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Walmart greeter, 69, roughed up by customer (Retired Marine hits back; Video)
KING TV / WESHTV ^ | December 29, 2009 | DAN BILLOW

Posted on 12/29/2009 3:50:31 PM PST by Stoat

When you leave Wal-Mart after making a purchase, you walk past a scanner that sets off an alarm if you haven't paid for something.

And if the alarm goes off at this Wal-Mart, Ed Bauman will want to talk to you.

Ed Bauman, Wal-Mart greeter, says "I'm getting too old for this stuff."

Too old to be punched in the head by a customer who exception to Bauman's questions.

Ed says "when he swang, he got me right here," pointing to the back of his head.

The 69-year-old greeter was at the entrance when a man in red shorts, identified as Skyler Lowery set off the alarm but then refused to stop when Bauman questioned him.

Bauman went outside to get his license but then the guy rips Bauman's clipboard from his hands and goes back inside.

Ed says "I grabbed the clip board back and as I was doing that, he hit me with a doubled-up fist behind my ear."

The 6-foot-2 retired Marine didn't back down.

Ed says "the security officer said if you would have hit him in the jaw the way you hit him in the chest, you would have knocked him out."

Police arrested Lowery who would have faced a charge of misdemeanor battery had Bauman been under 65. But hitting an older person is a felony and Bauman says he still doesn't know why it happened.

The alarm was false and Lowery had a receipt for everything in his bag.

Failing to show the receipt in this case meant the difference between 10 seconds and five years. It would have taken 10 seconds to show the receipt but now he faces up to five years for battery on a person over 65.
 



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; hatecrime; marine; marines; semperfi; walmart; whenblacksattack
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Shopping at WalMart to save money = smart move

Hitting the retired Marine greeter = Dumb move

 

1 posted on 12/29/2009 3:50:32 PM PST by Stoat
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To: freema

“Don’t mess with a Marine” ping ;-)


2 posted on 12/29/2009 3:52:19 PM PST by Stoat (Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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To: Stoat

LOL...looks like the old guy did the roughing up to me.


3 posted on 12/29/2009 3:53:49 PM PST by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: Stoat

It figures that the “bad persons’” name is Skyler.


4 posted on 12/29/2009 3:55:32 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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To: Snurple
LOL...looks like the old guy did the roughing up to me

WalMart will terminate him by weekend.

5 posted on 12/29/2009 3:57:35 PM PST by digger48
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To: Stoat

Why didn’t the numbnut just stop and show his receipt?


6 posted on 12/29/2009 3:59:58 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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To: ReneeLynn
Why didn’t the numbnut just stop and show his receipt?

Cause he's a numbnut??

7 posted on 12/29/2009 4:01:02 PM PST by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: Stoat

A little misleading at the end. There is no duty to show a receipt. The 5 years is for wailing on the greeter.


8 posted on 12/29/2009 4:01:04 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Stoat

Those scanners go off for a lot of reasons other than shoplifting.


9 posted on 12/29/2009 4:01:25 PM PST by perez24 (Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.)
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To: Stoat

Skyler.

Snort.


10 posted on 12/29/2009 4:03:16 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: ReneeLynn
Why didn’t the numbnut just stop and show his receipt?
The alarm was false and Lowery had a receipt for everything in his bag.

Failing to show the receipt in this case meant the difference between 10 seconds and five years. It would have taken 10 seconds to show the receipt but now he faces up to five years for battery on a person over 65.

Perhaps he felt that he was being "dissed" by this "old white guy" ?  You don't talk dat way to a playa......

11 posted on 12/29/2009 4:04:12 PM PST by Stoat (Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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To: Snurple

Exactly!


12 posted on 12/29/2009 4:04:43 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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To: Stoat
Too old to be punched in the head by a customer who exception to Bauman's questions.

Does this sentence make any sense? I guess you have to watch the video because this article is so poorly written it takes some real digging to find out what happened. Useless journalist.

13 posted on 12/29/2009 4:05:54 PM PST by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal. Stop Global Whining Now.)
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To: Stoat

The guy went to his car before coming back into the store, the odds are he dumped whatever set off the alarm in the car.


14 posted on 12/29/2009 4:06:32 PM PST by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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To: Stoat

I’ve had a false alarm too at Wally’s. I just showed them my receipt. Usually happens when you buy a CD or DVD and take it to the front counters. They forget to disarm whatever it is that sets off the alarm.

Always pickin’ on the white woman.


15 posted on 12/29/2009 4:06:42 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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Just a GREAT story with GREAT video. Looks like the perp was also parked in the handicapped spot. I'd recommend looking into that and, if so, add that hefty fine too.

Punk.

16 posted on 12/29/2009 4:07:36 PM PST by NoRedTape
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To: usmcobra

Good point, and I’d be my house it is what happened.

There’d have just been a greasy smear on the ground if I saw him him an old man. Of course, the old man was probably doing a better job than I would have.


17 posted on 12/29/2009 4:08:04 PM PST by Spike Knotts
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To: Stoat

Why not just sentence him to having Bauman beat the hell out of him?


18 posted on 12/29/2009 4:09:56 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Is anyone in the 0bama administration competent at anything?!!?)
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To: Harley
Useless journalist.

As opposed to what?

19 posted on 12/29/2009 4:17:20 PM PST by Michael.SF. (At least Hitler got the Olympics for Germany)
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To: Spike Knotts

I have never tripped one of those scanners by accident.

The only time they go off is when you have something on you that either did not get voided properly by the clerk, was from another store, or you stole something.

Walmart constantly check those devices to ensure they are working properly.

Common courtesy is wait until you are cleared to go.


20 posted on 12/29/2009 4:21:01 PM PST by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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