Just wondering about Eric Frein...

[cwydro]

I don't think he ran his face into a tree in the woods.

Just sayin'

[elleng]

1. I hope someone ELSE did it for him.

[Live and Learn]

2. You are in favor of vigilante justice?

It is precisely because of this type of thinking that our law enforcement officials are becoming brutal thugs.

Stop justifying police brutality even when you personally don't like the suspect.

[elleng]

3. I am a lawyer. I am in favor of justice.

I do not 'justify' police brutality; my response was purely emotional. I recognize that laws are intended to curtail 'vigilante justice' and people taking the law into their own hands.

[Live and Learn]

4. I figured that but in these days of seemingly escalated police brutality

I think it might help if check our emotional responses.

[elleng]

5. Quite right.

I do occasionally express highly emotional responses here, among my friends at DU, but only rarely.

[NYC_SKP]

7. The gentleman has helped himself to a somewhat lower level of karmic justice.

That one might imagine a bit of that justice being felt by the man is not a bad thing does not mean that police misconduct is thereby being condoned.

In all likelihood, the gentleman resisted and brought it on himself and I hope that the police men or women who encountered him are uninjured.

[Live and Learn]

8. He didn't resist according to the police.

And yes, condoning one incident does condone police misconduct.

[NYC_SKP]

9. No it doesn't mister knowitall.

Nothing in the post that caught your attention mentions police.

The gentleman might have encountered a citizen, a non-police citizen, at some point prior to arrest and apprehension.

He might have tried to gain entry into a home or automobile, or tried to relieve a good citizen of their bicycle or scooter and received a bit of a whipping.

Nothing wrong with that, he earned it.

Have a peaceful day.

[Live and Learn]

10. Okay.

[cwydro]

11. I have to admit...

I felt the same.

[Warpy]

6. The Poconos are densely wooded, maybe a tree branch got him

Something did. A broken nose might have been one inducement to surrender.

I think he just though survivalism was a good strategy until he actually had to do it.

Not fun, Eric, not fun.

I'm still struck by how much the pictures of him before he got all beat up in the woods make him look like Timothy McVeigh. They could be brothers.

[Little Star]

12. The weather is only going to get worse....

I think he didn't give a crap if he got caught. He's got his 15 minutes of fame.

[LiberalElite]

13. His facial injuries are also being discussed

on another thread. I don't think it happened exactly accidentally, but I don't think it was a beating. I agree with another poster on that thread, that he was "face planted" when they arrested him. He'd be worse off if they beat him.

[cwydro]

14. I didn't think about the face plant.

Makes sense.

[TorchTheWitch]

15. oh boo hoo for the poor killer terrorist

I honestly don't give a shit. Had his head turned into drippy mush I wouldn't give a shit either.

This place has become so fucked up.