That's it! I've had enough!

Have you been hearing and reading all those stories about the terrible looting going on in Haiti? Well, a 30-year veteran missionary in Haiti told us the story of a thief who tried to rob someone about a week ago. The ones who happened to be standing around at the time and witnessed the robbery became infuriated and immediately began chasing after the robber, in hot pursuit.

I mean, to them, that was the last straw! Enough was enough! They decided to take the law into their own hands and teach this man a lesson. Soon the few chasing after the man became a mob in pursuit of one thief. In the end, unfortunate for the man, the angered group of Haitians beat him mercilessly until he died.

Now the word on the street is to quit robbing people or you will pay for it with your life. With little police protection on the streets and in the camps, the Haitians have sent out a loud message. They have had enough and won't stand for it anymore.

This same missionary told us that the quantity of escaped inmates who were really major criminals is very small. He said, "The news media has really overblown that." He went on to say that, in many cases, poor people get thrown into prison - many unjustly - and they simply cannot afford to hire a lawyer to get them out, so they just sit there without hope of ever seeing the outside world again.

Watch out for news media stories. Often, the reports you watch online or on the television or read in newspapers and magazines leave out some important details that don't give you a clear picture of the true situation.