Posted on 07/28/2016 11:08:52 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
CLEVELAND - A discussion over the upcoming presidential election ended with a Cleveland man in the hospital, shot in the thigh, and the gunman on the loose.
Paul Jones, Jr., 60, was at his neighborhood bar Winston's Place near E. 131st Street and Miles Avenue around 6 p.m. Monday, talking politics with a friend.
Jones, an Air Force Vietnam War veteran, just happens to be a staunch Donald Trump supporter -- something that didn't sit well with a man nearby.
"He butted in the conversation," Jones said, speaking from his hospital bed. "The conversation wasn't directed at him or to him."
It escalated from there in a way no one ever imagined.
The man got so upset, he went out to his car -- and came back with a gun.
Cleveland police said he shot Jones in the thigh, then walked out -- effectively ending the debate.
"I'm quite sure you have a lot of people having their own opinions. But that doesn't mean you should hurt somebody because you have your own opinion," Jones' mother Latosca added.
Detectives are still searching for the shooter. He will be charged with felonious assault.
Jones is expected to make a full recovery.
I got Donald on speed dial. Maybe I’ll give him a call and he can carry the ball from there. :)
After all, democrats think “why not shoot Trump supporters”?
It probably lowered an already compromised impulse control. Alcohol is legally no excuse.
I am not kidding — they are stealing them by the dozens. There are no Hillary signs here . Dozens of Trump signs have been stolen. They are being replaced by RNC here and going right back up . 1 lady has a camera in a tree trying for a license plate. These democrats are vicious.
The solution is simple. Shoot back.
You need to get video of that stuff. OMG! I would LOVE to watch!
Well you would think the Republican Party would have something to say in this man’s defense, or the woman attacked and egged in California.
Anything? Anything?
“They are stealing Trump signs every night in my community. I know people who have recording video cameras and spot light on motion sensors just to have free speech in their yards”
A friend in Chicagoland has hers taken THREE TIMES.
After the first she put up a camera, and caught the perp (typical Democrat Voter) on video. Still hasn’t been arrested.
I’d love to see the video of the low-info types getting zapped
I believe you.I can see spending a few nights on my porch with my Rottweiler.He likes strangers even less than I do.I might have a HK91 on my lap too,just in case.
#trumpsupporterslivesmatter
He for Trump, so he cain’ be black.
Wait, a RAT had a gun?!? Someone didn’t get the email.
I had a neighbor who was a Teamster. He delighted in doing crap like that. Steal your yard sign, spread dog crap on your porch, and let the air out of your tires for good measure. Viewed himself as some sort of folk hero out there scoring points for DA WORKIN’ MAN.
“The shooter was unable to pause ten seconds before shooting...”
Probably couldn’t count all the way to ten.
Showing once again we don’t have a gun problem, we have a Democrat problem.
Seems like a good place for a kid to be with his paint ball or air soft gun.
Give him 25 for every loser he lights up attempting to steal the sign.
Well, judging from the location, this was black-on-black crime, so it doesn't really fit in to Black Lives Matter's raison d'être.
No white cops involved, just another dead negro, part of the Intramural Urban Genocide that blacks routinely subject one another to. Those black lives don't matter to Black Lives Matter.
Our Trump sign was swiped three weeks ago.
We’ve set up a critter cam to watch over the replacement...
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