Ending The Delay
From 1976 to 1986, one man struck fear in the hearts of Californians from Sacramento to San Francisco to Los Angeles, killing 12 people, raping at least 45 people and burglarizing more than 120 homes in meticulously planned crimes.
He was known by many names: the Golden State Killer, the East Area Rapist, the Diamond Knot Killer and the Original Night Stalker. But until last week, decades of detective work had not uncovered the name of Joseph James DeAngelo.
A statewide hunt for the suspect finally ended on Tuesday, when the authorities said that they had arrested Mr. DeAngelo, 72, and that he was responsible for the series of murders and rapes. In the end, the decades-long hunt for the infamous figure ended not far from where the case started.
It's ironic that this guy was living free like an ex Nazi war criminal in a state that seems to be doing everything that it can these days to infringe on their citizen's right to defend themselves.
In his Friday commentary about the long delay in capturing DeAngelo, Dr. Albert Mohler recalled a statement made by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "justice delayed is justice denied."
Now is a good time to point out the fact that “justice" will not be delayed too long when it's traveling at 1100 feet per second...... How many of DeAngelo's victim’s (and their descendants) would be alive today if they had been armed and ready to defend themselves?
We know that the police cannot protect individual citizens from the likes of Joseph DeAngelo. In fact DeAngelo had actually worked for five or six years as a California police officer, and was probably so employed during his crime spree.
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