[livius]

Tyree Monique Tate was the name of the woman crushed to death. I know people here will hate me for it, but I really feel sorry for her.

Dying in a trash compactor and having people all over the world laugh at you is not exactly a great way to go. She was probably not a very bright person to begin with, and she came out of a totally dysfunctional subculture that seems to regard crime as just the normal way of getting by. In fact, they even call robbery “getting paid.”

The people I blame are folks like Al Sharpton, Barry No Middle Name Obama and Calypso Louie.

[Mr. K]

They did not steal food or necessitiers, and she came prepared to assault anyone who got in her way (mace)

sounds like she met a fate she was heading for eventually

[Gaffer]

Environment and learning are no substitutes for character and morality. You either have them or you don’t. As harsh as it seems, you reap what you sow.

[Flycatcher]

The people I blame are folks like Al Sharpton, Barry No Middle Name Obama and Calypso Louie.

I blame Tyree Monique Tate. And no one else.

[Titan Magroyne]

Tyree Monique Tate was the name of the woman crushed to death. I know people here will hate me for it, but I really feel sorry for her. I don't hate you, I don't know you well enough. ;o) Dying in a trash compactor and having people all over the world laugh at you is not exactly a great way to go. She was probably not a very bright person to begin with, and she came out of a totally dysfunctional subculture that seems to regard crime as just the normal way of getting by. In fact, they even call robbery “getting paid.” Did you know Ms. Tate personally? Because I find it interesting how you've filled in the details of her life that the rest of us are in no position to know. Oddly, I find myself wondering how the guard she and her accomplice sprayed with Mace is doing.

I wonder if the security guard is just a responsible, honest person working a second job to pay the bills ... like I am.

I wonder if the guard wears contacts in his or her eyes that makes Mace a big problem ... like I do.

I wonder if the guard weighs returning to work at a job where your uniform makes you a target for lowlifes too stupid to know you don't want to suffer for someone else's money ... like I do.

I hope the guard has recovered from the Macing and is laughing his or her tushy off ... like I am.

Say, I'm getting pretty good at this projection psycho-babble stuff. At least my approach comes from sharing a commonality with the target of my empathy, instead of patting a stranger on the head. Have you ever heard of the racism of lowered expectations? The people I blame are folks like Al Sharpton, Barry No Middle Name Obama and Calypso Louie. Blame them all you like, but you seem to have bought into their rackets.

I could end this with something nice, like how I feel sympathy for Ms. Tate's family. Were we face to face, I would avoid antagonsing them by keeping my mouth shut. I can allow them to grieve on their home turf.

But right here I'm going to rejoice over another Darwin Award-winning criminal.

[JLS]

I certainly think it would have been better if the woman had not been killed.

[EDINVA]

I have known too many people who grew up in the ghetto, are undereducated, poor, etc. who “get by” without stealing and attacking security guards to feel sorry for thieves. I do, however, feel badly that this perp (or anyone) would meet her end in so hideous a fashion.

[holden]

"[T]hey even call robbery “getting paid.”

Is that "getting paid" by the guy at the pawn shop or are we talking about the contents of wallets and purses, or both?

HF