Slain Good Samaritan a Strike Against Gender Equality

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We’ve all probably heard of the Biblical “Good Samaritan”, and if you haven’t, just imagine a person stopping to help someone with no assumption of compensation.  Believe it or not, there are folks in the world willing to go out of their way for others.  Some call us suckers.

Could be they’re right …

Melissa Jenkins, a science teacher at Vermont’s St. Johnsbury Academy, received a call from Allen and Patricia Prue, a couple who had plowed her driveway in the past, claiming car trouble.  Jenkins, who clearly got a bad vibe from the dynamic duo, called a friend to let someone know where she was going … just in case.

From WMUR:

According to court documents, Prue beat and strangled Jenkins when she got out of her car. He said his wife was outside helping him but didn’t know what she was doing, court documents said.

He then put the body in the backseat of their car, and they drove to their home — at some point, Patricia Prue …

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Was Elderly Woman Justified in Shooting Longtime Middle School-Aged Harassers?

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Margaret Matthews, a Chicago woman in her late sixties took justice into her own hands (a la Lisbeth Salander) after being allegedly tormented by two boys for over a year … and her South Shore neighborhood is rallying behind her after she finally reached a breaking point and took out a gun.

But was this a heroic act of self-defense or does it cross the line into vigilante justice?

From the Chicago Tribune:

In this rough South Side neighborhood where residents often observe a code of silence, voices rose up in unison Wednesday to support Matthews, affectionately known as “Miss Margaret.”

“I think she did right,” said Jimmie Johnson, echoing a sentiment heard over and over on Matthews’ block. “She was just protecting her property.”

Tnoila McCoy, 54, a neighbor and decades-long friend of Matthews’, said the two boys had been causing problems for months.

“They’ve been terrible to her for over a year. They burned up her barbecue pit and her flower bed,” McCoy said. “She was protecting herself. These kids came to her yard, jumped her fence and started terrorizing her. She didn’t just shoot a kid.”

Specifically, the two boys, aged twelve and thirteen, threw bricks …

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