Memphis mob attacks gas station customers

GOP USA ^ | 4/15/2015 | Memphis Commercial Appeal Staff

[Bryanw92]

>>You would bet your life that none of the teens would respond to your sword cane with a gun? If it’s multiple-on-one, I would open fire, or at least have a gun in the other hand if I drew a sword.

It gives you more options. Options are good. Edged weapons are good in a scrum. That’s why I carry an automatic knife along with a gun. Plus, the knife or cane can be legally carried in more places than a gun. Remember that the shoot is not the end of your problems. Just ask George Zimmerman. If he had just gutted Trayvon, the story would have been considerably different.

[Robert DeLong]

Definitely good vs. evil.

[Ingtar]

He (the victim) was also Black. He was also carrying and chose not to use his weapon, otherwise some mothers might have had to pay attention to their kids’ behavior for a change. I wonder why this took so long to go national.

[17th Miss Regt]

Williams told police the mob came from the nearby Northwest Prep Academy, an alternative school for students overage for their grade.

The only adult suspect in the attack, Raheem Richardson, 19, has been charged with aggravated riot and aggravated assault.

You'd think a ninth grader would know better than to act like that.

[Resolute Conservative]

Meet my little friend.

[Robert DeLong]

Okay she was white

[aimhigh]

The man they attacked was black, so how is that race related when victim & perps are the same race?

They probably considered their victim to be an oreo or uncle Tom.

[Svartalfiar]

Look closely again. That’s a hell of a fast ‘swarm’ by the feral animals, and one would be hard-pressed to get a concealed weapon out and fire off multiple shots.

Yes, and if you read the article the reason he was helping the lady out was because of the mob. So you should probably already have a hand on your weapon and be ready to use it. Hell, a large majority of defensive weapon uses don't even require a shooting, showing the weapon is often enough to get the perps to back off. Especially if it's a bunch of kids.

[Rodamala]

Meet my little friend.

[Carriage Hill]

Problem is that if he’d shown the holster/weapon, the LEOs/DA could have nailed him for “brandishing”, if a complaint was filed by one of the ferals. Looks like he was helping the elderly woman with both hands for a minute until the animals swarmed him. A real dichotomy for any CCW/CHL carrier is just *proving* the impending fear factor against a complainant’s charges, in a court. It can often lead to legal problems.

[cherry]

I think as one particular minority becomes the largest minority,before they become the majority, there will be hell to pay...

[HomerBohn]

You'd think a ninth grader would know better than to act like that.

Not a 19-year-old 9th grader.

One can only wonder what happens to the backs of 'Raheem's' hands as he walks on paved, or unpaved, surfaces.