Store clerk robbed, then charged for assaulting robber

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https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/peterborough-store-clerk-charged-following-confrontation-with-baseball-bat-wielding-robber-police-1.6718471

I guess he beat the man with his own bat. Lol what a stupid criminal. Store clerk needs to be exonerated.
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Technically depending on the law, if the robber was fleeing the scene and the clerk chased him out as the story says, they charged him right, now if I agree with it is something else and with prosecutorial discretion they should drop the charges against him
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pjnelson posted...
I'm getting tired of the world being so soft on crime and giving too much to criminals.
As per the article, they are not being soft on the criminal.
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Naysaspace posted...
As per the article, they are not being soft on the criminal.

But also a decent chance he is brain damaged too now

Maybe he should have thought about not stealing.
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Pretty ridiculous
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Naysaspace posted...
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Something like this happened at a 7-11 here in the States and it went viral for how quickly the would-be robber got his ass handed to him while squealing like a little girl.

I remember the clerk there being initially charged, but the prosecutor dropped them. Hope the local prosecutor in Canada is smart enough to do the same.
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If he really followed the guy out of the store to keep beating on him, yeah he needs to be charged for that.
Xenogears15 posted...
I remember the clerk there being initially charged, but the prosecutor dropped them. Hope the local prosecutor in Canada is smart enough to do the same.
That may not be the case, self-defense is much trickier to argue in court in Canadian law. Considering he beat the guy with a baseball bat while he was lying on the sidewalk, it's probably already pretty lenient by Canadian standards that they only charged him with aggravated assault.
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Murphiroth posted...
If he really followed the guy out of the store to keep beating on him, yeah he needs to be charged for that.
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Alteres posted...
whos mans is this?

I'm correct.
So, the criminal assaulted the clerk with the bat, and as soon as the clerk wrestled the bat from him, ran away like a little fucking bitch?
Oh hell naw, criminal got the beating he deserved! You bring a lethal weapon against an unarmed person...you instigate the fight, then think you're entitled to call it off on your own terms? Fuck you!

If the authorities aren't bright enough to drop or reduce the charges significantly, I look forward to them getting humiliated by a jury.

Naysaspace posted...
As per the article, they are not being soft on the criminal.

But also a decent chance he is brain damaged too now
Clerk got aggravated assault.
Actual criminal only got assault.

So yes, they are going soft on him.
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Naysaspace posted...
As per the article, they are not being soft on the criminal.

But also a decent chance he is brain damaged too now
Don't be a douchebag then.
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Im all for beating up criminals, but if they are fleeing you cant claim self defense.
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streamofthesky posted...
Clerk got aggravated assault.
Actual criminal only got assault.

So yes, they are going soft on him.

False.

Police say that they intend to charge the robbery suspect, whom they have identified as a 37-year-old man, with robbery, assault with a weapon, and possession of weapon.
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ViewtifulGrave posted...
Im all for beating up criminals, but if they are fleeing you cant claim self defense.
We all panic and not think rationally sometimes.

The clerk had no idea of knowing how many people were with the robber waiting outside. Following the robber outside could have VERY easily ended in an even bigger tragedy.

He had won. He got the bat, and the guy fled the scene like the coward he was. The clerk went too far.

But the defense should be pushing HARD to get those charges switched from aggravated to simple assault.
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Charges dropped but ordered to pay restitution (ie medical bills) if this was in the States
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EyeWontBeFooled posted...
The clerk had no idea of knowing how many people were with the robber waiting outside. Following the robber outside could have VERY easily ended in an even bigger tragedy.
Do you realize how dumb that sounds.

Why put yourself in more more danger if you think the robber has accomplices waiting outside?
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TheOtherMike posted...
False.

The clerk got aggravated assault.
The criminal only got assault.

Your own fucking quote says that.
streamofthesky posted...
The clerk got aggravated assault.
The criminal only got assault.

Your own fucking quote says that.

False.

Police say that they intend to charge the robbery suspect, whom they have identified as a 37-year-old man, with robbery, assault with a weapon, and possession of weapon .

Learn to read.
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TheOtherMike posted...
False.

I said the clerk got aggravated assault, the criminal only got assault.
You said false, then literally quoted proof of what I said.

Learn to read.
Wow, they charged him for robbery and possession of a weapon, the other crimes he committed! They really went hard on him!
Next we'll find out hours before the assault that he committed arson and mugged a different person, and when he gets charged for those crimes, you'll be all like, "look how hard they're going after him for assaulting the store clerk!"
streamofthesky posted...
Wow, they charged him for robbery and possession of a weapon, the other crimes he committed!

There ya go. I knew you had it in you.
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ViewtifulGrave posted...
Do you realize how dumb that sounds.

Why put yourself in more more danger if you think the robber has accomplices waiting outside?
I actually agree with you, though. He made the WRONG decision by following him outside. He could have very easily been ambushed. But we don't tend to think like that when the adrenaline's up.

The clerk caught the guy and beat him to the point of hospitalization. The clerk, as I said, had already won, but he took it too far.

They will have their day in court, and I hope the defense pushes hard to have the charges changed significantly.
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Dude hit him with the bat first, drop the fucking charges.
Stop it. Get some help.
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