Posted on 09/04/2023 4:40:46 AM PDT by Morgana
This is the moment an attempted thief was chased out of a jewelry store in California after receiving a beatdown from employees he had just bear sprayed.
In the shocking footage, a shirtless man is seen running out of Meza's Jewelry Store in El Monte as workers chase him away from the shop.
Cops told local outlets the man entered the store Saturday afternoon and began shattering display cases after he sprayed the employees to pull off his theft.
The attempted robbery took a turn when the fed-up workers decided to fight back and 'engaged the suspect - hitting, punching, and kicking him out of the store.
It's the latest in a recent series of appalling robberies and attempted robberies at California stores as brazen thieves take advantage of loose theft laws in the state.
The incident happened Saturday when an unidentified suspect entered Meza's Jewelry Store in El Monte - a city located east of Los Angeles - around 2.20pm.
ABC 7 spoke with one of the store's employees who said the man was armed with a hammer when he entered the store.
The man immediately got to work and sprayed the employees and workers with bear repellant and then moved to the display cases where he began smashing.
Instead of letting the man smash-and-grab his way through the store, three employees began fighting back and took on the suspect.
'Me, my uncle and my dad were tugging him out,' a worker told ABC7. I was trying to defend my family because as you could see he was hitting my dad and my uncle.'
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Chris Christies brother?
Pants on the ground
The man immediately got to work and sprayed the employees and workers with bear repellant....
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Serious question... What is the recommended way to respond if one was to stumble into a situation like this where a thug was indiscriminately blasting bear spray? Even if armed, I’m assuming that it would be essential to keep one’s eyes closed because of the burning....
You might want to read these
https://www.bushcraftpro.com/what-to-do-if-sprayed-by-bear-spray/
https://www.amazon.com/Sudecon-Pepper-Spray-Decontamination-Wipes/dp/B014B4WONQ
If you’re carrying Pull and get a good sight picture and if you don’t see a firearm on the model citizen start back stepping out of the situation. Shooting said model citizen will get you twenty if he doesn’t brandish a gun or knife in today’s more equitable world.
I’m thinking that it would have less effect on me since I wear glasses.
Much would depend on the jurisdiction and the likely jury pool, plus the race of the offender.
A case could be made that attempting to incapacitate a victim is a prelude to doing as he pleased with the incapacitated victim, and thus would warrant deadly force.
This is why I like to carry a knife. Slashing the perp’s arm open is likely to make them run, and less likely to he lethal than a bullet will.
Thanks.... there are some good suggestions at those links. I wouldn’t normally carry ‘decontamination wipes’ with me but they certainly are small enough that one can do that. Probably always a good idea to have a water bottle along anyway.
FYI... at the Amazon link, it says that the Sudecon wipes are ‘currently unavailable’.
From the name of the store I’ll assume it’s run by Arabs or Indians. These people don’t play when it comes to protecting what’s theirs - and good for them, since the police in CA will do nothing.
I have a Hispanic buddy I’ve known for years who has a wholesale food place in Houston. A few days back while coming from the bank he noticed two fellows following him. When he got to his place of business they tried to rob him. One died on the floor of his warehouse, shot through the mouth w his 9mm. The other made it out to the parking lot where he was DRT. My buddy is Hispanic, many generations in Texas. The now room temp fellows were of darker pigmentation. They wore masks, hoodies and gloves.
My buddy is a very good shot, he put away another robber in 2015.
They come and go. Keep looking and you will probably find some. I started carrying them in my vehicle go bags back in summer 2020 when the riots were in full swing.
That story had a different title and did not come up when I DID search. For real, look at the titles!
As the mods say “search still works!” even though we know it fails on occasion. 😂😂😂😂
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