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37. plenty of people point guns at people

Reply to Bonobo (Reply #32)

Fri Feb 10, 2012, 10:01 PM

Feb 2012

with the intent of doing nothing more than scaring them...

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Cop allegedly pulled gun on pregnant woman over too many grocery items [View all] Amerigo Vespucci Feb 2012 OP

bring on the surveillance tapes... nt ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #1

Tapes mysteriously erased.... rfranklin Feb 2012 #3

since it was wal mart doing the taping ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #6

That was an egregious move on the cop's part. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #2

Well there goes his manners out the window. Couldn't he see she was pregnant? My goodness. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #4

the gun did not come out until her husband shoved the off duty cop ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #8

Bullshit. Amerigo Vespucci Feb 2012 #10

the gun came out after physical contact ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #14

*therefore* lildreamer316 Feb 2012 #26

wow...thank you, proof-reader extraordinaire... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #35

You don't point a gun at someone unless you intend to kill them. nt Bonobo Feb 2012 #32

plenty of people point guns at people ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #37

And they're idiots. moriah Feb 2012 #41

THANK YOU!! n/t LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #42

Yup, that's the FIRST thing you learn. Bonobo Feb 2012 #43

and you suppose the off-duty here ISN'T a fucking idiot ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #46

once again, i agree... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #45

And I wish that there were fewer idiots in the world. moriah Feb 2012 #49

"Cop alledgedly pulls gun in dispute over too many grocery items" piedmont Feb 2012 #11

I agree with you... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #16

Touchy, touchy! piedmont Feb 2012 #22

the headline writer did it to get attention on the story ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #23

How many men Aerows Feb 2012 #12

i don't disagree with you one bit... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #15

You see these things all the time. alphafemale Feb 2012 #13

i am with the hubby ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #17

He had a right to protect his wife from a man assaulting her obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #19

don't disagree with you one bit... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #20

too many groceries in the cart was the proximate cause provis99 Feb 2012 #36

baloney... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #38

you don't seem to understand the legal definition of "proximate cause" provis99 Feb 2012 #39

so, then educate me... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #47

They're lucky he didn't taser them to death for such an outrageous RKP5637 Feb 2012 #5

If you're too smart they don't want you for a cop.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #9

Yep, clearly the higher ups don't want anyone that could challenge them. I recall RKP5637 Feb 2012 #29

Wal-Mart does not enforce this policy unless it's an extreme case. joshcryer Feb 2012 #7

Or when someone goes through with a buggy full of stuff and checks them out ten items at a time. alphafemale Feb 2012 #18

That just happened to me at the local produce store. alittlelark Feb 2012 #24

Maybe "she" was buying food for three different homebound individuals. lonestarnot Feb 2012 #25

Doubtful. Even so, she should use a regular lane. alphafemale Feb 2012 #31

first question. onethatcares Feb 2012 #21

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #27

I am thinking, yes, you are alone in thinking this. n/t demmiblue Feb 2012 #30

And your point? n/t Missy Vixen Feb 2012 #34

Then the African American husband is arrested and charged for protecting his wife from the POS cop Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #28

OMG! Does that mean that I could have been arrested today RebelOne Feb 2012 #33

The charge against the husband should be dropped... ellisonz Feb 2012 #40

I remember when a store cop in Jackson, MS at Jitney Jungle ashling Feb 2012 #44

Excessive use of force. This is why the Department issued you a Taser. Follow protocol next time. leveymg Feb 2012 #48