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CHICAGO — Chilling video has surfaced of the 2010 choking death of a homeless shoplifter at the hands of a CVS store manager who chased him into an alley. And a U.S. congressman is now calling for a special investigation into the death of 35-year-old Anthony Kyser, who stole toothpaste from the drug store before his death nearly three years ago.
The grainy surveillance video from the alley near the Little Village CVS was obtained from a source by DNAinfo.com Chicago. It shows Kyser's final minutes on May 8, 2010, and the beginning of the police investigation into the case. No charges were filed in Kyser's death, which police ruled an accident. CVS has said the manager acted in self-defense after being attacked by Kyser. The video appears to capture Kyser fleeing to the alley with the store manager close behind him. There's a brief struggle before Kyser hits the pavement, with the store manager on top of him.
Another man appears to punch and kick Kyser, at one point stepping down on his hand while the store manager remains atop Kyser. More bystanders join in, helping to hold Kyser down. Eventually, Kyser stops flailing his legs, the video shows. A police officer arrives minutes later, followed by more cops and then an ambulance. But emergency responders are unable to revive Kyser. Sprawled on the pavement, Kyser's dead body remains in the frame when the recording stops.
"The video shows that Anthony Kyser was being choked by the CVS store manager and that no one did anything to help," said Jack Kennedy, an attorney with Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery, the law firm representing Kyser's mother. "I think it’s appalling that CVS maintains that an employee can choke someone to death if they steal from a CVS store."
Originally posted by intelligenthoodlum33
This really sad. No one should die over toothpaste and I am surprised the store and the cops think this is okay.
Just goes to show the state of the world today. Human life is meaningless to so many.
Originally posted by Superhans
I will have to wait until the entire story comes out, there must have been a little more to this for so many bystanders to jump in like they did.
If they go after the manager they need to go after all those people who jumped in, but that kinda removes the race element and therefor does not make a "good" story.
And while it is easy to blame the big bad CVS if you notice the manager was holding him down while someone else was punching and kicking.edit on 18-1-2013 by Superhans because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Superhans
reply to post by eXia7
You really have to wait until the full story comes out. For all you know the guy was reaching for a weapon the entire time, you really have to wait until you have all the facts before you can pass judgment.
Originally posted by intelligenthoodlum33
This really sad. No one should die over toothpaste and I am surprised the store and the cops think this is okay.
Just goes to show the state of the world today. Human life is meaningless to so many.
Originally posted by boncho
Originally posted by intelligenthoodlum33
This really sad. No one should die over toothpaste and I am surprised the store and the cops think this is okay.
Just goes to show the state of the world today. Human life is meaningless to so many.
Don't steal. If it were the police that did this I might have something to say. But it wasn't. It was a store manager. If a business owner accidentally kills someone trying to protect their property, oh well. Stop stealing...
I don't have much sympathy for thieves.
Originally posted by ZeussusZ
Whats wrong with all the bystanders and all the cops that are there. The whole video not one person checks for a pulse or anything. One cops gives him a couple of kicks to see if he moves and then everybody just watches.
Originally posted by intrptr
reply to post by ed1320
This man intends to choke the life out of his victim. If he knows the hold well enough to employ it, then he knows that continuously holding it like that will kill someone.