diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/answerbox/comment/destroy.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/answerbox/comment/destroy.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19de53e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/answerbox/comment/destroy.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+$(document).on "click", "a[data-action=ab-comment-destroy]", (ev) ->
+  ev.preventDefault()
+  if confirm 'Are you sure?'
+    btn = $(this)
+    cid = btn[0].dataset.cId
+    $.ajax
+      url: '/ajax/destroy_comment'
+      type: 'POST'
+      data:
+        comment: cid
+      success: (data, status, jqxhr) ->
+        if data.success
+          $("li[data-comment-id=#{cid}]").slideUp()
+        showNotification data.message, data.success
+      error: (jqxhr, status, error) ->
+        console.log jqxhr, status, error
+        showNotification "An error occurred, a developer should check the console for details", false
+      complete: (jqxhr, status) ->
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diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/answerbox/comment/report.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/answerbox/comment/report.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f407a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/answerbox/comment/report.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+$(document).on "click", "a[data-action=ab-comment-report]", (ev) ->
+  ev.preventDefault()
+  if confirm 'Are you sure you want to report this comment?'
+    btn = $(this)
+    cid = btn[0].dataset.cId
+    $.ajax
+      url: '/ajax/report'
+      type: 'POST'
+      data:
+        id: cid
+        type: 'comment'
+      success: (data, status, jqxhr) ->
+        showNotification data.message, data.success
+      error: (jqxhr, status, error) ->
+        console.log jqxhr, status, error
+        showNotification "An error occurred, a developer should check the console for details", false
+      complete: (jqxhr, status) ->
+        btn.button "reset"
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diff --git a/app/controllers/ajax/answer_controller.rb b/app/controllers/ajax/answer_controller.rb
index 2ccf1797..47950c51 100644
--- a/app/controllers/ajax/answer_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/ajax/answer_controller.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ class Ajax::AnswerController < ApplicationController
     params.require :answer
 
     answer = Answer.find(params[:answer])
-    
-    unless privileged? answer.user
+
+    unless (current_user == answer.user) or (privileged? answer.user)
       @status = :nopriv
-      @message = "check yuor privlegs"
+      @message = "can't delete other people's answers"
       @success = false
       return
     end
diff --git a/app/controllers/ajax/comment_controller.rb b/app/controllers/ajax/comment_controller.rb
index 8fec4701..ead52c03 100644
--- a/app/controllers/ajax/comment_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/ajax/comment_controller.rb
@@ -20,4 +20,29 @@ class Ajax::CommentController < ApplicationController
     @render = render_to_string(partial: 'shared/comments', locals: { a: answer })
     @count = answer.comment_count
   end
+
+  def destroy
+    params.require :comment
+
+    @status = :err
+    @success = false
+    comment = Comment.find(params[:comment])
+
+    unless (current_user == comment.user) or (current_user == comment.answer.user) or (privileged? comment.user)
+      @status = :nopriv
+      @message = "can't delete other people's comments"
+      @success = false
+      return
+    end
+
+    comment.user.decrement! :commented_count
+    comment.answer.decrement! :comment_count
+    Notification.denotify comment.answer.user, comment
+    @count = comment.answer.comment_count
+    comment.destroy
+
+    @status = :okay
+    @message = "Successfully deleted comment."
+    @success = true
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 5acd5940..cf7e294a 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def privileged?(user)
-    (current_user && (current_user == user || current_user.admin?)) ? true : false
+    ((!current_user.nil?) && ((current_user == user) || current_user.mod?)) ? true : false
   end
 
   def gravatar_url(user)
diff --git a/app/views/ajax/comment/destroy.json.jbuilder b/app/views/ajax/comment/destroy.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46291e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/ajax/comment/destroy.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+json.partial! 'ajax/shared/status'
+json.count @count if @count
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diff --git a/app/views/shared/_comments.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_comments.html.haml
index dc9a2b4f..c4d8da41 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_comments.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_comments.html.haml
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
                   %button.btn.btn-link.btn-sm.dropdown-toggle{data: { toggle: :dropdown }, aria: { expanded: :false }}
                     %span.caret
                   %ul.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-right{role: :menu}
-                    - if privileged? a.user
+                    - if privileged?(comment.user) or privileged?(a.user)
                       %li.text-danger
-                        %a{href: '#', name: 'ab-destroy', data: { a_id: comment.id }}
+                        %a{href: '#', data: { action: 'ab-comment-destroy', c_id: comment.id }}
                           %i.fa.fa-trash-o
                           Delete
                     %li
-                      %a{href: '#', name: 'ab-report', data: { a_id: comment.id }}
+                      %a{href: '#', data: { action: 'ab-comment-report', c_id: comment.id }}
                         %i.fa.fa-exclamation-triangle
                         Report
             %p.comments--content= comment.content
 - if user_signed_in?
-  .form-group.has-feedback{name: 'ab-comment-new-group', 'data-a-id' => a.id}
+  .form-group.has-feedback{name: 'ab-comment-new-group', data: { a_id: a.id }}
     %input.form-control.comments--box{type: :text, placeholder: 'Comment...', name: 'ab-comment-new', data: {a_id: a.id }}
     %span.text-muted.form-control-feedback.comments--count{id: "ab-comment-charcount-#{a.id}"} 160
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diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index c1481105..db03651e 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     match '/create_smile', to: 'smile#create', via: :post, as: :create_smile
     match '/destroy_smile', to: 'smile#destroy', via: :post, as: :destroy_smile
     match '/create_comment', to: 'comment#create', via: :post, as: :create_comment
+    match '/destroy_comment', to: 'comment#destroy', via: :post, as: :destroy_comment
     match '/report', to: 'report#create', via: :post, as: :report
   end