Security guard who shot man 3 times acted in self defense because the victim wasn’t wearing a COVID mask, lawyer says

CWB Chicago ^ | 8/26/2021 | CWB Chicago

[Bearshouse]

A liquor store security guard was acting in self defense when he shot a customer three times because the customer was “putting other’s lives at risk by not wearing a [COVID] mask,” the guard’s private defense attorney said during a bond court hearing Wednesday.

The argument did not sway cook County Judge Mary Marubio.

“The victim fled the store, fell outside, followed by the defendant [who], according to the surveillance video, shot a second time. The defendant then paces back and forth and shot a third time,” Marubio said before ordering 42-year-old Chester Holmes held without bail.

Holmes, who is barred from possessing a weapon because he is a four-time convicted felon and registered child sex offender, was working as an armed security guard at the store on the 6000 block of South Racine when a 28-year-old man walked in without a COVID mask around 9:53 am. Monday, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Darryl Auguste.

[Bearshouse]

There is more to the article, but this is all the absurdity I could stand.

[gunnut]

Is this website satire? This could be the Onion or Babylonian Bee.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Holmes, who is barred from possessing a weapon because he is a four-time convicted felon and registered child sex offender, was working as an armed security guard at the store
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Come to Chicago, where if the gangs don’t get you, the felons working security will shoot you for not having a mask.

[Lurker]

“Holmes, who is barred from possessing a weapon because he is a four-time convicted felon and registered child sex offender, “

Guess that whole background check thingy didn’t work very well.

L

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Upside down world now. Once upon a time people could get shot for wearing a mask in a liquor store.

 

 

[decal]

Yeah, Chimbabwe can probably get by with one less liquor store...

[rockrr]

Friedman said Holmes was “fully cooperative” with police, indicating he had an “innocent mindset” with “nothing to hide.”

I self-identify as having an “innocent mindset” - what are the odds?!

;'}

[jocon307]

“This could be the Onion or Babylonian Bee.”

Totally!

[Bearshouse]

First thing I checked was to make sure this wasn't a satire site. This is their statement.

"Unlike most news outlets, CWBChicago‘s team follows stories from start to finish. We believe in telling the full story from original report through the court system."

[LegendHasIt]

Setting the precedent for government agents to summarily execute people without masks or be un-’vaccinated’.

[qaz123]

It’s all Indianas fault

[Tired of Taxes]

Sounds like the defense attorney’s argument.

But, the judge didn’t buy it.

[null and void]

[Bobalu]

Karen wid a gun...

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

He seems nice...

[ConjunctionJunction]

"Holmes, who is barred from possessing a weapon because he is a four-time convicted felon and registered child sex offender, was working as an armed security guard"

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Wut?

[alexander_busek]

Holmes, who is barred from possessing a weapon because he is a four-time convicted felon and registered child sex offender, was working as an armed security guard at the store [...]

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

And: Who would have guessed that that part of the country was so... tolerant about... that kind of criminality.

Regards,

[GBA]

Upside down world now. Once upon a time people could get shot for wearing a mask in a liquor store.

Lol … there’s no explaining life these days. No one would believe it.

[Bobalu]

Wonder if he has a cousin who is a Capitol Hill cop....

[Sapwolf]

Holy Sh*t! Is this planet Earth still.

WTF?

Who would hire that to be a security guard. Mobster yes.