^^^ At the end of the day, a person's intention is what it all comes down to. People who rob and attack, what else could they have on their minds when doing such things?
God bless you always!!!
Holly
By NOT Killing, who they rob, means killing was not on their minds or their intention....
in this example, the kid pushed them and ran....
it happened to my grandmother on the Subway in NYC....pushed her down and grabbed her handbag as the subway doors were shutting to take off.
No one in my family wanted the thug DEAD, Shot in the back, because he robbed my grandmother...
charged, convicted, put in prison.... yes, but not killed!
in fact, we thanked God the thief, was not a murderer....!
I have two problems with that.
1. Have you lived in an area where there was mass theft?
I have. It's like living in a prison, that doesn't have bars or walls. You constantly are looking over your shoulder, constantly having to lock your stuff up, constantly living with this "what's that noise?" mindset.
Living in a society which doesn't deal effectively with crime, is one of the most horrifying experience of my life. Easy for you to say that, when you go back to your nifty white-bread existence. For the rest of us who can't afford to live in the upper middle class neighborhoods, we're screwed, because you are not willing to deal effectively on crime.
2. Murderers start off as shoplifters.
Now obviously I don't mean that in a literal sense, like every murderer started by taking bubble gum at the quickie mart.
However it is a known fact, that the vast majority of all career criminals, started off with small crimes. Little criminals, end up being big criminals. They start off taking a pack of gum, or something small, and end up murdering people.
Again, not saying every single person who takes a pack of gum, will end up a murderer... I'm saying that they all start off small. It is extremely rare that you have some guy in his 30s and 40s, that wakes up after an afternoon nap, and thinks "Ya know... I just think I will kill the next guy that ticks me off....".
It happens over a years of doing something small, getting away with it, doing something bigger, getting away with it, and bigger and bigger, until you think you can do whatever you want, without consequences.
That guy that pushed your grandmother to the ground, is likely out there doing something much worse today. All because you, and those like you, are more interested in protecting him from police, than society from him. A kid that can attack an old grandmother, is a danger to all of us, and you were happy he got away. He could easily have murdered someone by now.