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Dokkie

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94. That is why you
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 08:17 AM
Mar 2012

couldn't pay me enough money to work at a convince store. Sometimes the armed robbers give no warning and why leave you alive when you gonna help ID after the robbery.

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While I'm not a fan of guns or CCW.... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2012 #1
Store vs. out in the street encounter. Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #5
I gotta get out of the state of Florida HockeyMom Mar 2012 #2
More poor reporting..... rgbecker Mar 2012 #3
So she was clearly defending her self and property and she gets handcuffed. rhett o rick Mar 2012 #4
Actually he did too zipplewrath Mar 2012 #7
I would love to see a link to that. nm rhett o rick Mar 2012 #61
Twin Lakes Shooting Initial Report FrodosPet Mar 2012 #63
Whatthe??? That link didnt tell me shite. rhett o rick Mar 2012 #80
I saw it, on page 3.. (mostly) X_Digger Mar 2012 #85
Thanks. I missed it. nm rhett o rick Mar 2012 #95
Probably not her's either zipplewrath Mar 2012 #6
Why not take someone at their word when they threaten violence by pointing a deadly weapon at you? X_Digger Mar 2012 #10
From this 16 year old? zipplewrath Mar 2012 #11
A 16 year old that she knew? And could identify him? By name?!? X_Digger Mar 2012 #15
Only if she's alive. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #17
It always helps to read zipplewrath Mar 2012 #19
I actually did read it, but you seem to have a different interpretation.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #24
Let her shoot TWICE zipplewrath Mar 2012 #30
I'm not sure what you think that shows, care to enlighten me? X_Digger Mar 2012 #31
Perhaps he wasn't ready to use the weapon zipplewrath Mar 2012 #32
And you're talking about a store clerk facing a robber in a gun, in a high-adrenaline situation. backscatter712 Mar 2012 #34
Actually zipplewrath Mar 2012 #47
No, I don't think it's easy. But I'm not going to second guess her without having been there. X_Digger Mar 2012 #36
I commented on HER second guessing zipplewrath Mar 2012 #49
And you came to the conclusion that X_Digger Mar 2012 #51
Yeah, that's it zipplewrath Mar 2012 #54
If he wasn't ready to use the weapon SATIRical Mar 2012 #44
Yeah especially 16 year olds zipplewrath Mar 2012 #48
So you are clearly for parental permission SATIRical Mar 2012 #52
Gungeon time zipplewrath Mar 2012 #55
So 16 year-olds ARE or ARE NOT SATIRical Mar 2012 #56
THIS 16 year old zipplewrath Mar 2012 #57
It wasn't a musket Fla_Democrat Mar 2012 #68
How long to return fire? zipplewrath Mar 2012 #71
Doesn't take training to fire fast Fla_Democrat Mar 2012 #76
what percentage of sixteen year old armed robbers NoGOPZone Mar 2012 #67
Probably all three. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2012 #81
She may want to be Darwin's servant zipplewrath Mar 2012 #89
Because they are 16? zipplewrath Mar 2012 #64
And 16 year olds never shoot anyone? X_Digger Mar 2012 #66
Nor do I zipplewrath Mar 2012 #72
"She shot, poorly, for $30." -- Kinda looks like you do. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #79
$25 for a dead convenience clerk. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #41
That is why you Dokkie Mar 2012 #94
Alert. The kid had a gun. How do you not understand that?????? rhett o rick Mar 2012 #62
Not criticizing zipplewrath Mar 2012 #65
You're not understanding me zipplewrath Mar 2012 #90
A kid the she can identify pointing a gun at her means she was going to get killed. Edweird Mar 2012 #69
That's the presumption zipplewrath Mar 2012 #73
Do you believe that she wasn't going to call the cops if he robbed her a gunpoint? Edweird Mar 2012 #98
I have no way of knowing zipplewrath Mar 2012 #102
The question wasn't what she believes, but what YOU believe. Edweird Apr 2012 #114
I have no way of knowing zipplewrath Apr 2012 #115
For someone that has 'no way of knowing' you sure were judgmental of another defending their LIFE. Edweird Apr 2012 #116
How was I judgemental? zipplewrath Apr 2012 #117
At least she will be able to ask that question for life ...... oldhippie Mar 2012 #111
Hope she see's it that way zipplewrath Mar 2012 #91
10 year mandatory sentence if he got tried as an adult Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #75
There is no time zipplewrath Mar 2012 #92
Yes, of course Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #100
Alot of things happen zipplewrath Mar 2012 #104
Hold up and let me see if I have this straight. moriah Mar 2012 #87
You haven't read what I wrote at all zipplewrath Mar 2012 #93
I have read your posts. moriah Mar 2012 #99
She may not agree with you zipplewrath Mar 2012 #103
I didn't see anything questioning about what she said. moriah Mar 2012 #106
I see more zipplewrath Mar 2012 #107
And it has, for certain. n/t moriah Mar 2012 #113
So why didn't she just give him the $30 if 'It's not worth your life'? sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #8
Was it really over $30, or was it a threat to HER life? Speck Tater Mar 2012 #13
Guess I read a different article zipplewrath Mar 2012 #20
Like he threatened her life? sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #26
And you know this because you were there? Speck Tater Mar 2012 #38
Assuming her story is correct Sgent Mar 2012 #74
Exactly. And if you point that out to someone who doesn't want it to be true... Speck Tater Mar 2012 #78
You're the one who said it. Or are you making up stories? Were you there? sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #96
Of course I'm making up stories. It's what we ALL do. Just be honest and admit it. nt Speck Tater Mar 2012 #97
Um...he pointed a GUN at her. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2012 #82
Because he pointed a gun at her Marrah_G Mar 2012 #14
It didn't matter how much money was in the register - she was as good as dead. Edweird Mar 2012 #70
It's a corny cliche that's true TomClash Mar 2012 #9
This sounds strange. drm604 Mar 2012 #12
I'm kinda glad she didn't learn the answer to that question. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #16
Prisons are full of stupid criminals. nt hack89 Mar 2012 #43
She was in her store Aerows Mar 2012 #18
How come she got arrested? Quantess Mar 2012 #21
They cuffed and questioned her -- that is SOP in a shooting obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #22
According to the police report, Zimmerman was handcuffed, taken to the PD, and questioned. X_Digger Mar 2012 #25
They cuffed and questioned Zimmerman as well mactime Mar 2012 #27
I am struck by her attitude compared to what we know of Zimmerman's obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #23
+1 uponit7771 Mar 2012 #28
I think Zimmerman's mindset is totally different from hers. Mariana Mar 2012 #40
This doesn't only happen in Florida. Cleita Mar 2012 #29
She decided his life wasn't worth $30. That's all. saras Mar 2012 #33
Would it be reasonable for her to think that if she gave him $30, he'd never bother her again? slackmaster Mar 2012 #37
Or that his life wasn't worth hers. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #42
Actually, HE is the one that made that decision (nt) SATIRical Mar 2012 #45
Bullshit Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #77
Utter nonsense. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2012 #83
Do you honestly believe that? moriah Mar 2012 #88
This is proper usage of the law EC Mar 2012 #35
A good precedent bongbong Mar 2012 #39
You won't last long SATIRical Mar 2012 #46
Not me bongbong Mar 2012 #53
You never set up a firing position directly across from yours. That would be suicide. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #59
Got it covered bongbong Mar 2012 #60
glad she come out safe... ileus Mar 2012 #50
I knew a convenience store clerk who was shot and killed. closeupready Mar 2012 #58
"Taquanda is alive today because she fought back" 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #84
Oh hell, just rush all the stores - Zax2me Mar 2012 #86
It's always sad when someone dies, but it sounds like she was justified TeamsterDem Mar 2012 #101
Justified don't make it much easier zipplewrath Mar 2012 #105
Terrible choices are never easy or enjoyable TeamsterDem Mar 2012 #108
Likewise zipplewrath Mar 2012 #110
Don't I know it TeamsterDem Mar 2012 #112
I believe she was justified. RebelOne Mar 2012 #109
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