My guess is he’s Chinese
Posted on 06/01/2026 8:13:07 PM PDT by hole_n_one
AP — A South Carolina jury on Monday found a store owner not guilty of murder in the 2023 shooting of a Black 14-year-old. The jury returned the verdict for Chikei Rick Chow. Chow, 61, who is Asian, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing him from his convenience store in Columbia, but maintained he acted to defend his son. The killing sent waves of anguish and grief through the African American community in Richland County, where nearly half the population is Black.
After the verdict was read, sobs and cries of distress could be heard coming from Carmack-Belton’s family seated in the gallery. Chow sat silently frozen before slowly bowing his head onto his interlocked hands.
Prosecutors and a defense lawyer in closing arguments painted different pictures of the 2023 shooting. Prosecutors said Chow acted in anger because he wrongly thought the teen had stolen four bottles of water from the store. A defense lawyer said Chow fired to defend his son only after the teen pointed a gun at him.
” This case is not about a shoplifter. This case is about a father who sees a gun pointed at his son and had to make a decision,” defense attorney Shaun Kent told jurors during closing arguments. The defense attorney said Andy Chow testified that Carmack-Belton pointed a gun at him.
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Roland who? Also, who cares :D
My guess is he’s Chinese
Cyrus the Dead .
When he wasn’t pointing guns at store employees, he was a happy go lucky negro.
Fatigue has set in and it is showing up in jury verdicts.
We are tired of it.
“Can you dig it?”
The fact that Chow hadda go through a trial is a travesty.
Dude, that’s pretty raw but it did make me lol
Tarantula Head.
Never relax when they are present.
Chow spent 3 years in jail awaiting trial and sold his store. The “victim” was armed with a semiautomatic.
The victim’s shoe flew off as he ran and he was holding his pants up with one hand while pumping his other arm as he sprinted away.
https://www.courttv.com/news/sc-v-rick-chow-convenience-store-killing-trial/
Cyrus’s family attorney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDE1cyeOJqA
Cyrus did nothing wrong !
Counselor, can you explain his possession of a firearm !?!
Yada, yada. Running his yap, Cyrus Dindu… nuffing
Big time.
I think it’s another step in the recovery. Another couple of “Not guilty” verdicts, and the arrests will slow down, and then maybe even stop. Assuming we don’t end up with another flaming leftist cop-hater in the white house.
Don’t capitalize “black!”
Sure, but it was a "mostly peaceful" semiautomatic.
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