Comments by "Jovet" (@jovetj) on "How a Small Town Took Out the Town Bully And Covered It Up for 30 Years" video.

It's like the classic story... One night a guy notices someone in his shed in his backyard, mid-robbery. He calls the cops, and they tell him no one is available right now but they'll send someone over when they can. He hangs up, waits a minute, and calls the police back. He then tells them he no longer needs the police, as he shot the intruder. Very quickly, police sirens swarm his home. The thief is caught red-handed. The police ask the owner, "I thought you said you shot him?" The owner replies, "I thought you said no one was available?"
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@spaceflight1019 “I'd say that he was tried, convicted, and executed by a jury of his peers.” You win the comments. :medal-yellow-first-red:
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@randall1959 One of my friend's friend's ex-husband was like this man, though without the murderous intent. He would stalk her and her children, slash their tires, wreck property in her home, and he survived, like, four or five serious heart attacks. He was a mean old bully with no redeeming qualities. His will to persist at being a sharp thorn in everyone around him's backsides could be admirable if he weren't such a pathetic person. He did finally kick the bucket several years ago and nobody misses him.
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@randall1959 There always is. And everyone gets what's coming to him, eventually.
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Don't let anyone tell you that life isn't fair: it is. We may not always understand it, but karma is real, and it it will come back to you.
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@MrThelittleguy903 That isn't how the legal system works. The legal system may have failed here (multiple times), but every person innocent-until-proven-guilty of a crime deserves legal defense. The whole point of our legal system is to act as a tug of war under the assumption that the truth will be revealed and a righteous outcome will happen the majority of the time. It isn't perfect, but it's a far better system than one where the prosecution or defense automatically fail because of wilful incompetence. In short: do not blame good attorneys for doing their best as required by moral and legal obligation. I believe in rule of law, despite how pathetic, ineffectual, and overpowered our systems sometimes are. I do not support capital punishment, because our justice system is too flawed for an outcome too permanent, as well as I don't believe killing is one thing our governments should be doing while telling us not to do. I also do not support mob rule, and I detest groupthink and herd mentality. But I also support righteousness and justice, and what this town did for its greater good seems righteous in my eyes. If you commit a crime, you are taking your own life into your hands. This is one reason the Second Amendment is so important. The right to defend one's self against grievous harm or worse is paramount to a free society, because not everyone in society is of sound mind and good intentions. I hope all gun owners hope to never need to use their weapons to defend themselves all the while being prepared to do so if called to. Mr. McElroy seems to have been a terrible person, with no redeeming qualities, and I suspect most people know of at least one such person. "The town bully" is an apt title, and it's no wonder the hopeful and patient people of Skidmore could only take so much.
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