I saw where the city of St. Petersburg was trying to determine who was going to pay for the demolition of the home where cop killer Hydra Lacy was hidden in. How about this... nobody. Do not harbor known criminals. If you do, you get what you get. You could get hurt or shot in the apprehension of the criminal. You could get your stuff damaged. You never know, you could get your stuff reduced to rubble, put into trucks by a front end loader and taken to the dump to be buried. Congratulations. You are now the proud owner of a vacant lot.
I only wish the police were able to retreat unharmed. They could have then begun "negotiation by flame thrower." Call into the house for the criminal's immediate surrender. Allow 10 seconds for a response. If no response, hit the entire house with the flame throwers. The criminal is now "on the clock." He has the time allotted by the physics of heat, flame and smoke. Leave the next move up to him. The city will save the cost of a prolonged negotiation. Everyone wins....well.... almost everyone.
Then there is Dan Birmingham, a gym owner who knew Hydra Lacy. He knew Hydra to be a "real decent guy." I am sure he meant other than the sexual assault of a child under 13, assaults on police officers, stabbing his wife in the leg and face with a sword, beating her with a rum bottle and stomping on her to put her so badly to put her in the hospital and she couldn't work for 6 weeks, the grand theft auto charges, the armed burglaries and then the shooting of a U.S. Marshall along with the murder of two police officers. I am sure ol' Danny meant to say he was a "real decent guy" other than that stuff.
I didn't know the man but he does sound like a great guy.
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