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Florida police say Taco Bell employee shot at customers for putting soda into water cups
notthebee.com ^ | Apr 29, 2026 | Jesse James

Posted on 04/29/2026 8:53:41 AM PDT by V_TWIN

I really don't know how to feel about this one.

I'm 100% totally anti-theft and I think stealing needs to be dealt with harshly. But maybe not THIS harshly.

D'Mari Jy'Quan Patterson, 20, was arrested Monday and accused of snapping at the trio (of young female thieves) while on-the-clock at a Taco Bell in West Palm Beach ...

One video obtained by police showed Patterson berating the woman who lingered near the soda fountain, CBS 12 reported. Police said they could hear a firearm being racked in the video mere seconds before the first round went off.

One woman was hit by a bullet and collapsed to the ground. Another suffered a graze wound, while the third bolted, the outlet reported.

Patterson, who tried to plead self defense, allegedly chased her down and fired another shot in her direction, which struck a window near the Taco Bell entrance.

(Excerpt) Read more at notthebee.com ...


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To: MeanWestTexan

RE: Might as well name him “Sue”.

I knew since I was going
to the Fed lockup in my fourth trial
and I couldn’t guide you as your father
all that long while.

You’d have to learn mugging,
home invasion and carjacking
on the street
And my teaching just
couldn’t compete.

So I didn’t know what to do
and ended up changing you
from Jy’Quan to Sue.


61 posted on 04/29/2026 12:06:02 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: T.B. Yoits

Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.


62 posted on 04/29/2026 12:37:47 PM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: Fledermaus

His facial reaction was priceless.


63 posted on 04/29/2026 12:38:25 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: V_TWIN

Yep. disrespectin’ + lack of IMPULSE CONTROL = something bad will happen.


64 posted on 04/29/2026 12:41:13 PM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

“He doesn’t know how to use the three seashells!”


65 posted on 04/29/2026 12:43:22 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: ansel12

He was taking his job seriously.
Maybe a little too enthusiastic.
Give him time to work out the kinks.


66 posted on 04/29/2026 1:17:37 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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To: ncalburt

Especially with that new ‘one napkin per person’ rule that corporate is sending down next week.


67 posted on 04/29/2026 1:22:04 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

You can’t mop up insta-rrhea with just one napkin.


68 posted on 04/29/2026 1:23:48 PM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: V_TWIN

Now that’s a Company Man, lol.


69 posted on 04/29/2026 4:41:50 PM PDT by Ranxerox
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To: Ranxerox

Soon to be an incarcerated man


70 posted on 04/30/2026 5:07:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: Ranxerox

Soon to be an incarcerated man


71 posted on 04/30/2026 5:07:58 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: ncalburt

He’ll be a great addition to the Florida department of corrections prison mess hall kitchen.


72 posted on 04/30/2026 5:09:47 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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