Abduction caught on video in CA.

[Ranb]

CNN has a story about a woman being kidnapped in Corona California. Apparently, two men in a car chased this woman down in a car at a mall parking lot, then pick her up and thew her in the trunk before driving off.

The most shocking part of this story was that I could not see anyone coming to the aid of this woman or reacting in any way. Of course, watching from the comfort of my couch is not the same thing as being there.

As I considered this story some more, I realized this all did take place in CA. If a person was to come to the rescue, then forced to defend him or her self, he or she is opening themselves up to prosecution or civil lawsuits. I'm sure the woman who was being abducted was not allowed to carry a concealed weapon to defend herself either.

Remember the story of how the family of one of the North Hollywood bank robbers sued the city of LA for the wrongful death of the thief/gunman they shot and then did not immediately give first aid to? Disgusting.

Ranb

PS, CNN just claimed that none of the bystanders made a move to inform police, the 911 call came in from a "Spanish speaking security guard."

[Operaider]

I feel the need to comment, but the whole thing is too depressing

did they have any leads as to the kidnappers?

[Kevin_Lowe]

I'd hoped this was an alien abduction caught on video.

California would have been the place for it, too.

That does it. From now on I'm just reading the subject lines and making up my own stories.

[Beerina]

> Remember the story of how the family of one of the North
> Hollywood bank robbers sued the city of LA for the wrongful
> death of the thief/gunman they shot and then did not
> immediately give first aid to? Disgusting.

I see no reason to give aid to them -- they might regain consciuosness, or try to stab you or some such.

Actually, if there is a dying victim and a dying thief from the same incident, I am in favor of slitting the throat of the thief so the ambulance crew won't delay one microsecond in helping the victim and getting them to the hospital.

[demon]

Beerina:
"Actually, if there is a dying victim and a dying thief from the same incident, I am in favor of slitting the throat of the thief so the ambulance crew won't delay one microsecond in helping the victim and getting them to the hospital."

Wonder if you`d still advocate summary execution by throat slitting if the wounded thief at the scene turned out to be your son or daughter.
Would you remain consistent?

[Beerina]

I think it's unethical to fight your attackers lest you hurt them, and that would be bad in a civilized socity. No means no! No fighting! All punished equally.

[TragicMonkey]

Originally posted by demon
Wonder if you`d still advocate summary execution by throat slitting if the wounded thief at the scene turned out to be your son or daughter.
Would you remain consistent?

There's the additional difficulty of bystanders. If I were to observe someone attempting to murder someone else, I fear I would intervene by applying an object, with force, to the back of the perpetrator's head. Being unskilled in this area, I fear I might inadvertantly do more than render unconsciousness. But I'm sure a jury would let me off, as opposed to someone who indulged in a bit of throat-slitting as a means of expediting ambulance response time.

[waitew]

Well,an attempted abduction was foiled by a good samaritan in Lakewood california just the day before this abduction.I wonder if it's the same guys?