Stockton 7-11 clerks went too far in viciously beating brazen shoplifter | Opinion

Modesto Bee ^ | AUGUST 05, 2023 | THE MODESTO BEE EDITORIAL BOARD

[artichokegrower]

Store clerks have legal options when someone shoplifts. Teaming up to brutally beat the thief isn’t one of them. No wonder two 7-11 clerks in Stockton who battered a would-be shoplifter with a wooden rod are being investigated by police, as reported on TV news. Although brazen stealing is frustrating, costly and dangerous to store employees, confronting it with violence that far exceeds self-defense is not the answer.

[TheWriterTX]

Is he still breathing?

Then they didn’t go too far.

[TheWriterTX]

Is he still breathing?

Then they didn’t go too far.

[kiryandil]

see my post #82 for The Rest of the Story of official city of Stockton malfeasance.

[joma89]

I was referring to the author of the article. Not you or your post.

[Qwapisking]

if the thief still has both hands the clerk did NOT go far enough.

[kiryandil]

I fully agree that the anonymous arm chair leftist communists on the Modesto Bee editorial board need to put a sock in their commentholes.

[dpetty121263]

Well mob justice will become the norm in these Blue States.

[oldasrocks]

They should have shoved that stick up his backside.

[windsorknot]

[T.B. Yoits]

Yes,he took a vicious beating...

That was a mild smackdown. A vicious beating would include blood and broken bones.

[beaversmom]

Those guys did just right and from comments I’ve seen on various boards and threads including You Tube and Twitter/X, 99 percent of the people agree.

[Robert357]

Actually, I have concealed carry permits in two states. Part of my training is on the laws of self defense, use of deadly force, and some of the legal problems associated with “not being a victim.”

Your lack of understanding of the way the legal system operates could get you in a lot of trouble if you ever acted on your beliefs. But you have free will. Just saying that any decision to use deadly force or to escalate a confrontation to a point where violence is no longer required can get you in jail, instead of the criminal.

[Fresh Wind]

Store clerks have legal options when someone shoplifts.

In Kalifornia, there are NO legal options.