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PU, your brain processes things backwards, IMHO. I guess that was the reason for writing the book, Liberalism is a Mental Disorder.

People who struggle are not given a free pass to steal and break the law. These women were robbing TJ Maxx! So, the latest fashion now makes "The Struggle REAL"? Are you a Leftist Feminist? Is everybody a "VICTIM"?

Doesn't America offer help to people who struggle via programs, set asides, food stamps, health coverage, reduced costs, education and tax benefits? Stealing and destroying property is not an acceptable option. 🤔

I don't think physically stopping a crime in progress constitues an assault on the person doing the crime. I am no legal expert, but that doesn't make sense to me.

You’re right, he’s wrong

Legally he didn't have to but morally he was correct in doing so. In fact, if more people stood up to the criminal elements in our society, I think there would be far less brazen acts of crime.

IMHO charging him with assault serves as a frightening indication of how corrupt and rudderless our public institutions are becoming.

The fact that good guys stopping crime , in an obivous form, is a crime nowadays is problematic to the extreme. If DAs and AGs would actually prosecute criminals instead of having a revolving door system , civilians would not have to step up to the plate.

I can't reply to your response "hoodie" so I reply here - again...

Grabbing someone by the hoodie is the same as grabbing their arm. Same "violent" act.

Assault/battery is any unlawful, unwanted touching. Even a finger poke to the shoulder can get you charged.

There is no "non violent" way to grab someone.

So if you are going to physically intervene and face the consequences you might as well do so in an effective manner

Yes, I believe that makes sense. Bottom line, I think this man was correct here in what he did.
Regardless, it’s assault.

How do you grab someone in a non violent way?

Hoodie.

Just like homicide some assaults are justified

No, assault is justified but not in the eyes of the court.
Homicide is never justified unless you are defending yourself.

Think this guys cares about humanity while he was doing this to an old lady? imgflip.com/gif/7kkjir

Yet he thinks anyone who tried to stop him should be charged.

If you are a victim of a crime , do you think the criminal is wondering if they were needlessly violent towards you? Maybe talk to some victims of crime before getting ona hgih horse about how to treat criminals humanly.

I applaud what he did in every way.

Do you think every assault charge leads to a conviction? They do not. Sometimes a judge or jury says, "I think that was justified under the circumstances".

This may not be one of those cases but there is still the hope among people that you can stop wrong doing without getting railroaded.

The average person grows weary of all this hooligan nonsense.

Assault is justified under certain circumstances. Is this one of them? That's what the legal system will decide.

Yes, but I’m not sure if the justice system will say it’s justified

I gotta see clearer, smoother footage if it's available, but from what I can see, she started swinging at him when he tried blocking her way. Granted, who wants someone blocking their way when leaving a store, but she was stealing, so..... Oh, and those detectors aren't concrete pillars. They're about as dangeous as headbutting a Wiffle Ball Bat.

We can't complain about people standing by doing nothing when crimes occur then complain when someone steps up and does something about it.

That's why society is breaking down - because no one cares.

Okay. I’m just saying that assault is assault regardless.

Right, but how many of those arrests are for relatively minor things like panhandling or vagrancy or petty theft

Looks like he extended his arm first to stop her, then she swang.
But she was shoplifting and he was doing it because of that.

But I see what you're saying even though I see justification in his action.

If you shoot someone for shoplifting you would be charged with excessive use of force. Tripping or knocking down a criminal is not a crime.

We have a society that is trained to hate guns, cater to criminals , and be punished if an upstanding citizen does the right thing and intervenes to stop a crime. On top of that, we have local governments as well as federal ones that are mealy-mouthed , do-nothing, mouth peices that leave citizens to fend for themselves. Anyone that steps up Like Kyle Rittenhouse, the marine that choked that bum to death and this man ,are heroes in my book.

Mine as well, more need to be like them as you said. Society needs to start being less polite to criminals.

You think choking the guy to death was warranted?

He was a menace to society , over 40 arrests, plus a current warrent for assaulting a woman. Since no one wants to house or jail these loose cannons , this is the result. If he was locked up or institutionised .. he would still be breathing. Citizens don't have to put up with criminals.

Over 40 arrests for what?

This has been on the local news here, over 40 arrests.

"Right, but how many of those arrests are for relatively minor things like panhandling or vagrancy or petty theft"

All of them, probably.
I was going to point out something along those lines, but figured I should make sure first.
There was a warrant out for his arrest too, if I recall correctly.

NEWS: Just heard 15 minutes ago on CBS audio going with the video in which an onlooker said something like, "... my wife's [ex?] military, you're going to kill him now"

Wrong, he could make a “citizens arrest” if he witnesses a crime or suspects one is about to be committed and he can use a reasonable amount of force to detain the suspect.