You know it, you love it, it's Florida!
On July 18, the father of an 11-year-old boy called police to report that his son was being molested by Raymond Frolander, 18. During the 9/11 call to the Volusia County emergency dispatch, the man is heard telling the dispatcher that he left Frolander "nice and knocked out" and "in a puddle of blood" on the floor.
The father told police he came home to find Frolander with his young son. The look on Frolander's face made the father think something was wrong. The father then said that Frolander's pants fell down to his ankles "and nothing else needed to be said" when he saw exposed genitals.
When police arrived they found Frolander badly beaten. The man was arrested for sexual battery on a child under 12 years old.
A police affidavit reported, "We observed the defendant laying motionless on the living room floor with several knots on his face and bleeding from his mouth."
The affidavit also notes that Frolander confessed saying, "I'm guilty."
In an early report CNN quoted Daytona Beach Police Chief Michael Chitwood saying he had no problem with what the father did to the molester: "Not as a police chief and not as a father."
"Dad reacted like a dad," Chitwood said. "He's acting like a father, protecting his son, and he's furious over what has occurred."
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...esting-His-Son
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/22/justic...beats-suspect/
Personally I completely support the decision to not press charges, but it does create an interesting precedent and demonstrate how much power and discretion is given to officials in administering the law. According to the father he was about to execute him with a butcher knife before his son stopped him.
However, the Dad seems like an asshole due to recent events. He revealed his son's photo and identity by making a GoFundMe page (it's at the bottom of the second link) asking for one million dollars (Dr. Evil pinky) for his son's treatment after this trauma. In reality all of the press is just going to further the trauma. Police go to great lengths to protect the identity of sexual assault victims, especially minors.
What do you guys think of all this?