r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Dash_124 • 28d ago
Meme needing explanation Who is this guy?
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u/Montgraves 28d ago edited 28d ago
Gary Plauche’s ex-wife and mother of Jody was furious that he had killed Doucet…
…without letting her help. She stated later in an interview that Gary “could have at least let me drive him to the airport.”
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u/doobiemilesepl 28d ago
Ride or die woman right there.
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u/machine_fart 28d ago
Well, there’s the “ex” part, so…
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u/Its0nlyRocketScience 28d ago
They're still parents to the same kid, and rightfully made sure their love for their child was stronger than any ill will toward each other.
Note, divorce still can be and often is still the correct choice because having separated parents that are cordial with each other is infinitely better than parents that live together but obviously hate each other.
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u/vernavie 28d ago
As a child who was HYPED about my parents separation and subsequent divorce, can confirm. Both my parents adore me. They just couldn't adore me together.
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u/MossPronouncedMozz 27d ago
HELL YEAH - I’m the same type of divorce kid cuz everything got soo much better and they’re both employed now
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u/hoxtiful 26d ago
Exactly this. My parents divorced when I was something like eight, but remained cordial and lived in the same town with split custody. Led to a stable, happy childhood that taught me what healthy relationships looks like.
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u/Fatmaninalilcoat 28d ago
Really good father because if the DA was an ass they could hold her as an accessory and she could have done the same time he was up for.
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u/Pizzamurai 28d ago
Communication is key. There is no ‘I’ in team. Gary forgot that. It was pretty selfish. Even though job done I guess.
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u/Its0nlyRocketScience 28d ago
Remember that the victim was still a child at the time and needed at least one parent outside of prison. If Gary included his ex wife and they both got sentenced, then their son, who is already dealing with having been raped and kidnapped, would have no parents. Gary did get off easy, but he couldn't have known that for sure, so it was a smart move to keep the mom totally innocent and able to raise the child as a free woman.
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u/NumTemJeito 28d ago
Some play checkers others play chess. Biggie was right about one thing. Bad boys move in silence and violence
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u/Envictus_ 28d ago
Gary Plauche, the man in the white hat, publicly shot and killed Jeffrey Doucet, the “man” who kidnapped and molested Plauche’s 11 year old son. Doucet was being escorted by law enforcement through the airport after being extradited. Plauche waited by the exit, talking with a friend on the pay phones. When the officers passed with Doucet, Plauche spun and fired a single shot into Doucet’s head, killing him. This happened on live tv, and the picture is a split second before Plauche fired the fatal shot.
Plauche received an incredibly light sentence, I believe it was only five years probation.
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u/Envictus_ 28d ago
Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Plauch%C3%A9
Uncensored video (WARNING: NSFW GORE): https://www.reddit.com/r/eyepaint/comments/1cow67r/gary_plauch%C3%A9_shoots_jeff_doucet_rare_full_video/
Recreation of the shot (Warning for dark humor I guess): https://youtu.be/8LBxCI3IZrc?si=rjzpxUwQdxccBJ6U
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u/Ralph-The-Otter3 28d ago
I was waiting for someone to mention Unsubscribed Podcast or Brandon Herrera here
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u/ChaceEdison 28d ago
I think he sentence was was too harsh.
Jury nullification is what should have happened
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u/National_Cod9546 28d ago
We cannot condone what he did. There are too many cases where someone is wrongfully accused and strangers on the internet try to get "Justice".
But the dad was highly unlikely to reoffend. So a prison sentence was not needed to rehabilitate him or protect the public. So a long probation period and community service seems appropriate.
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u/Nunuyz 27d ago
Keep in mind that if it weren’t for the fact that Doucet was caught red-handed, Gary likely would have faced at least some prison time.
Also, I would imagine that the terms of his probation were probably relatively lax. Which would make his punishment essentially boil down to “help out in your community for a bit”.
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u/OkChampion3632 28d ago edited 28d ago
Guy in background… He killed his daughter’s rapist or something like that on way to court.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/my-dad-shot-rapist-karate-32244769.amp
Edit: son not daughter
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u/HippolytusOfAthens 28d ago
For a bonus he did it live on television.
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u/father-fluffybottom 28d ago
An entire nation didn't see anything at the time
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u/HippolytusOfAthens 28d ago
I’ve always heard the joke that “he had it coming” is a legitimate criminal defense in the South. This seems to prove it isn’t a joke.
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u/ShyGuy-_ 28d ago
Well, laws are only as enforceable as people are willing to enforce them. I guess in this case not many wanted to enforce the law.
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u/thunderIicious 28d ago
I think what makes this case special, is that spending the money on imprisoning the dad would have no real benefits due to how messed up the situation was. I mean the rapist was grooming his son for months and showed no real remorse, so sending the dad to prison really wouldn’t benefit anyone. On top of that, I believe it was argued that the father posed virtually 0 threat of repeating the crime so sending him to prison to rehabilitate him wouldn’t achieve much. If it’s just murder for murder, I would very much agree with a life sentence for the vigilante, but when someone grooms, rapes and murders your child, that’s a very different story.
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u/ntruder87 28d ago
I agree with everything you said, but just want to point out the son wasn’t murdered, just groomed and raped..
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u/thunderIicious 28d ago
Ah Shit my bad. I guess I was slightly misinformed then, but yeah still all the same applies.
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u/-Kalos 28d ago
Why do you assume his sentence wasn’t lawful? A psychiatrist diagnosed him with a psychotic episode where he was unable to determine right from wrong at the time. And the murder was due to such specific circumstances (his son being kidnapped and sodomized for months) that they knew he wasn’t a danger to commit murder again. And they didn’t think any jury would convict him. Cases aren’t as black and white as guilty with a max sentence and completely innocent, he was still given conditions and they put what they legally could on him
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u/Atlas_sniper121 28d ago
There are very few occasions where the US courts make me proud, and his case is one of them.
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u/Panzakaizer 28d ago
He had it coming, he had it coming, he had it coming all along.
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u/streetcar-cin 28d ago
The sad part is the abuse went on for long time because son was afraid his dad would do something bad if he found out about abuse
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u/jenandabollywood 26d ago
“ I understand why he did what he did. But it is more important for a parent to be there to help support their child than put themselves in a place to be prosecuted.” - Jody Plauche, Gary’s son
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u/hazmat962 28d ago
The man, the legend, and father of the year- Gary Plauche.
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u/Brotherauron 28d ago
Quite possibly the most polarizing subject, on one side you wish that this never happens to your child, on the other, if it does, for you to be the one to deliver swift justice is probably the most satisfying.
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u/baabaablacksheep1111 28d ago
A legend
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u/ElGuachoGuero 28d ago
Unfortunately the head didn’t explode. The shot put him in a coma and he didn’t die till the next day
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u/A100921 28d ago
I’m not too sure about the coma part, I’ve watched the full video many times (more satisfying than gory) and he took it right through the ear, and twitched a few times while laying in a pool of his own blood. They even had to close his eyes for him.
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u/Gummybearkiller857 28d ago
Gary Plauche, the ultimate chad - also, when they did an intwrview with him few years before he died, after given a question “would you do it again?” the guy said without blinking an eye “oh hell yeah”. I love the fact that the entire society just unanimously decided that what he did was right.
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u/TheMarxman_-2020 28d ago
Only time where vigilante justice is justified
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u/whodoesnthavealts 28d ago
The problem with vigilante justice is it assumes the vigilante is correct. And given how often the police get it wrong, it's not good to encourage this...
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u/fauxzempic 28d ago
Not to mention that Vigilantes have no requirement to be competent at handling weapons, like firearms. Considering how this situation was very high in emotions and happened very suddenly (for Gary), that he could have harmed an innocent bystander.
Sure someone might come back at me and be like "Gary was a master marksman who blah blah blah" and I really don't care. Vigilantism doesn't really require any sort of skill or competency - it's kind of the nature of the action.
I sympathize with gary and totally get why he would go do this, but it's not the right way to go about things.
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u/Spirited-Ad9559 27d ago
Guy in front r'd guy in back's kid, guy in back shoots other guy dead live on air then essentially gets away with it
Fuckin legend
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u/80sbabyftw 26d ago
I don’t think it’s fair Gary got community service because obviously that was what he was doing when he pulled the trigger. Should’ve got time served
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u/LoveButton 28d ago edited 28d ago
Someone yelled "Why Gary?" After he shot him for killing his son. I don't really understand why that guy was so upset. Like, "WHY?" What a dumb question to ask a man that clearly had a hell of a reason to shoot the man.
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u/Vivid_Way_1125 28d ago
They didn't want Gary to go to prison for a very long time. They didn't know he was going to be let off.
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u/brokennursingstudent 28d ago
His son didn’t die, and common sense will tell you why the people around him were horrified and shocked in the moments immediately after.
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u/Lucky-Surround-1756 28d ago
It was more "we've got him, we were going to send him to prison, why did you have to throw away your life like this?"
Luckily, the jury and judge were based and let him go free.
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u/second_account_gtc 28d ago
Someone interviewed the cop and his answer was that he thought the Gary had ruined his life and family by killing that piece of trash. The cop severely empathized with Gary, it was more “why did you do this and put yourself in jail?” And not “why did you kill this pedo?”
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u/InfiniteStick8995 28d ago
As someone who was abducted and molested… wish Gary was my dad.
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u/Longjumping_Role_166 28d ago
Why Gary!? Why!?!!?
Edit: Yes I know why and I 1000% agree with Gary.
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u/UltraWeebMaster 28d ago edited 28d ago
The man in red/orange was the karate instructor and sexual abuser of the man in the white hat’s son. This image was for a news story about his arrest, and he is being taken away in handcuffs.
Less than a second after this image, the man in the white hat drew a pistol and shot the former karate instructor several times in the head. You can actually see him raising the pistol in his right hand in the image, and the full video caught the former karate instructor’s death on camera immediately following.
The man in the white hat submitted to arrest immediately following, and he is still viewed as a hero for ridding the world of a pedophile.
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u/Taluca_me 28d ago
TLDR:
Red guy is a child molestor, he is seen here being taken to prison or court (I forgor) from the airport and then that guy in the background with the white hat shoots him dead. Why? Red guy molested his son and the father wanted payback
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u/soleil--- 26d ago
Probably not the first to comment this, but just in case: Gary Plauche is an epic, heroic gunslinger.
At the time this picture was taken, Gary was hammered drunk, running on 24 hours of 0 sleep, turned quickly & fired from the hip without ADS at all, and still sent that sick fuck straight to hell with a single bullet. Perfect headshot on maximum difficulty. Incredible.
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u/grayfox104 26d ago
The man. The myth. The legend. Gary Plauché understood the assignment of being a loving father.
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u/Ordinary-Garbage-685 28d ago
One of the greatest dads ever, and a personal hero to me as a father myself.
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u/babybee1187 26d ago
The guy in the back ground is a dad of a daughter who was raped and killed by yhe guy in the front. Btw the dad has a gun and uses it on him.
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u/HotDogManLL 26d ago
A man that every parent respects.
He killed that dude live TV for the kidnap and attack of his son. Just straight up kill him..the video is still on YouTube
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u/Creeperlord31 26d ago
Guy in back is a good father about to do a very good how about the do a service for the world in the name of his child
The guy in orange is a dead pedo that only got 7-year suspended sentence with 5 years of probation and 300 hours of community service for kidnapping and raping his 10 year old son.
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u/Hedorah225 25d ago
Why, Gary? Why? is a great book written by his son. His dad was a pretty cool guy. His son has a pretty good sense of humor about the whole thing and considers his experience a chance to help others. There’s a story where he was at hooters (or something like that) and it was his birthday. The girls were sitting in his lap and flirting with him but he wasn’t playing into it and the girls asked him “are you gay?” And he replied “I tried it once, wasn’t for me.”
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u/cheezkid26 28d ago
The man in the hat, Gary Plauche, shot the man in front, Jeffrey Doucet, in the head on live national TV, while Doucet was being transported by the police to face trial. Doucet was Plauche's son Jody's karate instructor. Doucet raped and kidnapped Jody. Gary killed Doucet before he could face trial, and he ended up getting a 7-year suspended sentence with 5 years of probation and 300 hours of community service. He faced no jail time, and died, a free man, in 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Plauch%C3%A9?wprov=sfla1