Monday morning feel good stories
A Pizza Hut employee in Charlotte, North Carolina, stopped three thieves who tried to rob his restaurant. When the three demanded money, the employee drew out his own licensed handgun and shot one of the thieves DRT (dead right there) while the other two escaped.
In Billings, Montana, Jake Vangen witnessed an automobile accident. When two of the participants tried to flee the scene, Jake held them there at the point of his legal firearm. It turns out that one of the men was wanted on a felony warrant.
In Houston, Texas, a cigarette thief was DRT when a store clerk shot him. Who says smoking isn’t bad for your health? Police claim that this case will go to grand jury. I don’t think it will go well for the clerk. Shoplifting shouldn’t be a capital crime.
Two masked men entered a home in Henrico, Virginia armed with only a baseball bat. The homeowner implored them to leave and when they wouldn’t, he convinced them otherwise with several well-placed bullets. His wife got her gun and joined in the merriment. The police found the pair of intruders outside of the home laying in a grassy area, each suffering from multiple gun shot wounds. The article doesn’t mention their current health-related condition has been updated this morning to report that one of the intruders was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital while other is fighting for his life.
Category: Feel Good Stories
I’ll be damned…Pizza hut DOES deliver….
Pizza Hut has a no gun policy for employees.
I’m pretty sure North Carolina also has a no gun policy for criminals.
But, I imagine that this particular group of thugs was counting on Pizza Huts policy to keep them safe from law abiding citizens who refuse to become victims.
“Pizza hut DOES deliver”
Hot and fresh.
rimshot on that one….ba da bing!
I can just hear the whining from the one remaining VA thief, “not fair, two against two”.
4 events. 3 dead bad guys. In one event, the bad guys were smart enough not to run from a legally armed citizen who held them there for the police.
Never bring a bat to a gunfight.
the homeowner did and she was armed
Right after we were married, I taught my wife the benefits of plunging fire, interlocking fields of fire, and IMT. Why bring one gunfighter to the fight when you can have two?
Remember: 1) I was afraid or my life, 2) I want to cooperate, 3) I want to speak to my attorney.
Let your lawyer make the case for you that you were justified in shooting-you keep your mouth shut.
In the case of the shoplifting maybe there were extenuating circumstances (I mean, I agree with Jonn, and it looks bad for the clerk, but maybe there is more to the story).
In any event, let your attorney make the case for you-that’s his job. When the cop says “any statement that you make can and will be held against you in a court of law”, take that seriously.
Don’t forget, you have the right to remain silent, use it!!
I’d leave out No. 2 but you are right. I was afraid for my life and I would like to cooperate after speaking to my attorney. Remember, the cops are not your enemies but they are not your friends either. No one can make you say anything and in a situation like that I would highly advise you don’t although you will feel like telling everyone and everybody what happened.
Cops can’t testify in court on your behalf because it is considered to be “heresay” evidence. The cop can only testify as to what he actually saw himself.
Be polite while maintaining your right to be silent. You should say that you feared for your life and maybe nothing more.
And I’m a cabinet maker, not a lawyer. Just my opinion.
If Clinton gets her way, the Pizza Hunt employee will be in jail.
Vote Trump
The clerk in Texas may well be legally OK, particularly if the crime occurred at night. Texas has a quite strong “shield law” concerning the use of deadly force to protect property.
https://www.uslawshield.com/portal/texas-gun-law/
Disclaimer: not a lawyer, nor have I researched TX case law on the subject.
The shield law here in Texas – as I understand it [who am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV] – concerns personal property which is not easily replaceable.
Barring extenuating circumstances, a store clerk making a perp DRT over a pack of cigs is not preventing the loss of personal property which is not easily replaceable.
The DA may decide that he would have a hard time getting a conviction and waive prosecution, if the Grand Jury were to indict him.
Of course, if it comes out in the investigation that the clerks employer holds the clerk personally responsible for all losses, and/or the clerk’s job was on the line, this may be considered “extenuating circumstances”. (Believe it or not, I worked for a Stop-N-Rob like that one time, years ago.)
Looking at the follow-up story and video (below) you can see more what happened. The perp came into the clerk’s booth to get the cigs after the clerk would not give any to him “on credit” – the prep was not just grabbing some cigs from a display, he invaded a closed booth and trapped the clerk inside. The clerk had no way of knowing whether or not the perp would just take cigs, or rob him or attack him.
I fully expect a no-bill from the Grand Jury on this one.
http://www.khou.com/news/crime/store-clerk-fatally-shoots-man-attempting-to-steal-cigarettes/344295873
“Shoplifting shouldn’t be a capital crime.”
What is the correct word for “you should have your kneecap busted with a baseball bat for being a fucking thief”? Oughta be a word for that…
“while other is fighting for his life.”
Hope he looses.
And in news that comes as no shock, the parents of dead dumbass in NC are upset that the employee shot their son, and want him in jail: http://wncn.com/2016/11/03/parents-of-pizza-hut-robbery-suspect-question-why-employee-fatally-shot-their-son-in-the-head/