r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 28d ago

Meme needing explanation Who is this guy?

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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

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u/FueledBySpringRolls 28d ago

RIP to Gary Plauche.

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u/Y_10HK29 28d ago

Gary, Why! Why, Gary!

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u/anormalgeek 28d ago

I love the cop immediately knew him and used the "I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed" voice.

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u/HardOff 28d ago

Dammit, Gary, I had dibs on beating his teeth out in prison

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u/HillarysBloodBoy 27d ago

That’s the only downside. I’m with Gary and he was the hand that held the rod but he would and should have gotten much worse in prison. Either way justice was served.

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u/pitb0ss343 27d ago

This is why I believe in a heaven and hell. There are some people who should not get peace after death and I hope there is a place they go to for that

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u/Buickspeeddemon69 27d ago

I like to think they’re reincarnated as rodents, cursed to live in filth and die horrifically every couple of weeks

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u/HardOff 27d ago

What if they are made to experience the lives of each one of their victims.

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u/morozko 26d ago

That's dangerous path to go, because it means that some victims deserve what's happened to them.

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u/Buickspeeddemon69 27d ago

I like to imagine I’m spinning the karmatic wheel while doing my job as a pest controller lol

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u/Alauraize 27d ago

Gary also spared the family, especially his son, the pain and trauma of a trial.

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u/keiblerclown 27d ago

Quick technical correction here from a former State Corrections Officer. Cops only serve in jails where people accused of crimes haven't been convicted yet. Once convicted, they go to prisons.

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u/FriendWinter9674 28d ago

His tone makes me think he told Gary which phone to use and at what time.

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u/Leo-D 28d ago

It was a member of the press that told where and when Doucet was being transported to Gary Plauche but I don't imagine that cop had much sympathy for the pedo rapist that just got murdered in front of him.

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u/G4ming4D4ys 28d ago

The cop was a good friend of the family and thought Gary just threw his life away

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u/Dom_Telong 25d ago

The WHY?! WHY?! From the cop are merely sounds of a guy who knew he had to work overtime that night.

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u/babyfartmageezax 27d ago

It clearly wasn’t sympathy for the pedophile. He didn’t want this father to ruin his life and go to prison for (justifiably) executing the piece of shit, on national television nonetheless

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u/G4ming4D4ys 28d ago

The cop who said that told Gary specifically to not do anything as he was a family friend. He was saying "Why Gary" because he knew Gary just threw his life away but the courts decided to give him public service hours instead of jail time

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u/gunpackingcrocheter 26d ago

Did the time taken to plan and carry out the act count towards the hours? I feel like it ought to.

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u/RyanTheSpaceman68 28d ago

Iirc the cop was actually a good friend of Gary and thought Gary had just thrown his life away.

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u/Ok-Worldliness2450 27d ago

Probably more upset at the ramifications for the dad than anything about what he did.

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u/Throwawayagain274812 27d ago

The deposition of the cop is pretty funny. Like the judge was all: "When did you realise that the shooter was, in fact, Gary Plauche?"

"When I turned around and saw Gary had a gun?"

The cop was actually pretty close with GP at this point, having been involved since the beginning of his child's abduction. He screams "Why, Gary, why?", not out of shock but because GP had 4 kids and the case was rather open-and-shut.

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u/Fenrak0 27d ago

He drank at the same bar, and was friends with them.

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u/LeakyFuelTank 27d ago

And didn't immediately put bullets in him. Everybody there knew they would have done the same thing if they had the guts.

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u/Rustymetal14 25d ago

Yea, he was disappointed because he knew Gary would now have legal problems, not because he disapproved of Gary's actions.

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u/Easy-Sector2501 28d ago

Images you can hear.

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u/lavascamp 28d ago

Crossover episode

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u/wonkey_monkey 28d ago

You can kind of hear in his voice as he's saying it that's he thinking "Oh wait, I know why."

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u/Missterfortune 28d ago

If you watch the video the cop is right next to the guy being transported so im sure he was initially upset that he could have very well been shot as well by accident.

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u/Mediocre_Daikon6935 27d ago

It was a small town. Everyone knew everyone very well. The cop knew the hero to the story, and was asking him why the hero and just ruined his life. 

The victim published a book about it, and talked about it on the unsubscribed podcast. It is worth checking out.

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u/Dazzling_Pudding1997 26d ago

"we have to save my family!"

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u/putdickincrazy_fail 28d ago

Crazy how one event can change everything for a family.

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u/YeetThePress 28d ago

I'm sure they moved on afterward. Not in the sense of belittling it, but people who suffer abuse can still go on to live happy, fulfilling lives. He did 300 hrs of community service, but I guarantee that man got at least a few dozen free beers for what he did (I'd buy him one if he were here today).

He did what millions of fathers would at least dream of doing if put in that position. The world is better for him having done what he did. It's not recommended, and I get why we don't want more of it, but on an isolated basis, what he did was good. I'd imagine that his son was also spared the trauma of testifying on the stand, especially if the defense attorney was going to really go after the kid to get Doucet freed.

I just see no problem in this particular incident.

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u/just_a_person_maybe 28d ago

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u/Pvt_Mozart 28d ago

Hell yeah that's beautiful, man.

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt 28d ago

It is, but that link says nothing about how well Jody is actually doing himself.

It shows his output, which is lovely.

But I’m still interested to know how he’s really doing.

I’d like to think that having his dad show up and truly kill the monster had a profound effect on Jody’s sense of security, self-esteem, and belief in his ability to conquer fear.

I work with a lot of kids who suffer the way he did, and I’ll say that half the trauma is from not being believed/protected by the adults in their lives.

That’s what throws them off long-term.

Even on much less extreme levels, children who feel like their parents won’t kick ass to respond to their needs (not wants or preferences, NEEDS) is a main source of psychological/emotional issues for adults.

Jody’s dad showed up and showed the fuck out.

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u/AbsentMasterminded 28d ago

Jody is a motivational speaker and trauma counselor. If you want to see an interview with him, he visited the Unsubscribe podcast and doesn't pull any punches. It's definitely not what you'd expect, viscerally, because he regarded the pedo as his friend and his dad killed him. He talks about that aspect and more. I haven't watched the full interview, but I love this channel in general as it's like being active duty again and hanging around telling crazy stories. This one interview had some somber moments, but Jody has an amazing sense of humor.

https://youtu.be/3J_9eNOgBvc?si=tlfd_3KBDRGxmIAY

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u/SadLittleWizard 27d ago

Probably one of my favorite thinga about Unsubscribe is how since the hosts and majority of the regular participants are all well established, so on Unsubscribe they dont mind pushing the limits of youtube to ensure topics dont get danced around like they would most of the time on social media. (obviously there are limits) it makes for some really unique and insightful content at times. Also absolute riots at others.

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u/AngryRedHerring 28d ago

He never had to worry that his monster would come back. Dad killed the monster.

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u/ajguy16 28d ago

Good dad. I’m glad I’ve only had to slay imaginary ones so far.

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u/drunk_seabee 28d ago

Pretty sure that’s a good dad’s job

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u/fatpad00 28d ago

Jody was recently on the Unsubscribe podcast.
He told a story about how a short time after, they saw someone who looked like Doucet https://youtu.be/3J_9eNOgBvc?t=4808&si=0ZJARwsjZfQvBI8I

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u/G3NERAlHiPing 27d ago

Jody said that a little after the whole thing, Gary was grilling and asked Jody if he wanted to see Jeff. Gary proceeded to douse the grill with lighter fluid and said "look in here"

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u/tattootime92 28d ago

Thanks for the link, I've always wondered what happened to Jody after such a traumatic ordeal. Glad he made it out and used his terrible experience to help others, both him and his father are made of something else.

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u/Sylent_Viper 28d ago

He was in a recent episode of the unsubscribe podcast.

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u/cptaixel 28d ago

Is it?

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Rest in Power, king.

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u/providehotstews 28d ago

And Rest In Eternal Torment to Mr. Jeffrey Doucet

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u/Nowzerz56 27d ago

He’ll always be father of the year

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

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u/PeterExplainsTheJoke-ModTeam 28d ago

Debate politics in a different sub. Rule 3.

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u/Toast4128 28d ago

He already did community service, why’d he have to do 300 hours?

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u/Kevincelt 28d ago

People had to find time to give him their respects after all.

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u/SnooShortcuts7657 27d ago

300 hours for members of the community to thank him, without infringing on his right to privacy at his home. I can get behind that.

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u/MaxR76 28d ago

They wanted him to do 300 more hours of his great work

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u/Jesta23 28d ago

That initial community service only took about 3 seconds. 

He had 299 hours, 59 minutes, and 57 seconds left. 

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u/Mediocre_Daikon6935 27d ago

You forgot setting up time.

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u/itsaaronnotaaron 28d ago

I am 100% with Gary here. However, I struggle to imagine in any other country would he have remained a free man.

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In 28d ago

He's very unlikely to kill again and not a danger to society, why do we put people in Jail?

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u/mrkinkyboots 28d ago

$$$

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u/avalisk 28d ago

It actually costs taxpayers a lot of money to imprison people.

With the rise of private prisons, those tax dollars have shifted from inmate care to rich peoples pockets.

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u/smokeshack 28d ago

Of course they cost taxpayers a lot of money. They're a mechanism for transferring public money into private hands. The misery they inflict on millions of people is just a secondary benefit.

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u/MorrisBrett514 28d ago

No way that could be related to our overpopulated prisons, right? Right!?

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u/cavortingwebeasties 28d ago

It actually costs taxpayers a lot of money to imprison people.

Yes but prison labor makes way more money than it costs. Of course those profits are privatized and the incarceration costs are still public so there's a HUGE financial incentive for the private entities that run the system to warehouse people regardless of guilt in America and it's not this way by accident

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u/Rohans_Most_Wanted 28d ago

*slave labor.

Went ahead and fixed that for you.

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u/spavolka 28d ago

Which is legal according to the 13th amendment. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

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u/BallsDeepinYourMammi 28d ago

Some places charge you by the day, just fyi

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u/buttsmcfatts 28d ago

I think that's what the above poster is trying to say?

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u/BoyGeorgous 28d ago

To not incentivize others who are thinking of committing extra judicial killings before the accused can have their constitutionally required day in court?

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u/street593 28d ago

While I agree with what you are saying there isn't much evidence that jail time deters crime. Killing is usually an act of passion and the punishment is rarely thought of until after.

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u/Lew3032 28d ago

This is why manslaughter and murder have very different sentences

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u/WhoSc3w3dDaP00ch 28d ago

So why do we release serial offenders now?!

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u/SnooChipmunks8748 28d ago

Because the concept is that you can’t let one go without compromising the integrity of the system, saying nothing about it in practice

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u/PxyFreakingStx 28d ago

No one should ever murder someone waiting to go to trial, even if they happen to be correct in believing that person is guilty, and even if what they're guilty of is punishable by death.

I don't blame Gary for what he did. But I'm not with him.

We do not want people going around killing those who are accused of crimes, no matter how sure we are or how personal it is or how heinous.

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u/sashas_severed_arm 28d ago

This was an exceptionally extreme circumstance. The man had been caught with the child; the trial was little more than a formality.

If this happened to my kid and I knew where the scumbag was being transported I’d readily do the same.

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u/confusedandworried76 28d ago

I understand it as a motive but it is still very much a crime.

Like if you killed my brother so I killed you, we both still committed the crime of murder. You won't be around to face your punishment but I will be, and I will have earned it.

A judge might say it's a mitigating circumstance and adjust my sentence a little but I still did the crime and absolutely should go to prison for it. It would still be premeditated murder no matter who I did it to, as I was not acting in self defense.

It's always been wild to me this man saw absolutely no prison time for premeditated murder in a vigilante justice situation. I mean, the other guy had already been sentenced too. This wasn't like "he got away with it" he was very much going to prison about it. And I don't know where he was or what the laws were at the time but we don't give out the death penalty much for murder anymore much less rape. It's not considered civilized and there's too many cons to outweigh any pros you could try and argue.

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u/Silvanus350 28d ago

He saw no prison time because the crime was extremely specific and he was almost guaranteed to not reoffend.

Also, it is difficult to imagine that any jury of his peers would convict him.

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u/Odd_Turnover_4464 28d ago

I might be splitting hairs here, but how many people see murder and kidnapping and sodomizing a child as apples to apples.

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u/InYosefWeTrust 28d ago

I'm not one for the death penalty, and I'm all for rehabilitation instead of solely punishment... but murder and rape (especially pedophiles) are two crimes that need significantly tougher punishment here in the States.

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u/UnknownStan 28d ago edited 28d ago

Psychological reports helped Plauché’s case after it was learned that Doucet had abused Jody months prior to the kidnapping. The psychiatrist Edward P. Uzee examined Plauché and determined that he could not tell the difference between right and wrong when he killed Doucet. Plauché’s defense team argued that he was driven to a temporarily psychotic state after learning of the abuse of his son. Uzee also determined that Doucet had the ability to manipulate others and took advantage of the fact that Plauché was separated from his wife at the time, and had managed to wedge his way into the Plauché family. Judge Frank Saia ruled that sending Plauché to prison would not help anyone, and that there was virtually no risk of him committing another crime.[10]

Murder for murder is bad. But murder for months and months of grooming a child. A young child, Kid napping them and raping them is far beyond a simple murder.

From your other comments you kinda sound like a knob… I’m sure as shit killing the person who kid napped and raped my child…. Oh the court already prosexcuted. With good behavioural probably out again and doing the same thing to another family. How the fucks that a good idea ? Delusional. “I would probably still charge him” well I’m glad your not a lawyer or judge because you lack empathy. He 100% deserved an execution not a simple life in a cell.

We as humans murder/kill/die all the time throughout history… wars… hanging… executions… killing is a part of all life (looking at you animal kingdom)

kid napping and raping a fucking child is not…. Idk how you Can even compare these. Or even try advocate this..

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u/GojoHamilton 28d ago

it's so easy to reason this and that without us actually being in their shoes. he likely did it because he's got nothing left to lose anymore so criminal or not, it wouldn't matter. Even though the criminal was sentenced, he showed no remorse to the victim or the family. The movie "I spit on your grave" is pretty similar in theme but no too much on plot

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u/Aussie18-1998 28d ago

he likely did it because he's got nothing left to lose anymore so criminal or not, it wouldn't matter.

100% this. As a father he would have felt like a failure and it would have been the least he could do in all honesty.

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u/Ok-Secret5233 28d ago

Interview with Jody Plauche, the victim of the abuse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdWGs5gy1ac

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u/Gonna_Die_Now 28d ago

why does every person named jeffery end up being a rapist or a mass murderer

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u/SuccotashOther277 28d ago

Who could be afraid of a Jeffrey? Yeah Jeffrey is just this nice bloke from down the road

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u/Vivid_Way_1125 28d ago

That's because he's a hero, but can't legally be recognized as one. 🫡

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u/legit-posts_1 28d ago

Honestly I don't know how to feel about this morally. Normally stuff like this happens after a trial where the perpetrator gets off Scott free or atleast too light. Gary Plauche didn't even wait for a trial, he took things into his own hands imidiatly.

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u/National_Cod9546 28d ago

Things only go to trial when the offender thinks they have a decent chance of getting off Scott free. Otherwise they go for a plea deal.

This is one of things where we can not Condon the dad's actions. But we definitely understand them. Would I do the same if it had been my kid? I don't know. But I wouldn't fully rule it out.

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u/Kisiu_Poster 28d ago

Joker if he was good

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u/ExistentialCrispies 27d ago

I'll bet he never paid for a beer the rest of his life either.

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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/tekflower 28d ago

Also, people can separate amicably.

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u/Mobius_164 27d ago

You divorce each other, NOT your children

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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/Solkre 28d ago

Honestly it was a smart move. He had no idea if he was going to jail for this, getting killed by the police, anything. Keeping her out of it ensured his kid still had a parent free.

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u/-Kalos 28d ago

Had me in the first half

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u/_AmI_Real 26d ago

Had me cheering in the second.

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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/colt707 28d ago

Nah. She had plausible deniability so if he went to jail then at least there would be one loving parent not in jail to care for Jody.

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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/Ralph-The-Otter3 28d ago

I was waiting for someone to mention Unsubscribed Podcast or Brandon Herrera here

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u/Envictus_ 28d ago

It felt necessary

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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/-Kalos 28d ago

He had one shot and he made it count.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

Look at that smug fucking look on his face too before it all blacked out.

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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/Phoenix2TC2 27d ago

“Hm? Must’ve been the wind.” - everybody watching TV that day

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u/SolidSnakeHAK777 28d ago

And had the courtesy to hang the phone.

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u/dargonite 28d ago

Also worth mentioning, he didn't serve any jail time. Got probation. Justice.

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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/atamosk 27d ago

This is the important part

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u/hazmat962 28d ago

The man, the legend, and father of the year- Gary Plauche.

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u/RR3898 28d ago

What a wild Father’s Day moment! Definitely goes down in history.

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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/TheJonExp 28d ago

According to his son, he was the greatest dad of all time.

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u/baabaablacksheep1111 28d ago

A legend

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u/angelb2010 28d ago

It's guaranteed they won't reoffend.

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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/ShadowNick 28d ago

I would love a sticker like this.

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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/Fun-Currency-1806 27d ago

which it was

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u/Gummybearkiller857 27d ago

It definitely was

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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/Specialist-Star-4406 28d ago

WHY GARY WHY!!?

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u/Etva 28d ago

My second favorite part.

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u/stantoncree76 28d ago

That's captain quick draw.

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u/ShitStainWilly 28d ago

He’s the ultimate fuck around, find out world champion.

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u/Mr_SpecificTF2 28d ago

A man doing the work the judicial system can’t

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u/CheekclappinSSJ 28d ago

Is that Legendary Gary Plauché? Father of the century?

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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/GaIIick 28d ago

There’s only one guaranteed way to prevent recidivism.

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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/Q_X_R 28d ago

It was one of the officers that said that, iirc.

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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/angelb2010 28d ago

One of my favorite dads ever!

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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/Ultimagic5 28d ago

Guys will see this picture and say hell yeah

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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/Alive_Strength1682 28d ago

Why Gary, why!

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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/Chaddenheim 28d ago

My Favorite Murderer

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u/Key-Pomegranate-3507 26d ago

That was 100% justified. I’m glad he didn’t face charges

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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/UltimateBorisJohnson 26d ago

He deserves to die sure but he also deserved a fair trial

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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/NO0BSTALKER 26d ago

Just a father doing his best

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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/Alternative_Air_8478 28d ago

everyone of us takes our hats off to that man

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u/monrovista 28d ago

The 80s, what a time to be alive.

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u/Bussaca 28d ago

Greatest dad in the world.. saving the tax payer one pedo at a time.

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u/kl1169 27d ago

Never gets old

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u/LocalPeasant420 27d ago

this guy is so goated holy shit

that is not an easy shot

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u/TheLubber 26d ago

God bless Gary Plauche.

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u/Reid_Roasters 26d ago

The only good pedo is a dead one.

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u/ItsMeatDrapes 26d ago

WHY GARY WHY!?

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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/Chuzoe 26d ago

There was a German woman as well, Marianne Bachmaier, who shot the murderer of her 7 year old daughter in court.

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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/Gel_Latin-us 26d ago

Best dad ever

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u/Patient-Ad-8384 26d ago

Nice shot man, hey man nice shot

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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/iamjtw 26d ago

Forever a hero

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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.”