It's better that ten innocents get beaten up within an inch of their lives than that one guilty person walks free.
Or at least, that seems to be the general sentiment among the locals here. Mob justice is big here. We've seen a lot of that at the surgical casualty. As I've heard a friend of mine describe it, the police coming to the scene of a crime are more often than not the ones who save the life of the "suspect".
That is, if someone were to yell out "Thief!" and point at a person, then that person had better run. There's no waiting to find out whether the person did steal something, or even if it was that person who stole it in the first place. The pointing determines who gets pummelled.
Makes you feel safe, no?
Or at least, that seems to be the general sentiment among the locals here. Mob justice is big here. We've seen a lot of that at the surgical casualty. As I've heard a friend of mine describe it, the police coming to the scene of a crime are more often than not the ones who save the life of the "suspect".
That is, if someone were to yell out "Thief!" and point at a person, then that person had better run. There's no waiting to find out whether the person did steal something, or even if it was that person who stole it in the first place. The pointing determines who gets pummelled.
Makes you feel safe, no?
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