Shoplifter's family sues Wal-Mart, deputy, security company over shooting death

chron.com ^ | 7 March 2013 | Robert Stanton

[muawiyah]

No, you didn't see any Freepers defending the criminals but you did see some Freepers objecting to firing into passenger cars and killing someone in the back seat IN a crowded parking lot.

By this time Walmart should have moved ahead and successfully prosecuted the other shoplifters provided the videos showed them shoplifting, but at the same time the dead woman's family ~ and most likely the other people in the car ~ presumably some children ~ should have sued the rent a cop, the security company, and possibly Walmart IF the videos weren't released, or if they were, showed a different situation in the parking lot than the description provided by the rent a cop.

Unless someone wants to come up with a security video to show us, I'd like to suggest the lawyers have this one in the can and Walmart is going to pay and pay.

[muawiyah]

DW, the ‘deadly weapon’ was the car they were in ~ otherwise no one ever said anything about these women being armed. So, without a new ref I’ll go with the old’ref that said the driver tried to run over the cop ~ but didn’t succeed.

[muawiyah]

you are baiting the Texans here ~ they’ll be throwing hissy fits at your suggestion the nanny state has overtaken even them.

[muawiyah]

That picture was from a prior booking I believe. We have not yet seen walmart's videos showing them stealing ~ but the charges have been dramatically simplified to focus more on what went on in the parking lot.

I'm sure they'll 'splain all that eventually but now you got me wondering why they didn't show a few stills from the supposedly ironclad video they showed the rent a cop that showed them stealing. Missing a meaningful parking lot shot is possible in the best systems, but that interior monitoring system Walmart should have told us the color of their panties at a minimum!

[muawiyah]

This gentleman was doing surreptitious videoing in violation of folks' privacy rights. Take a look; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283410/Nikita-Levy-Disgraced-gynecologist-took-secret-pictures-videos-patients-PEN-CAMERA-apologized-wife-suicide-note-killing-himself.html

Now recalling the extensive videotape system at Walmart, how much of it violates privacy ~ and I don't mean the cameras in the ceilings or on the building exterior, but the ones down there near the floor. Thinking about this for the last couple of months I've been thinking they had some great stuff about the inside but it came from the ankle height cameras! Could be Walmart can't use that stuff!

[traditional1]

Yup; I’m not sure where it originally came from, but I’ve heard it several places.....a superb analogy, too.

[dennisw]

You are right...the women were not armed. I thought I read they were

[muawiyah]

The cops say she tried to run the rent a cop down with a car ~ that turns into 'deadly weapon' in cop speak.

This is another reason to NOT believe Eric Holder when he says the regime is not going to kill people at lunch in restaurants with armed clones.

[smokingfrog]

I think they were waiting in the car.

[smokingfrog]

If I remember correctly, it was a Harris Co. Sheriff deputy that shot the shoplifter, and not a rent a cop.

[muawiyah]

he was there as a rent a cop ~ his day job is real deputy sheriff. Texas law still treats him as the real deal 24/7 which means he can shoot whoever he wants any time he wants (and we are worried about drones eh?)

I'm waiting on the videos ~ 2 kinds ~ the ones that show the women stealing, and the ones that show the rent a cop getting run over.

This is like one of those workman's comp cases ~ dude says he was run down, we find him lifting weights or something. i think it's fishy that nobody has shown the films.