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Vigilante justice: Mob beats man who allegedly raped 11-year old girl
by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . June 17, 2009 . 2:10PM
Several weeks ago, I was on twitter and noticed one from my friend, Happy Hour Sue. She’d mentioned a story about a man who’d allegedly raped an 11-year old and had been beaten by an angry mob. The vigilante justice had been given when someone recognized the man in his neighborhood, walking down his street. The crowd was not charged for the beating because of the “high level of emotion” in the community.
The video you just saw was taken before anything was confirmed about Jose Carrasquillo, the suspect in the case. Later, ABC news reported that they found surveillance camera of Jose with the 11-year old rape victim, dragging her down an alley and into a backyard where he raped her severely enough that she had to undergo surgery.
What are your thoughts on vigilante justice? In this case, investigators implied that they might not have found Carrasquillo without the help of the neighbors who chased him down. He may have gone on to hurt others. Did he deserve the beating?
I think that most parents would have done the same thing that the neighbors did. They would have chased down the guy and hurt him, then held him down until the police got there. We’ve become very reliant upon our penal system to deter crime. In this case, we took care of our own.
For the better or for the worse?
Leon aka Husband says: 
Jillian 
Sarah 
Life is like a game. We all have challenges, thoughts, opinions and beliefs. Often, it feels like something out there, life, karma, catty people, or blue shells (for the Kart lovers), seeks to bring us down. Luckily, we always get up. This is where I wear my heart on my sleeve and my foot in my mouth.
