Quote Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost View Post
I'm in no way condoning what happened, but do you really think that had a bunch of armed New Yorkers got hold of Osama bin Laden (rather than professional soldiers) they wouldn't have done as bad or worse before they killed him?
The professional soldiers killed him although he was unarmed, the Lybians didn't do that

The Rodney King incident shows what some police will do to a suspect, so yes, I imagine the only difference between what the Lybians did and what the New Yorkers would have done was opportunity.