Families want justice for suspects killed after robbery of Krick's Korner store in Reading.

[oneshooter]

http://www.wfmz.com/families-want-justice-for-suspects-killed-after-robbery-of-kricks-korner-store-in-reading/-/121798/22819374/-/10u2xls/-/index.html#.UnqkHzeA0Ek.facebook




They want the shooter charged?

[HooptieWagon]

1. I think the armed robbers got the justice they deserved.

[Warpy]

3. Is armed robbery now a capital offense?

[LisaL]

6. Not unless robbers kill someone in the process.

[HooptieWagon]

17. The armed robbers chose to make it so...

when they walked into the store with guns to rob it.
Reality is that sometimes really stupid decisions have tragic consequences. Drive 100mph and kill yourself in a crash....stick a needle in your arm and OD on heroin.... stupidity doesn't "deserve" death, but it sometimes results in it.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

19. No, but the ability to not be shot was always in the power of the robber.

[richmwill]

2. Justice for what? "Careers cut short"???? (n/t)

[Hoyt]

4. Not sure shooter should be charged, but essentially shooting people in the back ain't right either.

Sketchy story makes it sound like robbers were leaving. I'm not sure a private citizen should play judge, juror, Jesus, executioner just because they have a gun in a situation like that.

[LisaL]

7. That's not accurate.

"Officials say the suspects then pointed their guns towards the man, leading to a brief scuffle. Unbeknownst to the suspects, police say the man was also armed with a gun. The man pulled out his weapon and shot both suspects in the chest, according to officials."

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/2-Shot-Killed-in-Attempted-Robbery-230539261.html

[Hoyt]

9. That was not in the OP link, but does make a huge difference.

If there was a scuffle and the robbers pointed their guns at the man, can't fault him for shooting.

[leftyohiolib]

11. even though they were shot in the chest, shooting in the back might prevent the murder

of the owner of the next shop they tried to rob. i have lost all patience for people who use guns to unlawfully get want wasnt given to them

[sendero]

13. I feel sorry for the guy(s)..

... but they dug their own graves when they used a gun in the commission of a robbery.

The family isn't going to get DICK, I don't care how many lawyers they hire.

[leftyohiolib]

14. agreed - excpt i dont feel sorry for them-it's too bad they chose to do this now their families

have funeral arrangements to make

[leftyohiolib]

5. the sister said my brother is a good kid.

[LisaL]

8. If I had a dollar for each time a relative says that about the suspect after that suspect

committed a crime... Well, I'd be rich.

[leftyohiolib]

10. agreed . i started to point out the irony there but lost the will to continue

[magical thyme]

12. they certainly should be awarded all the potential income the robbers could have stolen for them...

if not for the "wrongful death" and all for the impaired

[Glassunion]

15. I'm getting really sick of how the word "Justice" is being tossed around by folks lately.

They will get justice, however I'm doubtful that it will be the justice that they are demanding.

They did charge a man with 2 counts of 2nd degree murder in this case. He is the suspected getaway driver.

[geek tragedy]

16. Justice would mean forcing these assholes to pay for the damage their relatives

did to the business owner's property.

What next, a workmen's comp claim?

[Blue_Tires]

18. Good luck with that when the courts have said this is perfectly OK:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022957451

[hack89]

20. That was due to a quirk in Texas law

a pretty fucked up quirk I might add.

It is hard to see how that would apply to any other states.

[oneshooter]

21. This is what many on this board would like to see.

"[William] had no right to lose his life over something that man could have called the police for," said Medina. "He took the law into his own hands and walked away scot-free."

"How about if people just start running around here, policing the city on their own? How much worse is it going to get?" said Peter Ratel, Medina's cousin.

There are also those on this forum that would argue that this is "vigilante justice". And that the armed robbers should not have been bothered. That the Police are the only ones that need firearms.

So where are they defending these men, and roundly disapproving of the actions of a CHL holder.