Don't Mess With Texas Kids

From the Houston Chronicle:

Neighbors with bats, sticks capture suspected child predator
May 24, 2004, 7:11PM


Wielding baseball bats and sticks, a crowd in northwest Houston on Sunday chased down a man suspected of preying on neighborhood children in recent weeks....

...Neighborhood children initiated the pursuit of the suspected child predator.

"The little kids spotted him. The little kids started the chase," Gonzalez said. "All the little kids in the neighborhood -- they had sticks and everything."

About 20 children, mostly armed with sticks, began following the man when they spotted him at 12:45 p.m. near Peg and Bolin.

Adults joined in the chase when the man threatened the youngsters.

"I came out with a baseball bat," Gonzalez said. "When he saw the men coming, he ran."

Only in Texas.

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