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Inside or outside of a vacuum, Cain Velasquez — the UFC’s former two-time heavyweight champion — should be behind bars. You can’t go around shooting at someone, even if you think they molested your 4-year-old relative.  ‌  Still, it’s worth asking: Why is Velasquez behind bars after being denied bail yet again Monday, while the alleged child molester remains free without so much as posting $1?  ‌  Here’s the catch-up: Back on Feb. 23, a 4-year-old child at a San Jose (California) day care alleged that a 40-year-old man named Harry Goularte (who lived at the day care run by his mother) took the child into a bathroom “100 times” and touched the child’s genitals. The child, a relative of Velasquez, said Goularte took other children into the bathroom, too.  ‌

After conducting interviews, police determined a sexual assault had occurred and Goularte was taken into custody. Two days later, Goularte was arraigned on a felony count of “a lewd and lascivious act with a child under the age of 14.” The judge, despite objections from the district attorney, released Goularte without bond.  ‌  This is where Velasquez comes in. Incensed by something — Goularte’s actions, the judge releasing him without bail, both? — Velasquez decided to take matters into his own hands, following Goularte from his house, allegedly firing a gun at his moving car and ramming into it. None of the shots Velasquez allegedly fired hit Goularte, but they did hit his stepfather in the arm.  ‌ 

Velasquez faces 10 assault and weapons charges, punishable by more than 20 years in jail. Monday he was in court for a second time as his attorney tried to sway Judge Shelyna Brown to free him on $1 million bail. And for a second time, Brown said no.  ‌ 

“This is why people are disgusted — and rightfully so — with the criminal justice system," famed attorney Mark Geragos, who is representing Velasquez, said.  ‌ 

To continue the point, Geragos is effectively arguing that Velasquez would not have felt a need to take justice into his own hands had the justice system done its job and kept Goularte behind bars.  ‌  The case pits the rule of law vs. the spirit of the law. Many in the MMA community have rallied around Velasquez using the hashtag #freecain on t-shirts and social media.

 “[The] court,” Judge Brown said, “is not ruled by community opinion at all. … It is ruled by the law.” 

‌ Velasquez has a plea hearing set for June 10.

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