On Wednesday, April 18th, Anthony Mele and his daughter were eating at a steakhouse when a homeless man walked in and stabbed him in the neck. The person who stabbed him was Jamal Jackson aged 49. He has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder. Anthony diied the next day and his daughter was not injured. The two men didn't know each other at all. Before the attack, a bystander called the police on Jackson for yelling and disturbing the peace. The police decided he was not a threat and dismissed the call.
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If you were the officer that dismissed the call, how would you feel knowing that he was a threat and killed someone?
Why do you think the homeless man stabbed Anthony?
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Good job replying! I think your summary is brief overall.
I would feel bad and I would regret that because this could have been prevented from happening if someone just went to check out the situation. I don't think that anyone would predict Jackson stabbing someone, but I would still feel guilty for not responding. I think that the stabber probably just did something crazy maybe because of alcohol or drugs.
I would be so upset with guilt and probably become very depressed over the whole thing. I also might want to consider a new career since I obviously wasn't taking my own as seriously as I should've. You would think the homeless man had a motive, but if he had no relations to the man, the stabber could've been under the influence of some drug that caused him to feel the need to stab Jackson.
I agree, I don't think I would be able to get over it for a while. I might get over it in the future, but it would be a long time. I also agree with you about the homeless man being on soem type of substance, because he didn't know the man.
1. I will feel bad that I dissmiss the call and someone die because of my judge ment.
2. Maybe because he maybe mad and need someone help to treat him.
I would also feel bad for dismissing the call, because I didn't make the right judgement and someone died because of my actions. I would possible find a new career.
If I were the officer tha dismised the call I would feel horrible and somewhat to blame for the casue of the mans death. Im not suer why the old man stabbed Anthony.. Maybe because the homeless man needed somewhere to stay and thoguht prism might be okay or he might have been mentally ill.
I would feel horrible and be very sick to my stomach knowing that something that violent happen right in front of that daughter that's horrible. I have no idea who would do that but that's very wrong. Because he wanted to prove a point and stabbing somebody was his way of doing it. This is a very sad story and I feel bad for this family.
I also feel bad for the family and the little girl who won't have the chance of growing up with her own father. I think it's possible that the homeless man was trying to prove a point.
I would feel guilty because I could've done something about the man's emotions. I also would go back through the events and if the call was worth dismissing then I would try and get myself to understand that and not take the blame for it. I think the homeless man didn't consider everything that murdering another person could cause for others. I think it was more of an in the moment kind of emotion that caused him to do this. There's a possibility that because he was homeless he wanted to commit a crime that would put him in prison for the food and shelter that's provided there at no cost. There are a lot of possible reasons as to why the homeless man stabbed an innocent person.
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