Recently I heard of a woman of 82 who was robbed by someone who went for her handbag in broad daylight. It's her opinion that the reason why she was targeted was that she walks with a cane, which of course indicates that she shall not be able to put up much of a fight to defend herself or her belongings. Somehow, that fact makes her feel humiliated, not only by the robber, but also by her own disability.
Of course, this robbery is neither the first nor the last time something like that is happening, but in this case, the robber was a (maybe illegal???) visitor or immigrant from an East European country, which wasn't the first time one of those guys did something like this. Unfortunately, by now they have a reputation of being criminal and often violent, yes, by now, with incidents like this one, people almost take for granted that the criminal is either from East Europe or the Middle East. Something, which is not quite fair, but that's the situation now after numerous robberies, burglaries and even murders to
obtain what these people lack: Money and luxury items. We, the legit citizens, try to get
rid of them, but in several cases it has proven impossible as they simply return at will. They may be evicted over and over, but here they are, back again, ready for "business"!
These years have seen many deeply disturbing criminal cases, as both everybody and nobody
seems to be the true criminals because those who commit the crimes take excuse in their social situations, e.g. as formerly abused
children or the like. One of the worst cases of this kind of crimes, is
the one in which an old woman, 85 years old, who never bothered anyone,
was victimized by a 15-year-old boy. She had been a nice and decent person, actually, a model citizen, all her life.
Also, she was a woman who had made an effort to get by on her meager pension as
best she could. Being both old and poor, she should
have been left alone by criminals, but as we only know too well, fairness isn't always to be had.
Guilty as charged: I love this story of granny-bravery, but that's not the most common outcome of a fight with a robber
One day when the 85 years old woman was walking home after shopping the most necessary groceries for her household, she met her murderer: For some
reason best known to himself a young man of 15 followed in
her footsteps, unbeknown to her and without having any knowledge of whom, and what she was. When she opened her door and stepped into "the safety of" her home, he was right behind her and forced his way in. She told him to leave, which made him furious. He hit her in the face and then even raped her. When she told him that he was an evil, bad boy and that she was calling the police on him, he got so enraged that he decided to kill her for his own protection. A decision which he then set out to do in such a way that when her son found her dead body the next
day, her head was almost cut loose from her neck. Also, she
has a lot of deep cuts and bruises all over her body and face.
She is dead, but the young murderer wasn't arrested until several months
later. Then it appears that in reality he is a
tragic figure who has had a terrible childhood with
alcoholic parents, abuse, etc., etc.. That's awful, but what has that got to do with this poor, old and
dead woman? Did he target her because she resembled
someone who had been evil to him, and if so, how could that be the fault of this
particular old woman who didn't know him until they met? No, it was not in any way her fault, it was a coincidence or fate itself. Also,
it was especially unfair to someone who had been a decent person all her life -
just as life had been unfair to the small child who had grown
into a 15 years old murderer.
However, in my opinion, the misuse of the fact of his
miserable childhood as an excuse for his bloody deed doesn't hold water
because the one he targeted had nothing to do with his past.
Had he targeted someone who had abused him or just been cruel to him when a child I might
have accepted it as a kind of excuse, but still, only up to a point. I do find it hard always to condone revenge, but still, I understand it - at least up to a point.
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