Spot'im Got'im: Queens Neighbors Apprehend Suspect Who Allegedly Raped Teen in Park

This made me really happy, as pleased as I can be when two 13-year-olds have such a terrible experience.  At least they're okay.  And they know their community cares for them and is behind them 100%.

This guy apparently has a drug problem, according to what he told the police.  He allegedly admitted to approaching a teen boy and girl with a knife he'd found, and forcing them into a secluded area where he tied them up and raped the girl before stealing their phones.

The neighborhood tracked him down via surveillance video and Facebook.  They waited for him at the bodega.  When he showed up, they grabbed him by the hair and got him into a headlock.  He took a little bit of an ass-beating.  All of that is fine with me.

I'm truly fine with the neighbors kicking his ass in this incident, for a few reasons.  1.  They had the right guy.  They had photographic evidence including a tattoo.  2.  They didn't stab him to death, like the person in Las Vegas.  They held him for the police.  They're not trained LEO with de-escalation skills and equipment to handle someone who's fighting.  The suspect isn't permanently injured.  They did what they had to do to restrain him.  He's not as badly injured as a lot of people who get arrested by the police for much lesser crimes.

What I'm  not good with is that they opened this report with the guy's nationality and immigration status.

I yearn to live in a world where justice is truly blind, where people are people, including the victims and perpetrators.  His nationality or immigration status are irrelevant, and fuck everybody who politicizes crime, especially rape.  No seriously fuck you.