Jesus fucking christ no he didn’t - a big reason we don’t do vigilante executions is the same reason we shouldn’t be doing the government sponsored kind:
COPS ARE BAD AT THEIR JOB
At the time there was every chance that Doucet was innocent because the cops had arrested the wrong person - the evidence was not available, and Gary Plauche unilaterally carried out a death sentence on a man on a rumor. In this case it probably worked out, although the investigation into Doucet was stopped after his death and the case was considered closed so we still don’t know for sure: testimony of a traumatized 10 year old and Doucet’s presence in the hotel room are the primary evidence, but there was no further investigation to find out if he was even the only person involved. At the time, Plauche didn’t even know for sure that Doucet was in the hotel room, he had just been given rumors.
From your post history, you’re a decent person, you’re not some bootlicker, so why are you affording the police enough credibility that you believe their initial investigations are so well conducted that they can unilaterally be used as grounds for summary execution?
Jesus fucking christ no he didn’t - a big reason we don’t do vigilante executions is the same reason we shouldn’t be doing the government sponsored kind:
COPS ARE BAD AT THEIR JOB
At the time there was every chance that Doucet was innocent because the cops had arrested the wrong person - the evidence was not available, and Gary Plauche unilaterally carried out a death sentence on a man on a rumor. In this case it probably worked out, although the investigation into Doucet was stopped after his death and the case was considered closed so we still don’t know for sure: testimony of a traumatized 10 year old and Doucet’s presence in the hotel room are the primary evidence, but there was no further investigation to find out if he was even the only person involved. At the time, Plauche didn’t even know for sure that Doucet was in the hotel room, he had just been given rumors.
From your post history, you’re a decent person, you’re not some bootlicker, so why are you affording the police enough credibility that you believe their initial investigations are so well conducted that they can unilaterally be used as grounds for summary execution?