Unbelievable. DH and I had a discussion last night which actually brought him to tears and to the point of feeling nauseous. We were talking about a case in our area where a "transient" apparently from Arkansas, who was known to beg for food frequently at a busy intersection and was homeless. He roamed into a nearby neighborhood where there were a few kids out playing in a backyard, asked a 9 yo girl directions to the area he frequented (name of the road) , brought her by knifepoint to an abandoned shopping area (back parking lot) and was in the process of "having his way with her".
In the meantime, a mother of another child she was playing with saw the tail end of the abduction, ran to get the girls step-father, who chased them and found them right before the horrific crime was about to get worse. The step-dad "held him there until police got there". He had visual bruises and cuts on his face in court, so he got the crap beat out of him a bit.
Now, my point is, this guy goes and does this, but had previously been homeless, up tp NO GOOD, begging for whatever, but now gets to live on OUR DIME eating 3 meals a day, cable, bed, blankets, and whatever else these "prisoners" get for luxury items while locked up. WTH. So wrong in my opinion. DH was getting nauseous thinking about catching someone doing that to our girls, and that he would feel the need to protect his family and take matters into his own hands. Had he been the father in that situation, this man would not be given a free ride to the county "hotel", he'd be on his way out of his miserable existence.
Sorry, I'm a little fired up about this one. No right to get any counseling or anything of the sort when it comes to abusing of, God forbid, murdering children. End of story. JMHO and sorry so long