Couldn't the county simply have paid him for the damage to his well? - Page 2

**Texas1911** · #11 08-19-2008, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by sharky47

I understand that. The whole situation is FUBAR. He did shoot at a cop, then again - the struggle to separate us from the king over 200 year ago started with someone shooting at a uniformed person over the theft of personal property.........

Still, the reaction seems like swatting a fly with a sledghammer - with you and I footing the bill. An oppurtunity for local small-town police to justify buying tanks, machinguns, and gunships.....

Also keep in mind what would happen if you or I were using dynomite to move earth and damaged a city/county owned well - and refused to fix it........

We'd be on 15 lists, and the 10 o'clock news as domestic terrorists.

Really this sounds like two ends of the spectrum colliding. On one hand you have a guy down on his luck with the associated anxiety and frustration, and the other you have a small town police force of mall ninjas. The response from both ends was a bit overkill. It sounded like this could have been resolved by negotiation and some honest work by the county rather than D-Day 2008.

Throwing this guy in jail obviously isn't going to fix the amount owed, or the guys real problems. A simple town meeting, or a local magistrate visit could have defused this issue, but that would require people to think outside of the box.

This country, frankly, is stuck on stupid.