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Originally Posted by mdb23
We get -tons- of false prowler/burglary in progress reports every night at work. Long story short, neighbors call saying tat some unknown dude is breaking into the house next door, or hauling out a TV, etc. We get there, and 99.9999999% of the time, it is a friend, moving company, or family member that the neighbor just doesn't know or recognize, and who has the homeowner's permission to be doing whatever it is they were doing.....
Imagine if, instead of calling, all of these nosey neighbors thought that they had the right to go out and shoot these "burglars."
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On the other hand . . . true story . . . taxpayers get back from two week vacation to find a burglary. Responding officer interviews neighbors across the street. Did you know they were on vacation. Yes. Did you see anything suspicious. Yes. What. Four guys in a moving truck (later, determined to have been a stolen vehicle). But you knew they were on vacation? Yes. Did you call us? No. Why? Well, they were minorities and I didn't want to be a racist.
They weren't that bad, as they left THE PAINT ON THE WALLS.
Don't be a trigger-puller unless you absolutely HAVE TO. If your spidey-sense is tingling, it is tingling for a reason. Call the po-po. Be a good witness, get the plate number, WEAPONS, which hand they were held in, color of the vehicle, two-door, four-door, the direction, the bumper sticker, the big dent, the clothes, the broken window, which tail light/head light was out, and testify, as long and as often as it takes. You CAN be a part of the evildoers nightmare.