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This Man Saved A Girl From Being Stabbed To Death, And Now Target Is Suing Him For It
The Federalist ^ | May 19, 2016 | Bre Payton

Posted on 05/20/2016 6:27:48 AM PDT by detective

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To: detective

Target needs to go the way of Montgomery Ward.


21 posted on 05/20/2016 6:57:13 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Blue Jays

Given all the absurd missteps that Target has taken recently, this can't seriously be true, can it? Are they THAT mismanaged?

22 posted on 05/20/2016 6:59:21 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: gaijin

Pervs in the bathroom.

Stabbers running amok

no thank you.

- gaijin


23 posted on 05/20/2016 7:00:06 AM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: detective

Give Target a break; they need the money.


24 posted on 05/20/2016 7:05:08 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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If someone stabs me or a family member in a store, I hope there's an employee like this to take on the perp. If Target disagrees with the employee's actions, discipline him or fire him, but sue him? That's crazy.

There's a Target 5 minutes from me. I didn't sign the petition, but I haven't shopped there since the bathroom edict. No Wal-Mart or other similar stores nearby, but I can easily get items I bought at Target at other stores. My niece recently had a baby. I was going to get her a Target gift card, but got her a Wal-Mart one instead.

25 posted on 05/20/2016 7:13:08 AM PDT by Kipp
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To: detective

Maybe the young girl should sue Target and then the hero her can split it.


26 posted on 05/20/2016 7:15:17 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: detective

Sorry in advance for my poor HTML, typing from my phone.

The article is horribly written. The background to this is that the stabber had already stabbed someone several blocks away from the Target store. That earlier vic and his friends (one of whom is the hero) pursued the stabber on foot and chased him INTO the Target store, where the stabber then grabbed a hostage (the girl from Chattanooga) and started stabbing her.

Now, kudos to the Vic and his posse for bringing this nutter to justice, but Target claims that it was basically they posse’s vigilante style behavior that precipitated the whole thing. The better-written story is here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3170164/Target-sues-hero-man-fended-mentally-knife-attacker-grabbed-16-year-old-girl-hostage-near-checkout-line-saying-blame-stabbing.html?ito=embedded


27 posted on 05/20/2016 7:16:22 AM PDT by Panzerfaust
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To: TigerClaws

And the boycott should continue until the company goes out of business even if they change their policy.

Target should be made as an example otherwise it will happen again.


28 posted on 05/20/2016 7:16:57 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: detective

https://www.change.org/p/target-target-drop-your-suit-against-the-heros-and-michael-turner


29 posted on 05/20/2016 7:18:43 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: Ancesthntr

“Court documents say the company claims Turner chased Walls with a baseball bat into the entrance of the store, creating more danger to those inside.”

I found more detailed stories here:
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/07/16/east-liberty-target-stabbing-lawsuit/
and here:
http://www.newser.com/story/225397/target-sues-guy-who-saved-teen-from-knifeman.html

As is usually the case, it is not so cut and dry as the original post makes it sound. Turner and Walls had a confrontation outside. Walls ended up inside. Turner followed inside with a baseball bat. Target says Turner chased Wall inside with the baseball bat. That is the part of the story that seems like we don’t really know the truth yet.

Target agrees that Walls is responsible for the girls injuries. But Target is saying that it was not their lack of security that caused this incident, but rather that it was the actions of Turner and his friends that started the chain of events that led to the incident.

Walls is apparently a homeless crazy person and Turner and his friends may be a bunch of thugs. We really don’t know yet.


30 posted on 05/20/2016 7:20:05 AM PDT by CoolBub
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To: Leaning Right

Do you suppose they are also suing the stabber/criminal? If not, why not? Seems like he would have created a great deal more risk and harm for the store and its customers.


31 posted on 05/20/2016 7:26:28 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: detective
What is Target getting from this suit? Is the guy rich or something? This suit tells me Target is a poorly run company for filing such a suit.
32 posted on 05/20/2016 7:38:50 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: detective
What the hell is wrong with the people who run Target? Decent people need to stay away from that store. The only thing Target will ever understand is a hit to their profits.


33 posted on 05/20/2016 7:42:22 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
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To: CoolBub

As is usually the case, it is not so cut and dry as the original post makes it sound.

It still sounds pretty cut and dried to me in that Target should not sue Turner. That part doesn't confuse me at all.


34 posted on 05/20/2016 7:44:41 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
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To: Disambiguator

Over the cliff they go...


35 posted on 05/20/2016 7:55:46 AM PDT by Chaguito
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To: TigerClaws
Need to fire that PC CEO.

Why? Let them die a slow death, they deserve it.

36 posted on 05/20/2016 7:57:48 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: detective

I don’t get this either.


37 posted on 05/20/2016 8:00:46 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Another thread here says the good guy chased the perp INTO the store.

What is the real story???


38 posted on 05/20/2016 8:01:42 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: detective
Gosh, you mean there's ANOTHER reason to NOT patronize TARGET?

Although this – ahh – person spends more time at Walmart, if he finds his way to Target, THEIR policy allows him into the bathroom with YOUR daughter. At least, so far as I know, Wally World hasn't caved – but it's still early!

 photo LET ME IN WITH YOUR DAUGHTER_zpsfj7fgpdg.jpg

39 posted on 05/20/2016 8:02:49 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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Gosh, you mean there's ANOTHER reason to NOT patronize TARGET?

Although this – ahh – person spends more time at Walmart, if he finds his way to Target, THEIR policy allows him into the bathroom with YOUR daughter. At least, so far as I know, Wally World hasn't caved – but it's still early!

 photo LET ME IN WITH YOUR DAUGHTER_zpsfj7fgpdg.jpg

40 posted on 05/20/2016 8:02:51 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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