
by Anna Von Reitz
“But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet,
and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among
them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the
watchman's hand.” Ezekiel 33:6
There is a principle in Law that we are responsible for both our acts
and our inaction.
If you witness a murder and have the opportunity to take action to
stop it without forfeit of your own life and fail to take such action, you are
an accomplice to the crime.
This was forcefully brought home to me when a friend witnessed a
violent mugging in a parking lot in California. An elderly couple getting into
their car outside a mall were approached at gunpoint by a middle aged man intent
on robbing them. My friend just happened to be in position to ram his car into
the robber without endangering the elderly couple. This may have saved their
lives.
However, following the dictum that "no good deed goes unpunished" my
friend was arrested by the police (who, as always, weren't there when the crime
was going down) and charged with a laundry list of felonies and misdemeanors
including "Attempted Vehicular Homicide".
He was also sued by the gunman in a civil suit for damages. (The rat
was knocked to the pavement and sustained bruises, abrasions, and a broken
wrist---- the same hand that was holding the gun. I am sure you are all sobbing
in sympathy with him.)
Isn't this just Every Good Man's nightmare?