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Innocent man burned to death by vigilante neighbours who mistook him for paedophile
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The Technomancer
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But some people would have me believe that vigilante justice is totally justified if its something you really care about like pedophiles
NotTheGuyYouKill
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What the fuck.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Censored link. Hmm...
Lord Ghirahim
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Psychopaths.
KoruptData
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Gaf doesn't like Daily Mail it seems, article has a lot of info and pictures.
narcosis219
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Burned alive? This is so dumb.
Non-censored link:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/5...ahimi-bristol-vigilante-paedophile-rumour.htm
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/5...ahimi-bristol-vigilante-paedophile-rumour.htm
Vigilantes who burned to death a man wrongly accused of being a paedophile have pleaded guilty to murder.
Disabled gardener Bijan Ebrahimi, 44, was attacked after taking pictures of hooligans vandalising his hanging baskets at his home in Brislington, Bristol.
The images were to be handed over to police as evidence of anti-social behaviour by him. However police were contacted by somebody else on the council estate, who accused him of taking inappropriate pictures of children.
Officers then came to arrest Ebrahimi who was led away from his home in front of a baying mob chanting "paedo, paedo" at him, in July. Bungling officers were forced to release Ebrahimi when the reason for the images became clear.
As a result, Ebrahimi was wrongly tarred as a paedophile by rumours which spread in the local community. That led to him being beaten unconscious and then set alight, two days later.
Lee James, 24, and Stephen Norley, 24, pleaded guilty at Bristol Crown Court to murder and will be sentenced next month.
The conduct of police in the case is under investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Ebrahimi's relations released a statement paying tribute to a "loving and unselfish man".
"Bijan was a quiet, disabled man whose only joys in life came from his horticultural interests and his cat.
"Bijan was a caring, loving and unselfish man. He was an excellent uncle and a warm, supportive brother," it said.
Speaking after James and Norley admitted their guilt, Avon and Somerset Police spokesman Martin Dunscombe said Bijan had been completely innocent of child sex crimes.
He said: "Mr Ebrahimi was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence - breach of the peace - and after being interviewed he was released with no further action taken.
"We can categorically state he had not taken any indecent images and that nothing of concern had been found on his computer."
An IPPC spokesman said six police officers have been interviewed and six call handlers were in line for questioning for a mix of criminal and professional misconduct.
IPCC Deputy Chair Rachel Cerfontyne said: "This is a tragic case and my sympathies go to Mr Ebrahimi's family and friends for their loss."
entremet
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It's banned. Use other sources.
yeah I edited op.
ChubbyHuggs
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And he haunted the nightmares of their children for countless sequels.
DiipuSurotu
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Darkmakaimura
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An innocent man is dead because of complete ignorance and people who want a reason to let their violent tendencies loose.
The mugshots of the two set off that douchebags alert. Fucking morons.
Also, police arrested the guy because somebody thought he was taking inappropriate pictures? No smidgen of proof or anything?
The mugshots of the two set off that douchebags alert. Fucking morons.
Also, police arrested the guy because somebody thought he was taking inappropriate pictures? No smidgen of proof or anything?
That's the thread most of the people in this one are referencing, including myself.
CarpeDeezNutz
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The "burning him alive" shit is overkill and seems like they already had something against the guy or didn't like him in the first place.
my sentiments exactly
GhettoGamer
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First thing i thought of, instead of dreams he will come get them through plants, eat your veggies kid. But sad story, people jump the gun too quick these days, if the police released him they should have stayed back.
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I'm sure these jokes are comforting to the family that has to live with the knowledge that their loved one was burned alive.
InfiniteBento
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This is absolutely ridiculous.
That poor fella :/
That poor fella :/
General Patton
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People in the 'blackface three' thread should heed the dangers of this sort of bloodlust vigilantism. Obviously this is on a whole different level, (this one perpetrated on an innocent, the other perpetrated on 3 almost definitely indefensible people) but in my opinion the sentiment is the same.
We must be so careful in how we react to an injustice, because the fervent quest to ruin people's lives and sate our appetite for justice and vengeance can be so damaging, even fatal. It's so hard but we need to let the law run it's course and step back from the invasive detective work and vitriol you often see enveloping those social media backlash situations.
We must be so careful in how we react to an injustice, because the fervent quest to ruin people's lives and sate our appetite for justice and vengeance can be so damaging, even fatal. It's so hard but we need to let the law run it's course and step back from the invasive detective work and vitriol you often see enveloping those social media backlash situations.
It really doesn't because that guy was caught naked and hiding in the bushes while staring at underage girls then actually punching the first person who confronted him for it.
Totally the same thing.
umop_3pisdn
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Guys the Freddy Krueger jokes aren't funny. Even if they were at some point (they weren't) it's been overdone at this point.
Yeah, I saw that and was like "wow"
Who are you talking to?
I always thought this was part of the reason Batman doesn't kill. He realizes he is a vigilante and as such isn't part of the judicial system or any system for that matter, and acts accordingly by not taking the law into his own hands. If he kills, much like these guys did to that poor man, he's just another crazy psychopath.
All the people who thought it was okay in the other thread.
Portugeezer
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Society.
Very different situations to say the least.
They founded an empire with nothing but politeness.
This is absolutely true.
It's one thing to gather up a mob over unverified allegations. It's another to defend your family when a violent naked stranger is in the process of stalking them. That isn't a license to do whatever you want, you could easily make the case that it was savage beating and went way too far, but people bringing that up seem are far too eager to establish a false equivalency just so that they can call others hypocrites.
There is no situation where it is okay to take the law into your own hands and promote vigilantism.
They were not "defending their family". They chased him and caught up to him and beat him into critical condition.
Vigilantism and actively defending your family instead of calling the cops and waiting for a situation to resolve itself are two very different things. There are no absolutes in this. To compare this situation to the other one is a substantial leap.
Edit: ^^Yeah, dude punched one of the underage girls' brother first - after he got caught masturbating naked in a bush. Did they go too far? Arguable as they got caught up in one of hell of a moment. This is very different though. Saying that they aren't does you no favors.
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