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Georgia Target shoplifter caught red-handed, arrested after dramatic fight with police
Fox News via Yahoo ^ | August 9, 2023 | Sarah Rumpf-Whitten

Posted on 08/09/2023 11:40:17 PM PDT by grundle

5 Sarah Rumpf-Whitten Wed, August 9, 2023 at 11:42 PM EDT·1 min read

A Georgia man, who was seen by Target employees stealing a TV, was caught red-handed after a police officer was waiting to arrest him at the store's exit. The alleged shoplifter and the responding police officer engaged in a dramatic tussle in the store as well as in the parking lot.

The Atlanta Police Department said in a social media post that law enforcement was called in the evening to a local Target store on Monday, August 7 after the store called law enforcement after a man was stealing an expensive television.

When they arrived, officers followed the unnamed suspect from the store. When the suspect spotted the responding officer, officials say he ran.

Body camera footage released by police shows the officer catching up to the suspect just outside the store and the pair begin to fight.

"I don't want to go to jail," the suspect is heard wailing in the body camera footage. "I don't want to go to f------ jail."

The pair continued to fight at the entrance of the Target store until additional officers responded to the scene. Footage from police shows the pair grappling on the pavement in front of the store as onlookers watched in horror.

"Please stop, I need to go to the hospital," the suspect is repeatedly heard saying in the footage.

According to authorities, the man was charged with felony shoplifting and felony obstruction.

The officer and the alleged shoplifter had minor injuries following the altercation, police said.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: atlanta; georgia; retail; robbery; shoplifting; target; theft
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This awesome five minute video shows that Georgia is the exact opposite of California when it comes to how they treat shoplifters.
1 posted on 08/09/2023 11:40:17 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R1KNrQv2b5M&pp=ygUSR2VvcmdpYSBzaG9wbGlmdGVy


2 posted on 08/10/2023 12:20:55 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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"I don't want to go to jail," the suspect is heard wailing in the body camera footage. "I don't want to go to f------ jail."

Improper planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

3 posted on 08/10/2023 1:18:19 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

When in distress, call upon St. george Floyd. And keep calling till he hears you.


4 posted on 08/10/2023 1:50:07 AM PDT by healy61 (.)
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To: healy61

Thief is white - St. George ain’t helping


5 posted on 08/10/2023 2:01:54 AM PDT by Palio di Siena (superannuated, intermittently inerrant)
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To: grundle

Now I am curious which in-town Target?

Clearly answering the W questions is beyond our modern journalists, “Where” in this case.


6 posted on 08/10/2023 2:22:15 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: grundle

If he doesn’t want to go to jail, he should move to Kalifornia. Shoplifting is legal there.


7 posted on 08/10/2023 2:27:56 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: grundle

Dat dere [negro] done got lynched!


8 posted on 08/10/2023 3:13:22 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (If Kitty Genovese had a gun, she’d be in jail today.)
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To: Palio di Siena

White? Well, there goes the whole FR narrative.


9 posted on 08/10/2023 3:38:51 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: grundle

Dumbass got greedy. Ha-ha!


10 posted on 08/10/2023 4:05:24 AM PDT by W. (Hillary should have married OJ, someone here said yesterday...)
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To: grundle
"Please stop, I need to go to the hospital," the suspect is repeatedly heard saying in the footage.

Now, see, if you had the right melanin content, you could have instead said "I can't breathe"

11 posted on 08/10/2023 4:11:57 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." - Kahlil Gibran)
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To: LouAvul

He was just acting black hoping for St. Floyd treatment.

It is called “cultural appropriation”.

;-)


12 posted on 08/10/2023 4:12:01 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: LouAvul

If you walk on a minefield not every single mine will kill you—just enough to make you very dead.

“Mines are safe” is not a good narrative.

;-)


13 posted on 08/10/2023 4:13:16 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Today’s version of “Don’t Tase Me, Bro!”,
Except, the thief is more heard than ever seen.


14 posted on 08/10/2023 4:14:31 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: grundle
"I don't want to go to jail," the suspect is heard wailing in the body camera footage. "I don't want to go to f------ jail."

Don't be a thief in Georgia son.

15 posted on 08/10/2023 4:14:46 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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Clearly answering the W questions is beyond our modern journalists, “Where” in this case.

Well, the excerpt says that the Atlanta Police responded so I think we can rule out Utah.

16 posted on 08/10/2023 4:17:03 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: BlackbirdSST

So, would the officer have done the same thing if the suspect had been black?

I think we all know the answer to that question.

Certain people walk around with licenses to steal. Other people do not.


17 posted on 08/10/2023 4:37:51 AM PDT by TheConservator (Either the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State!--President Donald Trump)
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To: Palio di Siena

“Thief is white - St. George ain’t helping”

Yep, jail is assured for him unless he can PROVE he belongs to a special class of people, such as Trannies.


18 posted on 08/10/2023 4:44:32 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: grundle

More of Satan’s animals in the country! They all need to be put away!!


19 posted on 08/10/2023 4:53:03 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: BlackbirdSST

The City of Atlanta proper has a population of about 1/2 a million, and there are at least 3-4 Target stores located therein.

Speaking as a (somewhat) local (it’s less than 1-1/2 hours away), with some familiarity with the detail, it would be nice to know which one. Not that I’m not already avoiding the City of Atlanta proper in general. I have been since the Rayshard Brooks riots of 2020 and some insider knowledge behind the political/legal/policing situation down there.


20 posted on 08/10/2023 5:04:06 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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