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9. Ah yes; I forgot the Walker Texas Ranger documentaries.

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Would-be Waffle House robber dies after having been shot by customer [View all] StrongBad Oct 2015 OP

Public execution...that's the ticket! Human101948 Oct 2015 #1

the shooter should be sued for taking away the victim's right to trial saturnsring Oct 2015 #3

Perhaps the "victim" should not have been committing armed robbbery NobodyHere Oct 2015 #13

no he shouldnt have just like our citizens shouldnt be our executioners saturnsring Oct 2015 #23

Yes, but only one person is solely responsible for setting things in motion. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author Sheepshank Oct 2015 #163

wow. . . .just. . . wow niyad Oct 2015 #87

armed with what? treestar Oct 2015 #142

Will you be footing legal expenses? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #16

If there's any basis for a lucrative suit, the lawyer will work on contingency... Human101948 Oct 2015 #31

Shield law such as self-defense laws? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author Sheepshank Oct 2015 #164

OMG!!! GGJohn Oct 2015 #46

where does it say that the robber shot at the citizen? niyad Oct 2015 #88

So the ARMED ROBBER pointing his weapon doesn't constitude a deadly threat? GGJohn Oct 2015 #92

try again. NOWHERE does it say that the dead man aimed at the shooter, in the niyad Oct 2015 #96

Try again. GGJohn Oct 2015 #100

try again. that was NOT in the originally linked article. what you are quoting is an update, niyad Oct 2015 #102

Yes, an update. GGJohn Oct 2015 #105

forget it. my response was to what was in the ORIGINAL article. niyad Oct 2015 #110

Just can't bring yourself to admit that this was a justifiable homicide can you. GGJohn Oct 2015 #111

based on what I read, NO. quite frankly, I have no faith in police or da's at all. niyad Oct 2015 #112

Well, the police and the patrons of the restaurant, you know, GGJohn Oct 2015 #115

as is their right. just as it is MY right to see what I see, based on the reporting. niyad Oct 2015 #116

Yep, it's your right to have that opinion, GGJohn Oct 2015 #117

Sounds like they already did... TipTok Oct 2015 #124

In an updated link here: Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #94

thank you. that was certainly NOT in the original article. niyad Oct 2015 #98

Glad to be some help... n/t Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #104

Rivers should have stayed in his car. The robber was leaving Beaverhausen Oct 2015 #122

He didn't did he? GGJohn Oct 2015 #126

No. The police represents the people. Yorktown Oct 2015 #129

Why? He is a licensed, armed guard, or did you not read that part? In most States, Licensed, armed Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #136

Since he was a security guard treestar Oct 2015 #156

I know it's a cliche, but... Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #20

Play stupid games, GGJohn Oct 2015 #45

19 year old shot to death over 20 dollars saturnsring Oct 2015 #2

Wrong, he was shot to death because he pointed his gun at the wrong person, GGJohn Oct 2015 #48

That's not clear in the article treestar Oct 2015 #143

Waffle House employees said he was armed with a semi auto handgun. GGJohn Oct 2015 #147

The 20 bucks was irrelevant. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #61

He would have killed at least 3 innocents by the time he was 30 Reter Oct 2015 #97

Would have???? And you know this how? Initech Oct 2015 #101

This message was self-deleted by its author Reter Oct 2015 #108

This message was self-deleted by its author Reter Oct 2015 #114

No, he was shot for threatening someone with a gun. Codeine Oct 2015 #106

He did point a gun at the guy who shot him Bonx Oct 2015 #4

Two armed assholes equals a tragedy. hunter Oct 2015 #5

"Two armed assholes equals a tragedy." GGJohn Oct 2015 #50

Yeah, I'd like to live in a world full of moron vigilantes. hunter Oct 2015 #62

I don't think you know the definition of vigilante. Free clue: Self-defense isn't. n/t X_Digger Oct 2015 #65

"Self Defense" is bullshit. hunter Oct 2015 #67

Okay, you're on my christmas list for a dictionary. *check* X_Digger Oct 2015 #70

If someone wants you dead, they just walk up and shoot you. hunter Oct 2015 #74

Ok, I'll also highlight Paranoia for you, too. And Projection. Any other "P"s while I'm at it? n/t X_Digger Oct 2015 #80

Oh, so cops don't carry a firearm for self defense? GGJohn Oct 2015 #72

You're ridiculous. Codeine Oct 2015 #107

So, in your world, GGJohn Oct 2015 #69

Was there a second robber I didn't read about? ileus Oct 2015 #56

The guy who shot the robber is an asshole and a moron. hunter Oct 2015 #63

LOL, GGJohn Oct 2015 #73

What do you think of Zimmerman? hunter Oct 2015 #76

Unlike Trayvon Martin, GGJohn Oct 2015 #77

I've been threatened by armed people. hunter Oct 2015 #95

What's this got to do with Mr. Rivers defending himself? eom. GGJohn Oct 2015 #109

He wasn't "defending himself." He was shooting a "bad guy." hunter Oct 2015 #123

So having a deadly weapon pointed at one's self and shooting the person pointing it at someone GGJohn Oct 2015 #127

He chooses to carry a handgun. Case closed. hunter Oct 2015 #141

LOL, GGJohn Oct 2015 #152

Let's all let crimes be committed when we could stop them Yorktown Oct 2015 #130

So- firing the weapon at the robber was the only way? LeftinOH Oct 2015 #6

While he's also pointing a gun at you and definitively criminal? What could go wrong..... whatthehey Oct 2015 #7

He could have shot the gun out of his hand and then karate chopped him Bonx Oct 2015 #8

Ah yes; I forgot the Walker Texas Ranger documentaries. whatthehey Oct 2015 #9

Heh...good one. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #19

He did try to hold him there Fluothane Oct 2015 #10

"as the suspect was leaving the restaurant" SecularMotion Oct 2015 #24

"as he was leaving the restaurant" bluedigger Oct 2015 #38

As long as that is the case, it is not bad treestar Oct 2015 #144

The POS armed robber was pointing a firearm at the customer, GGJohn Oct 2015 #52

he's supposed to let him go and get a plate number that was his responsibility not play policeman saturnsring Oct 2015 #58

Actually, Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #64

I was thinking that too treestar Oct 2015 #151

It was an armed robbery. That word, "armed", is useful here. closeupready Oct 2015 #11

;) StrongBad Oct 2015 #12

Live by the gun, die by the gun. n/t Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #14

Every day for the past ten years, Loretta there's been giving me a large black coffee. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #15

You might want to ask Loretta if she would have preferred to take her chances with the armed robber whatthehey Oct 2015 #17

Conjecture...and bad conjecture... Human101948 Oct 2015 #33

BWAH!! CatWoman Oct 2015 #59

Good story. Kang Colby Oct 2015 #18

The robber was leaving when he was shot. The killer didn't save anybody. Shrike47 Oct 2015 #21

False. n/t Kang Colby Oct 2015 #22

did not see anything either way about your claim or the one you responded to... Human101948 Oct 2015 #25

I didn't bother to look it up initially. It's usually a safe bet Kang Colby Oct 2015 #27

Post removed Post removed Oct 2015 #29

This is the second notch in Rivers' pistol grip. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #34

Wonder what the truth behind that story was... Human101948 Oct 2015 #35

I was wondering the same thing. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #36

Not true oswaldactedalone Oct 2015 #139

Were you there? Kang Colby Oct 2015 #37

because no armed robber ever returned to eliminate witnesses whatthehey Oct 2015 #26

Well, that sure justifies an execution... Human101948 Oct 2015 #30

You keep saying it was an execution. GGJohn Oct 2015 #54

I'm an alive one - like the Waffle House employees thanks to this hero. whatthehey Oct 2015 #169

What about the people at his next armed robbery? Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #28

and "what" if the executoner shot a bystander as well? CatWoman Oct 2015 #39

Apparently, Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #41

The hero didn't shoot any bystanders. pintobean Oct 2015 #42

But he didn't did he. GGJohn Oct 2015 #55

whoa there sunshine CatWoman Oct 2015 #60

I am calm, just disgusted at some of the comments here blaming the customer GGJohn Oct 2015 #66

Good job Snow Leopard Oct 2015 #32

Another senseless firearm death? GGJohn Oct 2015 #44

;) StrongBad Oct 2015 #47

WTH does that mean? GGJohn Oct 2015 #49

It means they've been trolling the entire time, and actually believe it was a good dgu. nt Electric Monk Oct 2015 #51

So why don't they say so? GGJohn Oct 2015 #53

One of the occupational hazards of Armed Robber is that you might get shot. Throd Oct 2015 #57

Oh well. name not needed Oct 2015 #68

Not his first 'self-defense btw... Lancero Oct 2015 #71

Except maybe the POS armed robber's next victim. GGJohn Oct 2015 #75

enjoy!!! CatWoman Oct 2015 #78

How is this even related to this DGU? eom. GGJohn Oct 2015 #79

Funny - the numbers say diffrient. Lancero Oct 2015 #81

And Rivers may very well have saved some future victim's life. GGJohn Oct 2015 #82

Do you agree that if Rivers didn't agitate the situiation, no one would have died? Lancero Oct 2015 #83

No, I don't believe he agitated the situation, if the ARMED ROBBER hadn't chosen GGJohn Oct 2015 #85

And if River ended up injuring, or killing, someone inside the building with his stray shots? Lancero Oct 2015 #86

Your point is irrelevant, GGJohn Oct 2015 #89

My point is just as relevant as your 'He might have saved someone else's life' point. Lancero Oct 2015 #90

But he didn't did he? GGJohn Oct 2015 #91

He didn't save anyone like you're arguing either. Lancero Oct 2015 #103

Mr. Rivers and the patrons of the restaurant disagree with you, GGJohn Oct 2015 #113

But the fact remains that he didn't save anyone. Lancero Oct 2015 #120

Oh, I would think that when the former violent criminal GGJohn Oct 2015 #121

Except Rivers put his own life at risk when HE decided to force a confrontation Lancero Oct 2015 #125

Uhhh, cops don't know yet who shot first, GGJohn Oct 2015 #132

As I said - Refuse to see. Lancero Oct 2015 #133

As you do also. eom. GGJohn Oct 2015 #134

Something else you refused to see, but I DID agree with your point earlier. Lancero Oct 2015 #137

Well, if there was exchange of gun fire, then presumably he saved himself. LisaL Oct 2015 #149

Except the only reason a exchange of gunfire occured was because he decided to force a confrontation Lancero Oct 2015 #167

He is a security guard. LisaL Oct 2015 #173

like Zimmerman saved himself after staring the fight with Trayvon Martin? Beaverhausen Oct 2015 #171

Doesn't he count? Apparently there was exchange of gun fire, so the robber was presumably LisaL Oct 2015 #153

Looks to me an armed robbery already was a pretty agitated situation Yorktown Oct 2015 #131

"Had Rivers done nothing, no one would have died" Reter Oct 2015 #99

Seriously? Just killing someone for what they 'might' do someday? Beaverhausen Oct 2015 #170

Nobody in the thread seems clear on what happened treestar Oct 2015 #146

This article is clearer and more up to date pintobean Oct 2015 #150

I wonder if they can figure out who fired the first shot treestar Oct 2015 #155

It doesn't matter. pintobean Oct 2015 #157

Whoever wrote the article seems to think there is an issue treestar Oct 2015 #158

"Police have not determined who fired the first shot." pintobean Oct 2015 #159

Sounds like they may wish to determine that treestar Oct 2015 #161

Sounds to me like they answered a question. pintobean Oct 2015 #165

Thank goodness. Now all of our waffles are safe. lindysalsagal Oct 2015 #84

This almost sounds like the first episode of "Fargo" this season on FX. Deadshot Oct 2015 #93

Sadly he telling himself he had a right to kill those guys just like the people on this Solomon Oct 2015 #119

The armed robber was 19 year old Joshua Jermaine Davis Reter Oct 2015 #118

He's one of those pics pintobean Oct 2015 #138

GUN HUMPER Skittles Oct 2015 #140

So he deserved to be killed? Is that what you are saying? Beaverhausen Oct 2015 #174

Good LittleBlue Oct 2015 #128

The posters claiming the shooter had no right to self defense are every bit as irrational Ex Lurker Oct 2015 #135

The shooter decided he was the judge, jury and executioner. Beaverhausen Oct 2015 #175

who appointed this customer as judge, jury and executioner? DrDan Oct 2015 #145

The armed robber who started the sequence of events. Throd Oct 2015 #160

Sad to see events like this, imagine the emotions the shooter must endure now. ileus Oct 2015 #148

Like "Thank God Im not dead?" StrongBad Oct 2015 #166

It really is turning into the old west. B Calm Oct 2015 #154

Seriously, rushing in to rob a place at gunpoint ain't what it use to be! Rex Oct 2015 #162

Who robs a WaHo? That's THE most likely place for one to find a LEO between midnight and 6am. Erose999 Oct 2015 #168

I guess this dude decided to take his chances and lost. LisaL Oct 2015 #172

Locking per this part of Skinner's pinned thread about what can be posted in GD. uppityperson Oct 2015 #176