Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Midtown Miscreant takes on sympathy for armed robbers

Posted by Justin Kendall on Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:45 AM

By JUSTIN KENDALL

Midtown Miscreant is becoming one of my favorite local bloggers. Yesterday, MM posted a startling but great analysis of the sympathy given to an armed robber killed by a store clerk.

A taste: "Anytime someone dies a violent death it is tragic, it's a waste, it's sad. That being said, if you decide to stick a pistol in a stranger's face to take what is theirs, then you run the risk of getting killed. You automatically lose your right to play the sympathy card."

MM unapologetically cuts through the excuses and says this city's mentality about crime and violence is messed up. MM gives a perspective of someone who's done "five years and change in prison" unlike a Johnson County columnist dispensing "common sense."

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