Neighborhood Watch Heros
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:28 am
Thinking about the heroism that George Zimmerman displayed last year when he got his gun, followed a suspicious man in his neighborhood and shot him reminded me of another neighborhood hero: Reginald Campos.
For those of you unfamiliar with the story, Campos was a professional living in a nice, new neighborhood on the South side of Salt Lake Valley, and was a volunteer for his local neighborhood watch group. Exactly four years ago, Campos was sitting home when his teenage daughter came into the house terrified--as she was driving home, a creepy guy was following her. Doing what any heroic Right-minded Republican would do, he got his gun, and with his daughter went out to look for this creep.
With her help, they quickly found the suspect, who was still driving around the neighborhood. Campos pulled in front of the suspect and ordered him to get out. The suspect got out of his car, and had a gun. Fearing for his life, Campos did what any heroic red-blooded Republican would do. In his own words as recorded by the call he subsequently made to 911, ""He got out of his car, pulled a gun on me and cocked it, and I let him have it."
It turned out that the creep with the gun whom Campos shot turned out to be David Serbeck--another neighborhood watchman who lived on the opposite corner of the neighborhood, whom he hadn't met.
Thank God for heroes like Campos, Serbeck, and Zimmerman. I feel so much safer knowing that my heroic right-minded gun-totting Republican neighbors are on patrol.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/20 ... -2010mar20
For those of you unfamiliar with the story, Campos was a professional living in a nice, new neighborhood on the South side of Salt Lake Valley, and was a volunteer for his local neighborhood watch group. Exactly four years ago, Campos was sitting home when his teenage daughter came into the house terrified--as she was driving home, a creepy guy was following her. Doing what any heroic Right-minded Republican would do, he got his gun, and with his daughter went out to look for this creep.
With her help, they quickly found the suspect, who was still driving around the neighborhood. Campos pulled in front of the suspect and ordered him to get out. The suspect got out of his car, and had a gun. Fearing for his life, Campos did what any heroic red-blooded Republican would do. In his own words as recorded by the call he subsequently made to 911, ""He got out of his car, pulled a gun on me and cocked it, and I let him have it."
It turned out that the creep with the gun whom Campos shot turned out to be David Serbeck--another neighborhood watchman who lived on the opposite corner of the neighborhood, whom he hadn't met.
Thank God for heroes like Campos, Serbeck, and Zimmerman. I feel so much safer knowing that my heroic right-minded gun-totting Republican neighbors are on patrol.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/20 ... -2010mar20
