How embarrassed would you be?

Question

Instincts took over, James Van Iveren says, when he rushed out his door to the sound of a woman being raped in an apartment above.

Would-Be Rescuer


James Van Iveren, charged with three criminal counts

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Buy a link here"It was a woman screaming," he recalled Tuesday. "She was screaming for help."

Sword in hand, he bounded up the stairs, kicked in the door and confronted a man who turned out to be alone - watching a pornographic movie.

"Now I feel stupid," Van Iveren said.

Worse yet, police seized his sword - a family heirloom - carted him to jail and referred the case to a prosecutor who charged Van Iveren with three criminal counts.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=568400

I would be really, really embarrassed, but I don't see why they would charge him with a crime. Still, he should have called 911.

Answer 1

Bingo. He should have called 911. Case closed.

OR -- at least knocked on the door, first, and said, "IS EVERYTHING OK IN THERE?"

He assumed... and that was the first mistake.