Father kills man sexually abusing his daughter, Father is remorseful (Internet celebrates)

[MiddleFingerMom]

19. Just after highschool, I worked as a cook at a Howard Johnson's and one of our waitresses...

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... had divorced her first husband several years before because he was physically
abusing her. She thought she would never be able to trust a man again.
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To our surprise, she came in one night and announced that she had been dating a
man for a year and had just married him. Less than a week later, she got home from
work to find that he had sexually abused her preschool daughter (to the point of
injury).
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She called 911. The little girl was rushed to the hospital (she survived) and the man
was taken to jail.
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It was a relatively small town. The woman's father took his shotgun, went down to
the station, leveled it at the only police officer working onsite that night, and
DEMANDED to be taken back to the cell. He stood there pointing the shotgun at the
man at point-blank range for a good two minutes, trying to pull those triggers. He
eventually broke down and sobbed. The officer took the shotgun gently, called a
patrol car and had the father taken to his daughter's house. No charges were ever
filed.
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Many of our troops have PTSD because of the terrible aftershocks of having taken a
human life. Police officers, even when the officer has saved his/her own life and/or the
lives of others by killing a perp, NEED counseling/therapy to deal with the massive
emotional aftershocks (whether they admit it to others or not).
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Kill without remorse? Even on DU, I'm reminded of the seemingly endless numbers of
Internet Tough Guys that are out there.
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My heart goes out to the little girl and her father... and all the family and others so
horribly affected by this devastating event.
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