Yes it's tragic, it's always tragic when someone dies... especially an officer of the law.
So let me start by saying that I'm not trying to detract from the seriousness of this crime, which was committed in 1966... 41 years ago.
I think the stupid thing here is that the "
culprit" has already served time for what he did. He shot a cop, wounded him so bad that he became a paraplegic... who then suffered from some pretty nasty ailments such as
"pneumonia, bedsores and recurrent infections." Definitely shitty, and I'm not trying to make light of it... but perhaps we should dig a bit deeper.
The culprit shot the victim in 1966. That's 41 years ago
(in case you didn't catch that before). The culprit served his sentence in prison, and now his life is ruined as well. The best he can do is get a job at a grocery store cleaning floors, bagging, breaking down boxes, etc... He continues to pay for his crime. He is also 71 years old. I don't dispute any of these outcomes, in fact I think that the current situation is a just punishment for this guy.
"Barnes, who served a 10- to 20-year attempted murder sentence, has been living in a halfway house and working at a supermarket."If that doesn't sound so harsh, let me ask you if you have ever lived in a half-way house? Now let me ask you if you've ever lived in a halfway house at the age of 71? Exactly. Picture your grandparents, in a ghetto house with a bunch of wannabe bad ass mother fuckers who do drugs at any chance they get. THAT is the reality, deal with it.
The victims sister doesn't really agree with my point of view:
"...Rosalyn Harrison, Barclay's (victim) sister, said Barnes (culprit) should serve time for murder."I thought he just did... oh wait, he served time for attempted murder... not ACTUAL murder. What in the fuck, get over yourself stupid bitch.
It sounds to me like this man is in double jeopardy. I understand the difference in charging someone for attempted murder vs. actual murder... but at some point, you just don't have control over what's going to happen to someone, whether you shot them or not.
Who knows if this guy could have lived any longer with some better care, etc. Where was this sister who cares so much at when her brother had bedsores all over? Sounds like she cares just enough to point the finger on behalf of her late brother... but it's yet to be seen whether or not she cared enough to help improve the quality of his life during this traumatic experience. Where should we gauge her level of responsibility on this issue? Should we scrutinize her role in her late brother's care if she is going to point the finger at someone and attempt to put them away for the remainder of their natural life?
I guess what I am trying to say is this...
How is jailing up a 71 year old man, again, for the same crime but just a different outcome
(we didn't know that the injuries would "shorten" the victims life apparently... and I believe that as much as I believe that bums won't use the money I give them to go score a fix) going to make the world a better place?
I mean hey,
I'm not saying that she can't run her mouth in public about her brother, that's fine... but the hard and fast issue here is the fact that
WE ALL have to pay for this fucker to go back to jail if/when he goes and I don't want to pay for that. I think he's done being bad, the victim is dead and that fucking means that the goddamn crime/situation/butt hurt, taint licking mother fucking issue is over and done with.
So I leave you with this... I say to the sister:
Go get a fucking life and stop trying to re-live the agony of your brother losing his livelihood. He knew the risk of being a cop, and the culprit in this case didn't go and pull the plug on her brother while he was in the hospital, he died from complications related to the fact that he was a paraplegic. I understand that was caused by the victim, and I also understand that he paid for that with 10 to 20 years of his life.
Unless you are going to put the responsibility of care in the hands of the person who caused the unfortunate incident in the first place, I really don't think it's fair or just to hold that person responsible for what happens during a period of time in which he has no control over the care given, or the outcome of aforementioned "care." I mean what if the victim in this case refused care, would the accused still be responsible for the outcome of care received or not received? How do we handle that one?
Honestly though, it comes down to this:
"Let he who is without dog shit on his sneaker take the first step onto the white rug..." I guess we could phrase that in a bit more elegant fashion.
Let's try this:
"Let he who is perfect cast the first stone." I'm not going to say
"without sin" or any of that bullshit and if you know me, then you also know why.
Let's go through this ladies background and see if she's ever done anything that she should have paid for with some jail time. Let's also see where she was during the dismal final years of her brothers life, was she helping or hindering the effort? Is there a percentage of responsibility that should be hers in that case?
I hate shitty bitches... the end.
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