This is a scary story and one that should never be repeated anywhere.
But can I comment here on something?
This was a robbery and instead of getting help, this family got knocked around and terrorized by the very officers they called to report a crime.
Now - O.J. just got sentenced to 9 years in jail. His crime? Going after items that were stolen from him and his children - photographs, trophys, a wedding ring, HIS STUFF! He didn't call the cops because as he testified, he knew that they would not respond and help him recover the items that had been stolen from him.
His only course of action that he could see, since the law woudln't help him, was to go in on his own and take back what was rightfully his. Doesn't matter whether it was right or not, the result - breaking the law because the law and cops won't help you, will remain the same.
When people know or worry that the cops not only won't help them, they'll try to hurt them, then we have anachy with citizens taking the law into their own hands.
I don't care what OJ did or did not do eleven years ago, but to put him in jail for trying to take back his own personal property, that's just wrong.
And the Sikh family - was there a report filed? Did they recover any of their goods? Are they going to get redress for having been shamed and harmed by the cops?
They've come for OJ and put him away - how far are they from you and your family?
But can I comment here on something?
This was a robbery and instead of getting help, this family got knocked around and terrorized by the very officers they called to report a crime.
Now - O.J. just got sentenced to 9 years in jail. His crime? Going after items that were stolen from him and his children - photographs, trophys, a wedding ring, HIS STUFF! He didn't call the cops because as he testified, he knew that they would not respond and help him recover the items that had been stolen from him.
His only course of action that he could see, since the law woudln't help him, was to go in on his own and take back what was rightfully his. Doesn't matter whether it was right or not, the result - breaking the law because the law and cops won't help you, will remain the same.
When people know or worry that the cops not only won't help them, they'll try to hurt them, then we have anachy with citizens taking the law into their own hands.
I don't care what OJ did or did not do eleven years ago, but to put him in jail for trying to take back his own personal property, that's just wrong.
And the Sikh family - was there a report filed? Did they recover any of their goods? Are they going to get redress for having been shamed and harmed by the cops?
They've come for OJ and put him away - how far are they from you and your family?
