Man arrested for defending home and child

Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2008-09-12 20:45

Story here. Unbelievable. He finds a naked man in his daughter's room. He didn't know she even had a boyfriend much less that he was sneaking into his house to "see" her. So what does he do? Well he probably thought the kid was a rapist and so attacked him; most men would do this and it's entirely justified. But now the dad faces criminal charges! Unbelievable. So the message to fathers is this: You can't defend your home against someone you perceive reasonably is an intruder bent on assaulting your children or else face criminal charges. Excerpt:

'Authorities say the father, 45, didn't even know his daughter had a boyfriend or that the youngster had been sneaking into the home for more than a year.
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The father was charged with aggravated battery on a child and bonded out on $10,000.'

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Like for example, how old was his daughter, and how old was the boy? Also, how the hell could an active parent not know that his daughter was exploring sex ed in her own bedroom for almost a year? As far as him hitting the kid with a pipe, I guess it was better than a shot gun. Although, if it was me, I would not have chased him from my home. As a matter of fact I would have "insisted" that he stay, until his parents came to get him. There actually may be some serious psychological ramifications due to the actions of the father, as to why he reacted that way in the first place. Defending your home is one thing, defending that which does not want to be defended is questionable. Also the boy was invited into her bedroom, why didn't he hit her in the head as well? Or, is he that dumb to think that the boy was a rapist, I doubt it. He just didn't like the idea of anyone banging his daughter.

David A. DeLong

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Submitted by David A. DeLong on Fri, 2008-09-12 23:56

manonthestreet

Yes I think David has it about right. This man does not come out of it all that well. We don't know the precise circumstances but my guess is that the kid was just frightened and embarrassed. Also the father not knowing suggests to me that the kids where frightened that he would not approve if he did find out so kept it a secret. To be honest I don't have any problem with youngsters enjoying themselves romantically so long as they are sensible. Rather wish my youth had had more (some) romance myself.

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Submitted by trotter on Sat, 2008-09-13 19:08

Is that when a father is in the home, he WILL protect his children - regardless of outcome to his own detriment. Why? Because it's his child, and as far as the Father knew 'at that moment' when he walked in and found a naked man in his daughter's room - he 'could' have been raping the girl.

No, no - don't bash on me for suggesting this.. think about it! If you, as a father, had NO idea that innocent lamb-daughter was engaging sexually with some guy, and you walked in her room, having heard strange noises, to be confronted with a naked bloke -- realistically -- what would you think?

"Oh, my lying daughter... I bet this naked fella is her bloke..." -or- "WTF there's some naked bastard in my daughter's room! WTF is he doing!!!!"

Again, we do not know the full details... to target this man's (most likely) defensive nature to protect his daughter and criminalize him is outrageously wrong.

By criminalizing him - we're saying ONLY the government can defend our families. No thank you - I think we can all agree for the most part, our governments (across the pond as we may be - they still follow similar fashions) have royally f*cked our families.

http://antimisandry.com

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Submitted by antimisandry.com on Sun, 2008-09-14 04:51

manonthestreet

I certainly agree with antimisandry when he says that we should not surrender our right to the sate. Indeed I am fierce in thinking this as I have strong libertarian inclinations. But thinking like this also includes the idea that the girl and the boy both own their own bodies. It's not a case of a lying daughter as quite frankly it is none of anyone else's business what she does with her own body.

But I do think this man was an idiot. I do have daughter and I don't think this man's reactions in assuming the man met harm is any more sensible then a woman spraying mace into the face of an innocent man walking pass her because she thought he was going to rape her. Agreed the thresh hole of provocation was more in the case of the father who found a naked man in his daughter's room. On the other had I would not have entered my daughter's room without knocking. She entitled to some privacy even in the family home.

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Submitted by trotter on Sun, 2008-09-14 06:36

Girls are really clever about concealing their behaviors.

When my older daughter (now 25) was a teen-ager, my family lived in a sprawling 4,000 sq. foot home with a huge basement that became "Sleep-over Central" for about a dozen teen-aged females.

I thought that I and my then-wife were providing a safe and supervised environment and these girls were all just normal kids.

I only found out about a year ago in conversation with my daughter that she and her friends used to wait until my wife and I were asleep, and then they would sneak out and go wilding or invite boys in and we never caught on to the scam!

Those innocent little darlings were cheerleaders and A+ students and they were apparently also criminals.

Well, at least she told me the truth .... after a fashion.

There are a whole lot of things that a father does not really want to know about his female offspring.

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Submitted by Roy on Sun, 2008-09-14 16:29

You really can't blame the dad for what happened. In fact, had he killed the guy, it could be considered manslaughter. If it's anyone's fault, it's the daughter's for not being honest, and sneaking her bf into the house.

Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!

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Submitted by xtrnl on Mon, 2008-09-15 20:23