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Smallville
09/22/23 8:39:06 AM
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDvSdYJ-D_0">Video shows Lakeland store owner confront, kill suspected shoplifter - YouTube</a>

Did any of you ever hear about this story. He was sentenced to 3 years

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TonyKojima
09/22/23 8:42:44 AM
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Excessive force he deserves prison. He could have subdued him and waited for police to show up.

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Smallville
09/22/23 8:47:51 AM
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TonyKojima posted...
Excessive force he deserves prison. He could have subdued him and waited for police to show up.
iirc at least a few people thought he might not. Because it being florida...etc...

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Gritty
09/22/23 8:51:52 AM
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Shit hole state
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KazGT6
09/22/23 9:31:38 AM
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Gritty posted...
Shit hole state

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ai123
09/22/23 9:36:15 AM
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That's murder.

The store owner could have let the guy walk out the door, but he restrained him so he could kill.

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SaikyoStyle
09/22/23 9:37:52 AM
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Just another perfectly normal day in a perfectly normal country full of perfectly normal people.

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KazGT6
09/22/23 9:40:07 AM
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ai123 posted...
That's murder.

The store owner could have let the guy walk out the door, but he restrained him so he could kill.
he could have just ordered him on the ground until police came. I totally understand store owners trying to stop shoplifting though. How else are they supposed to run a business?
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TonyKojima
09/22/23 9:41:47 AM
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Take a page from those store owners in CA who subdued a robber filling a garbage can full of cigarettes. I belive it was @enclave who virtue signaled over the "assault" of a "poor robber".

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ai123
09/22/23 9:46:25 AM
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KazGT6 posted...
he could have just ordered him on the ground until police came. I totally understand store owners trying to stop shoplifting though. How else are they supposed to run a business?
Preferably without executing shoplifters on the spot.

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Shadow_Don
09/22/23 9:47:57 AM
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Self defense can turn into murder in a fraction of a second.

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JuanCarlos1
09/22/23 9:58:49 AM
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This is not self defense. It is murder. A person this trigger happy shouldnt own a gun.

But also dont shoplift

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GranTurismo
09/22/23 10:20:07 AM
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Bump
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Unite
09/22/23 10:34:55 AM
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Shoplifting has become a huge problem. The shoplifter looks like he was surprised he received pushback.
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Jerry_Hellyeah
09/22/23 10:45:27 AM
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It still would've been excessive force, and the victim still might have died, but the owner shooting a leg or something would have been something he could at least pretend to mount a defense for, but a bodyshot makes his intentions all too clear.

It doesn't help when you also shoot the item you were just SO CONCERNED about being stolen.

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GranTurismo
09/22/23 10:46:39 AM
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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...
It still would've been excessive force, and the victim still might have died, but the owner shooting a leg or something would have been something he could at least pretend to mount a defense for, but a bodyshot makes his intentions all too clear.

It doesn't help when you also shoot the item you were just SO CONCERNED about being stolen.
He shot the item? Didn't even see that. What was it, expensive?
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mercurydude
09/22/23 11:32:12 AM
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TC, you don't have to do the HTML thing... posting the link is sufficient as Gamefaqs automatically embeds youtube.

And yeah, unless your life is in danger, there's never any excuse to kill a shoplifter... someone being bad doesn't give you the right to be judge, jury, and executioner. These people are usually neither armed or dangerous.

I was going to say people are going to start murdering jaywalkers before we know it, but then I remembered republicans are already giddy about legalizing running over and killing people who annoy or inconvenience them.

Smallville posted...
Did any of you ever hear about this story. He was sentenced to 3 years

Also, this is way too short of a sentence for murdering someone. The mentality that he was "just" a shoplifter shouldn't exist. He did wrong, that doesn't mean his life meant nothing.

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Smallville
09/22/23 11:39:50 AM
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mercurydude posted...
TC, you don't have to do the HTML thing... posting the link is sufficient as Gamefaqs automatically embeds youtube.

And yeah, unless your life is in danger, there's never any excuse to kill a shoplifter... someone being bad doesn't give you the right to be judge, jury, and executioner. These people are usually neither armed or dangerous.

I was going to say people are going to start murdering jaywalkers before we know it, but then I remembered republicans are already giddy about legalizing running over and killing people who annoy or inconvenience them.

Also, this is way too short of a sentence for murdering someone. The mentality that he was "just" a shoplifter shouldn't exist. He did wrong, that doesn't mean his life meant nothing.
How do you just post the link on this site? Clicking and draggin is way easier.

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mercurydude
09/22/23 11:46:50 AM
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Smallville posted...
How do you just post the link on this site? Clicking and draggin is way easier.

I just highlight the link, right click, copy and paste. No biggie, though... whatever's easiest for you. I just thought you were typing all of that in and wanted to spare you the hassle, lol.

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Block_that_Kick
09/22/23 12:08:01 PM
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The punishment for petty theft is not execution.

Regardless, this is Florida and a gun was involved. I would not be surprised in the least if the governors office pressure the county prosecutors to not file any charges.

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GranTurismo
09/22/23 9:28:11 PM
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