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Woman beats robbery suspect with his own gun
New York Post ^ | 8/20/2017 | Daniel Prendergast and Emily Saul

Posted on 08/21/2017 7:39:36 AM PDT by simpson96

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Three citizens takin' care of business.

Wish there was video of this!

1 posted on 08/21/2017 7:39:36 AM PDT by simpson96
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Wait what? A shotgun in Long Island? Did any of the 3 employees touch it? They could be prosecuted.


2 posted on 08/21/2017 7:40:51 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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"Damn, this really went south. I must have picked the wrong store!"


3 posted on 08/21/2017 7:46:28 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!!!)
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I guess he needed a meth refill?


4 posted on 08/21/2017 7:46:46 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Damn, the tag line disappeared again? Coursors!)
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Some people are too stupid to be criminals......................


5 posted on 08/21/2017 7:50:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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I was thinking the same thing.

FWIW, it could be worse. IIRC, in Canada or parts of Europe, one would be charged with assault/battery for the act of self-defense.


6 posted on 08/21/2017 7:51:58 AM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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Feel good post of the day! Thanks for including the mug shot. I bet he got beat up by a granny. Absolute justice.
Citizens are the first responders.


7 posted on 08/21/2017 7:58:23 AM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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8 posted on 08/21/2017 8:00:40 AM PDT by simpson96
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What kind of criminal robs a thrift store? He must have flunked out of crime school. He was not beat up for being a crook. He was beat up for being stupid.
 
9 posted on 08/21/2017 8:02:23 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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LOL.......this is too funny!


10 posted on 08/21/2017 8:25:44 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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That clerk has great self control. Many would have just pulled the trigger of the acquired gun.


11 posted on 08/21/2017 8:36:10 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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They may have some problems here. I’m not privy to New York law, but when they wrestled the gun away from the robber, he was no longer a threat. So three people beating him like they did could be considered a crime. I hate to see it that way as in my mind he deserved what he got. But my years of training as a military cop and instructor tell me it depends how the courts think it. And we all know the judges are prime to help the perp rather than the original threatened. And that, unfortunately, may not qualify as self defense. Hope they had a “throw down.”

rwood


12 posted on 08/21/2017 8:37:06 AM PDT by Redwood71
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He was shot and killed during the struggle for the weapon.


13 posted on 08/21/2017 9:20:27 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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He’ll be back on the streets before his bruises heal.


14 posted on 08/21/2017 9:45:17 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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Island Thrift was having a ‘Green Card Special’, where if you buy two Gooseneck Reading Lamps @ $2.50 each, you get a third lamp for free. Bulbs included!! She was NOT going to miss that Sale!


15 posted on 08/21/2017 9:52:51 AM PDT by lee martell
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I think that may be true here in CO also.


16 posted on 08/21/2017 9:56:05 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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yeah it used to be fun watching maxine waters on sanford and son.

/sarc


17 posted on 08/21/2017 10:12:37 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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They could argue that the robber was white and, therefore, they had the right to abuse him.


18 posted on 08/21/2017 10:19:55 AM PDT by monocle
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I understand the “no longer a threat” position. The prosecution could argue that he was a threat with the weapon, the women had to disarm him and neutralize the threat by beating the shit out of him. Besides, he may have had a knife.


19 posted on 08/21/2017 12:19:36 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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He may have been no longer a threat, but put yourself in their position. Women taking the guy down, but the cops aren’t there yet. The woman were not armed and they had no idea who this guy was or what he was capable of. Better safe than sorry. or dead.


20 posted on 08/21/2017 12:25:18 PM PDT by Texas resident (Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
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