BEE STING & BEING MORE CAREFUL FROM NOW ON!
This is Bee Sting, a costumed activist from Michigan accused off firing his shotgun while grappling with someone he’s confronted. Facts are sketchy and after George Zimmerman rushing to judgement just got warp drive.I practice neighborhood watch; citizens patrol and real life superhero ( RLSH )/extreme altruist ( X ALT ) activism. Best practices and avoiding situations where we can be accused of misconduct are our best defense. Private citizens walk a tight rope with the legal system when taking action. Private citizens with costumes and/or code names walk a tight rope without a safety net because of how unusual their choice of civic duty appears.Bee Sting will have his day in court. As a broad community we’d do well to think twice before taking any action that could backfire.We’re private citizens, not cops! This fact is made painfully clear when one of us finds himself pursued more aggressively by police and prosecutors than career criminals with rap sheets blocks long!I’m not saying neighborhood watchers; citizens on patrol; RLSH or X ALTS ought to second guess every move they make or close up shop.I am suggesting that being even more careful from now on isn’t bad… especially with the bad press cycle currently under way.
We don’t want anyone’s rights violated or harmed because of what we do.
Knight-Hood
As usual I couldn’t agree more. Like yourself I do not wear a costume to call attention to what I am doing. I do carry my mask with me but would only don it in an extreme emergency when there is no time to call the police. I consider myself an ally of the police but realize that they would not view me as one, if they knew about me,
I have been successful at doing this sort of work for 22 years now because I keep such a low profile. I go out in disguise as a homeless man and no one looks twice at me. Not the police, not the criminals.
Both George Zimmerman and Bee Sting are paying for their lack of judgement and have inadvertantly put a negative spotlight on all neighborhood watches and all rlsh’s.
My sympathies to their loved ones who must now pay the price for their poor judgement.
Carry on, and let’s all be careful out there.
Knight-Hood