I have a distant cousin who is a career criminal. He's violent and unpleasant. Members of his own family have taken out restraining orders against him.
Today my family was tormented by his latest b.s. crime. He called my grandmother and started asking her questions, dropping hints that he intends to commit identity theft on family members. He called her from the family member's house that he had broken into in Tampa, despite the restraining order to keep him away from that relative!
He's never off parole before he commits the next crime. I don't even know of all of his crimes. Apparently they include armed bank robbery and drug crimes. He's a bad egg and Florida judges keep turning him loose.
He does exhibit a curious mix of behaviors that seem common to many career criminals:
1) He constantly thinks of his next crime (going straight must not be an option).
2) He sees everyone, including his own family as a pool of waiting victims.
3) He laughs at you if you tell him that he will get caught again. It's almost like he dares you to try and get him in trouble. This seems to me to be his "in your face" way of making you feel helpless.
To me this is a form of terrorism.
Today my family was tormented by his latest b.s. crime. He called my grandmother and started asking her questions, dropping hints that he intends to commit identity theft on family members. He called her from the family member's house that he had broken into in Tampa, despite the restraining order to keep him away from that relative!
He's never off parole before he commits the next crime. I don't even know of all of his crimes. Apparently they include armed bank robbery and drug crimes. He's a bad egg and Florida judges keep turning him loose.
He does exhibit a curious mix of behaviors that seem common to many career criminals:
1) He constantly thinks of his next crime (going straight must not be an option).
2) He sees everyone, including his own family as a pool of waiting victims.
3) He laughs at you if you tell him that he will get caught again. It's almost like he dares you to try and get him in trouble. This seems to me to be his "in your face" way of making you feel helpless.
To me this is a form of terrorism.