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Originally posted by roadgravel
What are you talking about? Toothpaste down the throat?
I posted they could have gotten the merchandise back and turned him over to the cops.
Originally posted by roadgravel
Originally posted by Human_Alien
Originally posted by roadgravel
They captured the man so they could have gotten the item stolen from him. Turn him over to the cops for punishment if that is also wanted.
Hopefully then next moneyless person needing toothpaste will just brush their teeth in the store.
I think you're adding your own fluff to this tragedy. You do realize this 'moneyless person' (that you're assuming also) was choked to death? Was the tube of toothpaste down his throat?
I think it's sad we have people in the year 2013 who are that hard up for a tube of $1.99 toothpaste? Perhaps instead of handing out methadone to the junkies they can hand out toiletries to the needy...many of which are homeless Vets.
What are you talking about? Toothpaste down the throat?
I posted they could have gotten the merchandise back and turned him over to the cops.
Originally posted by jaws1975
Originally posted by Human_Alien
reply to post by eXia7
....and this is what's so scary about the incompetent 'patriots' who INSIST on owning assault weapons! We obviously lack self-control, reasoning skills and/or empathy as a species.
I realize or at least HOPE I realize this is a real sad exception to the rule but--- it still shows Humans using savage means when words (or gentle restraint until police arrived) might've been more appropriate.
We're a very angry society by & large and people like Alex Jones don't help!!
Dude you have completely lost the plot! Why don't you stick with what your good at and go back to the ufo forum!
Originally posted by opethPA
People in desperate situations do bad things
Originally posted by Human_Alien
Stealing a tube of toothpaste is illegal.... not bad
Beating a person to death is both bad and illegal. So we agree there.
It's not the crime of the century. Petty theft is just that. PETTY. I probably stole more candy as a child worth more than this tube of toothpaste. I did the wrong thing. I wasn't considered a bad child.
edit on 18-1-2013 by Human_Alien because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Human_Alien
Originally posted by NavyDoc
Interesting that the mother misses her son so much now she needs to sue CVS for millions of dollars, but did not give him a home or get him help when he was homeless back then.
How very cold and presumptuous of you to say such a thing. How do you know she's not in a convalescent home somewhere? Maybe they were estranged? Maybe she has mental/emotional issues? Maybe she suffers from cancer? I mean.........god gawd man! There's a host of reasons why their lives turned out the way they did. And I don't blame her one BIT for suing.
The killer (be it accidental, testosterone-driven or pure hatred) should be held accountable and if it's at CVS's cost....oh well. They hired him!
Perhaps CVS should've held more classes on how to apprehend a shop-lifter without killing them instead of how to stock a shelf properly
Originally posted by opethPA
Or maybe before everyone jumps on a business they should blame the person or people that made the choice to kill someone then on top of that they should blame the person that made the choice to steal something.
if the homeless guy didn't make the choice to steal toothpaste he would not have been in that situation.
Originally posted by Human_Alien
reply to post by eXia7
....and this is what's so scary about the incompetent 'patriots' who INSIST on owning assault weapons! We obviously lack self-control, reasoning skills and/or empathy as a species.
I realize or at least HOPE I realize this is a real sad exception to the rule but--- it still shows Humans using savage means when words (or gentle restraint until police arrived) might've been more appropriate.
We're a very angry society by & large and people like Alex Jones don't help!!
Originally posted by eXia7
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.
Yeah, I figure the easiest way would've been to just call the police, I'm sure the homeless guy had been around that area a lot, perhaps begging for change or whatever the case, all they had to do was ID the guy and do what they needed to.
It just shows people use force when it's not needed. The sad part is people ran in to RESTRAIN the homeless man, it just goes to show you what the average person thinks of a homeless person.
Originally posted by Superhans
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.
Really? did you have to go to gladiator school to learn that if you choke a person long enough they will die?