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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 02:15 PM Feb 2017

Was security guard in "Pokemon Go" killing allowed to be armed? Depends on whom you ask.

Despite the many details that have emerged since 60-year-old Jiansheng Chen was shot and killed by a security guard last month, one remains unclear.

Was the guard allowed to carry a gun that night, or not?

Representatives for the River Walk Community Association and the Chesapeake-based company hired to patrol the River Walk neighborhood – where Chen’s family say he was shot while playing “Pokemon Go” – tell different stories. The association says its contract called specifically for unarmed guards, while the company says it allowed for guns.

Johnathan Cromwell of Virginia Beach has been charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the Jan. 26 killing. His attorney, Emily Munn, said in an email she had not seen the contract but her client “absolutely believed he was allowed to carry a weapon as part of his employment.”

http://pilotonline.com/news/local/crime/was-security-guard-in-pokemon-go-killing-allowed-to-be/article_a97fc0a2-8942-5e84-94cc-86bceaebefa1.html


http://wtkr.com/2017/02/22/chesapeake-hoa-fires-security-company-after-guard-charged-in-death-of-pokemon-go-player/



George Zimmerman Part II... Another HOA 'security guard' who turns into judge, jury and executioner when you hand him a sidearm with a little bit of authority...

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Was security guard in "Pokemon Go" killing allowed to be armed? Depends on whom you ask. (Original Post) Blue_Tires Feb 2017 OP
kick Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #1
Friday kick Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #2
The 21 year old security guard thug will get off Generic Other Feb 2017 #3
We'll see... Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #4
Sounds like he was legally allowed to be armed but his action put his employer in breach of contract Amishman Mar 2017 #5

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
3. The 21 year old security guard thug will get off
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 09:59 AM
Feb 2017

One month on the job and he kills a neighbor. Outrageous. He really needs to go to jail. And yet the security company hasn't even fired him. And he will pretend he was in mortal fear of his life from the bad old Asian grandpa playing pokeman. And a jury will side with him because he's white.

Just like black lives, Asian lives don't matter either.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
4. We'll see...
Wed Mar 1, 2017, 09:38 AM
Mar 2017

There is a pretty high amount of local outrage, and like Zimmerman, this shooter not only has a history of "likes to start shit", it's not even clear whether or not he was authorized to carry a sidearm for his "job"

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