Oh dear, where do I start? Okay, first, this guy is dangerous. This incident, almost certainly, won't have been his first meltdown, perhaps not his first run-in with the law. He will suffer for his actions, in ways like his neighbors shunning him, the legal ramifications and expense, potential jail time, the outing of his name, address, and picture.
While there is a big part of me that says 'good', there is another little part that says perhaps a prior poster could be right about the effects of dementia, or some other overwhelming condition he may suffer from. That niggling little part says 'enough already', let's let the system work and reserve judgement until all the facts are known. I say all this because my grandfather, such a good-hearted gentle man all his life, hit a nurse when hospitalized with Alzheimer's. He wouldn't have known himself at that stage. Let's just wait before crucifying him. It's the right thing to do for now, IMHO.
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