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This just beggars belief

A Greenfields business owner and his son have been charged over the alleged assault of a would-be thief.
The man allegedly attempted to ram raid the Mower Magic store on Rouse Road with a stolen Isuzu ute around 7.20pm on April 3.
He then loaded a number of items into the ute.
During the incident the 38-year-old man was detained by the business owner and his son.
Police allege the men used excessive force to detain him.
Actively defending your property should be your right, the force necessary to protect yourself, your family and your property should be deiced by you. Not the government and not the police. The law needs to be change so criminals are not protected while they are breaking the law.

It's well on it's way to become a nanny state. I am curious how they detained him. The way these things seem to pan out too commonly is they will be charged and the crim will get away with good behaviour.

Funny actually - a while ago I was working with a jewellery store. I had a "Customer" run off with a $5000 chain I was showing him. I chased him through the car park and it just happened to be when a co worker was arriving for work. This chap is a bald headed 6 foot tall SOLID man. He used to work as a bouncer for a few bikie clubs. Barry chased him and pinned him down until the police got there (took an hour). The guy was screaming like a b@#$h the whole time.

We both and the store manager who wasn't even involved got bollocked by the state manager even though we got the chain back and got PRAISED by the police.

Guess it depends what police you happen to get.

There are some good police around still.

Pete

That like getting sued by the burglar because while he burglarizing your home he trips and breaks his leg saying it was your fault that his work environment was unsafe. I had heard a few cases like this where the criminal actually wins the case.

When I was growing a man was trying break in on my mom and us boys. When she told the deputy sheriff that she would have shot the man if he made it in. That is when the deputy said she couldn't unless drag into the bathroom tub and turn on the water but if he didn't she would had been charged with attempted murder. Another deputy the same night told her just shoot him and if falls outside the door drag him in and call him. Mix messages for sure.

It does look the criminals have more rights and legal protection than the average citizen nowadays.

The owner of this mower business could probably use this to his advantage, get a big sign painted up something like this for the front window " The owner of this business has been charged with using excessive force on a person who ram raided it, want to be the next one to try"

Hi Norm and all,

I like your call to action for the mower business norm, because it
reveals the power of common sense belonging to the common punter.
I would think any jury would see through a spurious prosecution.
The real winners - as always - the lawyers.

Of course the State can also remove your property in most States
without the need for just compensation.

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Jack

Everybody has the right to walk from your front gate to your front door what looks like the best way and safe way to get there, knock and ask do you know where Miss Smith lives? And that includes a thief and if they get hurt because they did not follow the path as it was not marked you are in the poo�
What a lot of +#$*@&%U@I%U@*+
A chap up my way had a sign �Beware of dog� a near neighbour complained to the council that the dog must dangerous and it is to be removed (she did not like dogs)
The council came out and was satisfied that the dog was not dangerous BUT still could not have a sign like that and it was to be removed
He put up a new sign �The dogs name is Shredder�
The neighbour hit the roof got the police and council at once to come out, the police tried to calm done the neighbour, the council inspector without trying to laugh said �you bad bad boy� and walked away
2 Years later the sign is still there
Ian