Sunday Feel Good Stories
Stu, Chief Tango and UpNorth send us our feel good story this morning from Dumas, Arkansas (not pronounced the way you might think from this story). Young Tavell Lawson tried to turn his life around from the proceeds he would get from a local pharmiscist;
According to Dumas police, 31-year-old Tavell Lawson entered Meador Pharmacy around 5:30 a.m. Friday wearing a mask and wielding a gun, then demanded money from the pharmacist, who was just opening the store.
The pharmacist initially retreated, but when he could retreat no longer, he pulled his own concealed weapon and shot and killed the masked gunman.
Police say the pharmacist is a concealed-carry permit holder.
In California, in another link sent to us by Chief Tango, Herb Pearce took out a bank robber with his bare hands when young Jacob Williams tried to hold up a bank with his finger;
Pearce said the man claimed to have a gun and pointed it right at him.
“He had his hand in the plastic bag,” he said.
Pearce then grabbed the suspect’s arm and called his bluff.
“Pow! I clocked him. He went back a little bit, he came at me again, I hit him again,” he said.
Police said 29-year-old suspect Jacob Williams was not armed and was arrested on the spot.
Mr Pearce currently is being treated for a broken hand that Mr Williams pummeled with his face.
Category: Feel Good Stories
I’m glad to see that people are starting to refuse to be “sheep”!!
The CA video is one to take a look at.
Apparently, even in the People’s Republic of CA, the good Samaritan has no health insurance. The bank initially told him that they wouldn’t pay the bill for fixing his hand, but later told the media they were looking into it.
My commemorative t-shirt wardrobe keeps growing. In a sign of forgiveness, I think that all of his friends should purchase their condolence cards from this pharmacy. Fo’ Shizzle!
I would hire Mr. Pearce in a heartbeat.
OK, someone has to say it: “Tavell Lawson, the late Dumas dumbass.”
Just my opinion based on his reported conduct, of course.
I wonder if the Dumas police get tired of being called the Dumas police.
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Banks have a policy where they give up the cash immediately with no fight. So, if the Samaritan had done nothing, the bank would be out more than it would for a broken hand.
cue ‘The Shawshank Redemption’