fact the case, that it is a drug deal gone bad, I would not feel that the two people from CT are 'victims' of a robbery or an assault.
I totally agree with this in that sense that as far as WE know, this wasn't a drug deal so we can't say, "Well hey, they shouldn't have approached the car... their stupid choice."
That's like victim 101... is the girl who got raped at fault for being out past dark? Come on now. :wave:
I'm not sure you understood what I was attempting to convey. I don't mean that anyone stupid enough to approach a car deserves to be abducted and robbed. I mean that some evidence shows that they might have approached the car as part of an intended drug deal. If that is the case, they are not as much victims of an abduction/robbery as they are slaves to their addiction. People who are breaking the law are not victims of other law breakers. That's like house robbers who sue the owner of the house when they trip and break their leg on a skateboard the homeowner's kid left near the stairs.
I've been trying to emigrate to your absolutely lovely, but slightly colder, and much hipper country for about 3 years now![]()
An officer calling another department to give background on a victim or a suspect is a very common practice for stories that get national or local press.
Now, the two of them WERE victims. Regardless of why they actually approached the car, they were still victims of a crime and got pistol whipped and beat up, etc. However, they weren't put into the position without doing anything wrong. Their choice put them in that position.
One of the original stories even had a OCSD officer saying (not a direct quote) 'tourists are not being targeted' Which is saying 'something else is going on here'.
Thats horrible. I found it sad at the end of the article it says the suspects fled with the items they bought that night. Terrible. this makes me really want to buy a gun.
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Also, while I'm certainly not blaming it on the two victims, this section of CT is extremely white suburbia. Until I went away for college, I had no clue of the real world. People in North Branford live in a bubble. We tend not to think anything bad can happen to us nor do we know about it. If it doesn't happen in NB, then it doesn't happen anywhere. Not to sound racist, because I don't think I am, but when I go to the gas station in my town and see an African American getting gas, I automatically assume they don't live in my town. There were literally 3 black people in my high school of about 600 students.
I think this could give you an idea of where these people were coming from. And as I said before I certainly don't think any of the abduction was there fault, but extreme naivity (is that spelled right, probably not) may have played a part in it. I do hope they found out who did this because it's awful.
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