Kinda odd he only took cigars and not cash.
he was likely aware that robbing cash changes the equation....but those cigars are used as a drug delivery system popular with the youth and in the black community...
He was shoplifting, not doing a stickup.
He thought he could walk out of the store with the stolen goods, the proprietor complained, he beat up the proprietor, and then he fled.
What’s the rest of his record?
I kinda noticed they haven’t said much of his life experiences.
I have watched a fellow beat up a clerk to steal a six pack and nothing more and the cash drawer was open. There was also a cop pulling up outside to come in for coffee. The officer didn’t feel threatened. He grabbed the guy with the beer (who was not a Teen)and took the six pack away from him as he put the fellow in the back of the car.