When The System Fails

[mrjarrell]

Someone will step in and fill the void, like it or not. That's exactly what happened 30 years ago in Skidmore, MO. The town bully and local badass kept getting let off by the courts and eventually someone decided that enough was enough. They stepped up and put him down in front of a multitude of witnesses. And no-one saw a thing.

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."- Benjamin Franklin


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/us/16bully.html?_r=2&hp

 

[rambone]

Mr. McElroy, who had shot an elderly Skidmore grocer in the neck with a shotgun. Known for stealing livestock, harassing women, destroying property and threatening lives, Mr. McElroy had been charged with numerous felonies over the years — his lawyer estimated at least three a year — but had never been convicted.

Sounds like a rotten S.O.B.

 

[6birds]

The 3 S's.

 

[Arthur Dent]

All I can say is "Good."

 

[Terry4570]

There was a movie called (a killing in a small town) with Brian Dennehy before the end i would of shot him,he was a bad dude.

 

[boljr01]

Sounds a lot like the small town my dad grew up in...things had a way of sorting themselves out.

 

[gunman]

too bad there's a million more "Mr. McElroy's" out there that haven't shared the same fate

 

[Ogre]

I think there was a City Confidential espisode about this

 

[thej27]

I think there was a City Confidential espisode about this

Yes there was. I remember seeing that episode. It's unreal what that guy got away with.

 

[redneckmedic]

Sounds like how Roadhouse ended

 

[Expat]

Good for the townspeople. There are some people that just need killing. We are so civilized now that those people don't get what they deserve and terrorize people for way too long.