desertrat wrote:Man who executed neighbor has no regretsIf I were on the jury I would have found him not guilty. Assholes who play loud music deserve to die. I might even go so far as to give this guy a medal of valor for eliminating a rude, obnoxious, worthless asshole neighbor.
Investigators said Ke opened his neighbor’s front door Tuesday afternoon and walked in to “surprise” Tudor, who was unarmed and holding a small dog when Ke shot him once. The bleeding victim held his hand out as if to shield himself from more harm before he was shot several more times.
LINK:
https://nypost.com/2018/01/25/man-says-he-executed-neighbor-over-adult-bullying/
Downward spirals never end well. Sometimes it's a murder as we see in this case, but there is a long list of other possibilities along the way: broken windows, lawsuits, dead or missing pets, slashed tires... you name it I've heard all kinds of stories which include all of these items. With all the new gadgets that are out now, there's no end to the havoc that a creative and suitably angry person can cause. In these days of mass murders it's a miracle that we don't see more neighborhood problems turn into homicide scenes. Once a rude neighbor initiates the downward spiral through a thoughtless act of inconsideration, the overall situation deteriorates. It's very hard to break a downward spiral once it gets started.
What kinds of events initiate a downward spiral? Sometimes it's something petty like a piece of trash which blows onto someone's yard or a bush which hangs across a property line or maybe a complaint about a car belonging to another neighbor being parked in front of someone's house. In such cases I'd blame the person who is overly sensitive and suggest that that person should be more reasonable. Other times it's something more serious such as a barking dog, loud music, loud yard care equipment (leaf blowers are notorious examples of this), the smell of pet feces accumulated in the yard, or possibly kids throwing rocks or balls against the fence. People should be responsible enough to realize that these things are not reasonable and that most people are angered by such assaults on their otherwise peaceful homes. I like the slogan someone posted: Good neighbors keep their noise to themselves. (In the case of dog crap, that slogan might need to substitute smell for noise, but you get the drift!)