With little law-enforcement protection and a crime wave that has left two residents dead and hit just about every business in Aguila, many residents have armed themselves, installed security systems and taken to patrolling residential areas.Wait 'til the accusations of vigilantism start to fly.
[Via Featherless Biped]
6 comments:
"not the only folks packing heat in this backwater community"
Well, based on the way the media describes it as a "backwater community", as opposed to something less condescending like "rural" or "remote community", I'd say the vigilante claims aren't far off at all.
s,s,s.
"Neighbors said they called 911 three times, only to find out that dispatchers did not know the location of Aguila and had not sent a deputy.
Finally, after 40 minutes, a fourth emergency call succeeded."
Are we seeing a pattern here about the effectiveness of 911 calls?
Not to worry, everybody...one hears that Sheriff Joe has smelled a photo op, and is now on the case. The good citizens of Aguila can rest easy. :eyeroll:
Citizens arming themselves and patroling neighborhoods,THAT'S the circle coming around to the other side,and how it should be.Looking out for each other.
Now all Sheriff Joe has to do, is round up some illegals to pin the blame on. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the work he is doing to promote awareness of the illegals. But meth is one reason I didn't move to Arizona, and if he won't do anything about it, then the townspeople must. It's not even a matter of vigilantism.
The police are not required to protect one man from another man's actions. That leaves all of us in a position of protecting ourselves. I wouldn't have it any other way.
I live in Bent County, CO, and once you get away from the little town I live in, you're on your own, buddy. Even if you have a cell phone (I don't), if you're out on the vast Comanche Grasslands, good luck telling a dispatcher how to find you.
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