Remember a couple of weeks ago, when citizens took things into their own hands by busting out a locked car’s window to keep a baby from overheating? Things like this are becoming more common, and some places are giving citizens authority to act on their own. So at what point does that become a problem?
A couple in Colorado decided to get in on the “hot baby rescue” thing, and got run over for their trouble. They called the cops first, but then confronted the suspect. That led to a fist-fight, and before it was over, the suspect had jumped in her vehicle and actually ran over the couple.
And it goes beyond “baby rescue”. Remember the guy in Florida who found a teenager in his son’s bedroom? The guy looked more than rough when dad got through with him. He didn’t wait for the cops to show up, just took the law into his own hands and beat the guy into submission. Then he called police.
Of course, a lot of you probably think you’d do the same thing for your family. But we have a legal system in place so mobs don’t blindly punish innocent people. So where’s the line?
Our Man on the Edge, Robert Wilder, hit the streets to find out…
