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In reply to the discussion: Mother of 2 Shot Dead by Walmart Security Guard in Alleged Shoplifting Incident [View all]riverwalker
(8,694 posts)8. nothing happened
cop claims she "hit him with her purse" (WTF? like Ruth Buzzi?), and feared he would be "run over".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245074/Walmart-security-guard-shoots-shoplifting-mother-dead-parking-lot-tries-escape-young-children.html
http://www.mommyish.com/2012/12/10/shelly-frey-walmart-shoplifting/
family filed a wrongful death suit, but I couldn't find any resolution.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Shoplifter-s-family-sues-Wal-Mart-deputy-4337438.php
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Rose Siding
Aug 2014
OP
Driving away is not using a car as a weapon, no matter what LEOs are taught these days.
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#13
I opened this thread fully expecting to find someone practicing the old cop apologia.
morningfog
Aug 2014
#26
i no longer believe cops. period. and are they such wimps that a purse bowls them over?
samsingh
Aug 2014
#28
Charges may depend on the location. In Texas you can fire a weapon after nightfall if
Thinkingabout
Aug 2014
#9
This is on WM. There is no way they should allow employees to use deadly force.
BillZBubb
Aug 2014
#36