Female armed robber stripped, beaten and set alight by angry lynch mob

over reacting is what mobs do.

Here's the the thing though: She's not a petty woman, she attempted to rob them all with a weapon. Not exactly a little defenseless girl. Considering that the robbery was thwarted, I don't really think any of the people that reacted are cowardly either. We have no way to know how the others got away, but I'd venture to say the people would have the same sympathies towards the other robbers if they could catch em. Maybe the woman was just slower.

It sure is... I'm from South America and street justice is a common thing.

It shouldn't matter how threatened they felt during the crime. They had already thwarted the crime, and had her stripped and somewhat beaten on the ground. I'd say that's fair justice. But at that point they were no longer in any danger and there's no possible justification for lighting her on fire.

If they do have a working justice system, she should get a couple years for armed robbery and whoever put gasoline on her should get a couple decades for attempted murder.

You know what you're still thinking like an American; however beyond that neither of us has enough information to really understand or make a determination on this instance. This being the case we both not presume anything about the wrong or right of the situation since we know nothing of the full situation beyond a news blurb.

Do you really think that? Even when the death penalty was the law of the land for any crime there was still crime. If you need to steal to live you are gonna do what you have to regardless of the possible penalty.

What country do you come from? America has this type of thing happen all the time. Values? Ethics? Lets judge an entire people on what one group did. I would love to see how you would respond if you were held up while having a weapon. Would you take that weapon out and kill them before they get you?

Your example is not analogous. If someone had shot her dead while she was in the act of armed robbery there would be no problem with it at all.

That's very different than setting her on fire after she has been disarmed, taken down, stripped and beaten.

It dosen't matter. The individual above judged a whole country by basing them on the actions of one group of people. You are right though and I am sorry for the inaccurate comparison. But maybe you should address the main point of the comment having to do with this : "These people must not have much in the way of personal values and ethics." Address the conversation not the sidebars :)

Sedgleyoss,

I really don't even think your attempt to bait me or put words in my mouth dignifies a response, but for your benefit here's a disclaimer.

My statement is not inclusive of an entire race or nation of people nor did I didn't intend to do so. I was referring to the picture which show a bunch of people standing around doing absolutely nothing as a crime is being perpetrated in front of them. Abandoning ethics and values to take part in social justice is inexcusable. According to the story it is not as if there is a non-existent police force or an unwillingness to enforce the law (i.e. they arrested the robber).

Maybe you shouldn't read so much into others commentary.

I am sorry that I misread your comment. You obviously did not mean it in the way I interpreted it. But the picture shows people in front of a beaten criminal. We have no idea how these individuals reacted when she was set on fire. Probably terrified (but who knows?).

The people who robbed the bus hurt these individuals livelihood by taking it away. Did they react in an extreme manner? My opinion is yes. There is always a response time for police officers and three criminals got away. To react with violence when someone uses it to intimidate you is only human. Most would react by shooting the individual. At least she is still alive? The police did get one robber! The one they beat and kept there!

Maybe you shouldn't use "these people" when referring to the group in the photo!

In the online community things are sometimes lost in translation which I cannot fault you for but I still don't feel my original comment was a blanket statement painting an entire nation/race of people. I will take your suggestion under advisement.

Anyway, in the interest of keeping the conversation going I will comment on your post. True we have no idea how those people reacted but I believe that there is still a universal value for life shared by a majority of people. In my opinion, I don't think this persons life would have been spared had the authorities not shown up.

You bring up the issue of response time in this case as well. This is obviously an important issue and I agree with you but to abandon individual sensibilities to follow a mob decree is lunacy. When one person is outnumbered by an entire mob they stand little to no chance and would most likely stand down.

I guess the point I wish to make is that the actions of the mob are completely senseless and void of any true justice.

I agree. Once they set her on fire, they acted in a very extreme and irrational manner. Police in their community should react by arresting some of the members of this mob. They should not be allowed to burn an individual and get away with it. I also think she would have died had the authorities not shown up.

You can start with petrol or gas, and then a match or something. Lighters might be too dangerous. I don't think it's that sick, if you're wielding a weapon with malicious intent you should be prepared to die, with little say in the matter of 'how'. Especially if you fuck it up.

Buddha knows whats up.

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