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Originally Posted by thesheriff443

We live under the laws of the land but these laws don’t always give justice to those who deserve it.

Is being beaten to death an appropriate punishment for stealing a car, though? Is there any evidence that the person who was killed knew there were kids in the car when he stole it, or that the intention was to abduct them? As Parm mentioned in his example - there are quite a few stories of cars being stolen with kids in them and then the opportunistic thief stopping and calling the authorities when they realise. Even if the thief did realise there were kids in the car, the plan might have been to leave the area and then make them get out at a gas station or whatever.

Or of course he MIGHT have been abducting them.

But we'll never know, now. And that's why due process exists and we should never willingly accept instances of vigilante justice. It's a mystery. Maybe he was some monster who was planning unspeakable things... maybe he was just some random petty car thief... and anyone who would suggest that a car thief being kicked to death in the street is anything resembling "justice" doesn't belong in any civilised society tbqfh.