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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:24 PM Original message |
Detroit woman kills alleged purse snatcher |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good for her! n/t |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's the neighborhood where I grew up! |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sometime crime really doesn't pay - the chosen victim can turn the tables |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, my goodness, aren't you thrilled, another shooting! |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Actually I'm always saddened when people choose a life of crime that ends their life prematurely. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I know it just ruins your day that the robbery was unsuccessful. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Always sad when the criminals lose, huh? nt |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Hell, you don't even like it when *nobody* gets shot. For example: |
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triple point (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. I'm thrilled that a thug won't be attacking any more women, yeah. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. Well, my goodness, aren't you disappointed, another person defending themselves! |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. I just LOVE how you hit-and-run with your asinine comments. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Mixed feelings on this one. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I could see the perceived threat level being exceedingly high |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Or perhaps they were threatening deadly force... |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Like I said, I have mixed feelings but |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. A woman where my folks live was killed in a purse snatching. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. robbery is a crime against person, not against property |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. If that's the case then she must have had the right to do what she did, |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. not necessarily |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:32 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Sure, and that justifies use of countervailing force... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. i didn't say it did |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. so if someone rapes you - you still can't use lethal force unless threatened with death |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Rape involves a threat to life or limb |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. ANd when someone threatens your life for your purse, its not the same thing? |
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John Williams (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Who said it was just gonna be a robbery? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
36. There are elements in the article that lead me to think the term "purse snatcher" is inappropriate |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Purse snatcher did not seem an appropriate term and they may have run because of the gun |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. I have no sympathy. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
51. Always basing your opinion on the value of what was being stolen. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. So she shot and killed him while he was running away? |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Reading comprehension is key. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You are correct. I saw "as they fled" |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oops, O.K. My apologies for the hostile tone. |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Not according to that article. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. News papers screw up more than a bono chimp on his back. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. You think this is going to trial? |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
40. May, may not. Don't have the facts, only newspaper account. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. Fuck thieves |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. Guess that lowdown sidewinder got his just desserts, haw haw haw. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It certainly shouldn't have been unexpected. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. And his partner learns a valuable lesson. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Or maybe he'll turn over a new leaf and stop victimizing honest citizens. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. And maybe rainbows and puppies will fly out of my ass |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I think prison will be more than one little lesson. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. If someone's in the middle of committing a crime, giving them the benefit of the doubt is impossible |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I see your stock in trade has been reduced to insults and personal slurs |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Why do you have such a problem with innocent people defending themselves? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Deleted sub-thread |
proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. So the woman should have let herself be robbed? |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. Excellent |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. Good for her! |
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The Green Manalishi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
48. The only *good* robber, rapist or thug |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
49. According to this report he threatened to shoot her |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. Kick. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. Purse stealing is not worth your life. Don't do it. |
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