Should the father in this case have been charged with any crime?

[NeverAgain]

I voted yes, but this is the same problem I have with the death penalty, if I saw a man raping or molesting a child of mine, I'd shoot the son of a bit*h. I am a moral person with no morals.

[PJ]

If the father killed him it would be another question, but for this situation, no.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Yeah, if we're being fair; but I'm hardly going to lose sleep about some POS getting beat up. I'm normally cynical of people on the internet who say "yeah I would totes beat him up", but in this case, yeah, one would have to be inhumanly calm to avoid violence.

[Cory]

Yes. Beating up people is wrong, unless it was literally the only way to prevent a greater harm from being done (which I doubt it was in this case). Two wrongs don't make one right.

Jesus dude just shut up. Spare us that high horsed moralfag crap.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Yeah, who gives a sh*t about due process and rule of law? We should just stop prosecuting people who commit crimes on victims we don't like. That's clearly the mature, civilized way to go.

[The Mikado]

I think Antonio has the right of it on this one. The legitimate authority to punish someone for a criminal act is in the hands of the state and the state alone. Given the extenuating circumstances, the father should only receive a slap on the wrist legally, but allowing citizens to take the law into their own hands is an extremely dangerous precedent and should not be condoned.

[WVdemocrat]

Yes, but give a super super weak punishment.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

No, the father was protecting his child, and rightfully so!

[SATW]

Beating up people is obviously wrong, but child molesters are not people, so no.

amen, SWE.

I also find it hilarious that people think they are morally superior by stating they are against violence. I do not agree with Antonio, at all.

[dead0man]

Yes - rendering the perpetrator unconscious sounds as though it was unnecessary to end to the violation of the son. A couple strikes I can understand as an initial defensive measure but if molester surrenders or flees there is no longer any justification to press the attack.

While I would be cool with letting the guy stealing the stereo out of my car flee once confronted, not the ass clown that was doing what this guy was doing.  I don't know if I shoot him in the back (probably), but I'd certainly restrain him, with extreme violence if necessary, until the cops get there.