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Demovictory9

(32,419 posts)
Wed May 12, 2021, 03:33 PM May 2021

gas shortage brawl

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The bystander, identified only as Rashaad, tells WRAL he was waiting on line around 2pm at the Marathon gas station when a woman in a white Honda Accord attempted to cut into the long line, which didn't make other motorists happy. No one would let her in, which is when Rashaad started recording. "Who do y'all think is wrong," he writes in his caption for the video on Instagram, which shows the woman getting out of her car—after Rashaad says she hit a gray Honda CR-V—and spitting at a man driving the other Honda. The man can then be seen emerging from his car, walking over to her, and spitting on her, at which point the two start scuffling. At one point, the man appears to hurl the woman's cellphone into the street, and the Daily Beast reports the man's shirt ended up getting torn in the "scrappy fight," which went on until the police arrived. It's not clear if any arrests were made

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gas shortage brawl (Original Post) Demovictory9 May 2021 OP
Modern day Lord of Flies... Thomas Hurt May 2021 #1
lol Demovictory9 May 2021 #2
Nasty piece of work dalton99a May 2021 #3
People being people Fullduplexxx May 2021 #4
Social distancing will continue for me PortTack May 2021 #6
Good instincts. Cafe Cat May 2021 #15
I just waited in line for over an hour, nocoincidences May 2021 #5
Damn glad I drive an EV... farmbo May 2021 #7
Both in jail. He should have never gotten out of his car. Call the cops. Srkdqltr May 2021 #8
yes, she was the aggressor. tried to cut in line, then spit on him for not letting her cut Demovictory9 May 2021 #12
American needs free mental healthcare right now. liberalmuse May 2021 #9
I've been seeing the signs for weeks. Cracklin Charlie May 2021 #10
Sorry, ma'am Mopar151 May 2021 #11
Last week here is Florida, a guy cut off another guy at a Starbucks drive through. Blue_true May 2021 #13
Omg. Too much anger over stuff that doesnt matter Demovictory9 May 2021 #14
Yes. I honestly don't see why a person other than a police officer Blue_true May 2021 #16
Cheap gasoline made this country "great" and now Ron Green May 2021 #17
So did toilet paper! LeftInTX May 2021 #19
She started it but neither behaved very well MustLoveBeagles May 2021 #18

nocoincidences

(2,215 posts)
5. I just waited in line for over an hour,
Wed May 12, 2021, 03:56 PM
May 2021

and I only saw one person jump the line. He just got a small amount of gas and was gone in a flash and nobody really cared.

Everyone was exceedingly polite and friendly, but this is Virginia Beach, southside. We have every nationality and color in this part of town, and we all tend to be careful to protect the friendliness that has been cultivated in this area.

Very different from Norfolk, Newport News, even Chesapeake.

Demovictory9

(32,419 posts)
12. yes, she was the aggressor. tried to cut in line, then spit on him for not letting her cut
Wed May 12, 2021, 06:59 PM
May 2021

then he got out and hit or punched her. To give him credit, he refrained from beating her as she beat him.

liberalmuse

(18,671 posts)
9. American needs free mental healthcare right now.
Wed May 12, 2021, 04:14 PM
May 2021

People are losing their damn minds, which is not unexpected after the last few years we've had.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
13. Last week here is Florida, a guy cut off another guy at a Starbucks drive through.
Wed May 12, 2021, 07:20 PM
May 2021

The guy that was cut off got out of his car and jerked on the door of the guy that cut him off, I believe. Then the guy stopped with the door and headed back to his car. The guy that cut him off jumped out the car with a gun and fatally shot the other guy. The kid ASSUMED that the other man was going back to his car for a gun. So a 19 year old who had a new baby should be going to jail for life, and a 34-35 year old guy who maybe had a wife and kids is dead.

There is no way that I would get into an argument with other people in this state, too many loons running around with guns itching to use them.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
16. Yes. I honestly don't see why a person other than a police officer
Sat May 15, 2021, 10:56 PM
May 2021

or a person that is a registered security professional even drives around with a gun.

LeftInTX

(25,103 posts)
19. So did toilet paper!
Sun May 16, 2021, 08:33 AM
May 2021

Seriously!

My family came from a part of the world where there was no such thing...They had a "latrine" and their nightly routine consisted of burning human waste.

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