Man arrested for shooting thieves breaking in to arlington store

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous! Those criminals got what they deserve.

Play with fire and you may get burned.

+1

So sick of criminals thinking they can do whatever they want without consequences.

There are consequences. Being shot by a vigilante isn't a legal one.

[Anonymous]

Employee doing his job at 5:00 a.m. Three males broke into the locked store and stole cash and merchandise.

On what planet is this okay?

Something is seriously wrong with our society when it is okay to break into a licked business, steal cash, and steal merchandise.

The three males, juveniles it seems, should do some hard time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
So the penalty for petty theft is death?

Good to know...

I’m fine with that.

They smashed a store front open. It’s not “petty theft”. How can you make excuses for those people??

Petty theft is stealing a $5.00 piece of meat. THey broked into a locked business. Stole cash. Stole merchandise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
So the penalty for petty theft is death?

Good to know...

I’m fine with that.

They smashed a store front open. It’s not “petty theft”. How can you make excuses for those people??

Even in Saudi Arabia the punishment for theft isn’t death. They just chop off your hand. They don’t shoot you in the back.

Who knew Saudi Arabia was a haven of liberal permissiveness compared to Arlington, Virginia?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington might have elected tafti but no Arlington jury willl convict this guy.

I would. I don’t want cowboy vigilantes shooting down anyone they want.

Get a grip. This wasn't a cowboy vigilante.....it was a shop owner defending his store from multiple robbers at 5 AM.

Defending the store? Fck the store. If he were defending his life that's another story. But the store?

LOCK HIM UP.

Store workers’ lives matter. Criminal thugs not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington might have elected tafti but no Arlington jury willl convict this guy.

I would. I don’t want cowboy vigilantes shooting down anyone they want.

Get a grip. This wasn't a cowboy vigilante.....it was a shop owner defending his store from multiple robbers at 5 AM.

Defending the store? Fck the store. If he were defending his life that's another story. But the store?

LOCK HIM UP.

Store workers’ lives matter. Criminal thugs not so much.

Working peoples lives matter. Criminal thugs not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington might have elected tafti but no Arlington jury willl convict this guy.

I would. I don’t want cowboy vigilantes shooting down anyone they want.

Get a grip. This wasn't a cowboy vigilante.....it was a shop owner defending his store from multiple robbers at 5 AM.

Defending the store? Fck the store. If he were defending his life that's another story. But the store?

LOCK HIM UP.

Store workers’ lives matter. Criminal thugs not so much.

Working peoples lives matter. Criminal thugs not so much.

Well said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous! Those criminals got what they deserve.

Play with fire and you may get burned.

+1

So sick of criminals thinking they can do whatever they want without consequences.

There are consequences. Being shot by a vigilante isn't a legal one.

Actually, there are no consequences. None of any consequence to the criminals, anyway. That's why they continue to do it.

And it's not like they woke up in the morning and TRIPPED into this guy's business. Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
So the penalty for petty theft is death?

Good to know...

I’m fine with that.

They smashed a store front open. It’s not “petty theft”. How can you make excuses for those people??

Petty theft is stealing a $5.00 piece of meat. THey broked into a locked business. Stole cash. Stole merchandise.

How much merchandise? How much cash?

What is the price of murder? $20? $200?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous! Those criminals got what they deserve.

Play with fire and you may get burned.

+1

So sick of criminals thinking they can do whatever they want without consequences.

There are consequences. Being shot by a vigilante isn't a legal one.

Actually, there are no consequences. None of any consequence to the criminals, anyway. That's why they continue to do it.

And it's not like they woke up in the morning and TRIPPED into this guy's business. Give me a break.

Shooting people is also criminal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Employee doing his job at 5:00 a.m. Three males broke into the locked store and stole cash and merchandise.

On what planet is this okay?

Something is seriously wrong with our society when it is okay to break into a licked business, steal cash, and steal merchandise.

The three males, juveniles it seems, should do some hard time.

Reality check: NO ONE said it was “okay” for them to break in and steal.

It’s also not ok to shoot someone over some beef jerky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
So the penalty for petty theft is death?

Good to know...

I’m fine with that.

They smashed a store front open. It’s not “petty theft”. How can you make excuses for those people??

Petty theft is stealing a $5.00 piece of meat. THey broked into a locked business. Stole cash. Stole merchandise.

How much merchandise? How much cash?

What is the price of murder? $20? $200?

Murder?


Who died? No one, that’s who.


And I value my life a lot more than $200. But I guess that’s all the burglars valued theirs at.


Seems dumb, but hey, they set their own price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington might have elected tafti but no Arlington jury willl convict this guy.

I would. I don’t want cowboy vigilantes shooting down anyone they want.

And there are plenty of other people in Arlington who are ok with people defending their peop tand businesses, and odds are, at least one (or more) will be in the jury box next to you.

Boom, instant hung jury, no conviction.

People, yes.

"Business", no.

It's called insurance FFS.

I pay insurance. I don’t like my premiums going up because claims are constantly being made by people being taken advantage of by criminals.

I’m totally ok with this clerk shooting a burglar, and no jury I’m ever on is ever going to convict someone in these circumstances. Just won’t happen. Period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington might have elected tafti but no Arlington jury willl convict this guy.

I would. I don’t want cowboy vigilantes shooting down anyone they want.

And there are plenty of other people in Arlington who are ok with people defending their peop tand businesses, and odds are, at least one (or more) will be in the jury box next to you.

Boom, instant hung jury, no conviction.

People, yes.

"Business", no.

It's called insurance FFS.

I pay insurance. I don’t like my premiums going up because claims are constantly being made by people being taken advantage of by criminals.

I’m totally ok with this clerk shooting a burglar, and no jury I’m ever on is ever going to convict someone in these circumstances. Just won’t happen. Period.

Depends on the jurisdiction and the demographics of the store clerk and the criminal. In DC the store clerk would be in serious trouble before a jury, particularly if the he or she is Korean-American and the thief is AA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington might have elected tafti but no Arlington jury willl convict this guy.

I would. I don’t want cowboy vigilantes shooting down anyone they want.

And there are plenty of other people in Arlington who are ok with people defending their peop tand businesses, and odds are, at least one (or more) will be in the jury box next to you.

Boom, instant hung jury, no conviction.

People, yes.

"Business", no.

It's called insurance FFS.

I pay insurance. I don’t like my premiums going up because claims are constantly being made by people being taken advantage of by criminals.

I’m totally ok with this clerk shooting a burglar, and no jury I’m ever on is ever going to convict someone in these circumstances. Just won’t happen. Period.

Depends on the jurisdiction and the demographics of the store clerk and the criminal. In DC the store clerk would be in serious trouble before a jury, particularly if the he or she is Korean-American and the thief is AA.

Let’s just chop off their hand like Saudi Arabia does. That seems more humane than shooting them down like animals.