Taking matters into their own hands. (Credit: Joel Fischer/Twitter)
Posted on 08/06/2023 6:45:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Taking matters into their own hands. (Credit: Joel Fischer/Twitter)
As RedState reported, a Sikh convenience store owner turned the tables on a shoplifter as he attempted to get away with thousands of dollars of stolen merchandise.
The viral scene unfolded in California, showing a man shoveling entire shelves worth of tobacco and other products into a trash can while taunting the owner with proclamations that “there’s nothing you can do.” The shoplifter quickly learned that wasn’t true, though, as he was tackled to the ground and beaten with a rod.
Sikh grocery store owner was told that "there ain't nothing you can do" repeatedly and that "ayy, just let him go" as they were being robbed. The Sikhs disagreed. pic.twitter.com/ZIb5CVLMNl
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 2, 2023
Apparently, while many California cities have no desire to actually enforce the laws against people who steal from business owners and put them in financial peril, they are interested in enforcing battery laws involving the protection of said businesses. According to a new report, the Sikh man is now facing criminal charges as local police investigate the incident.
Clown world.
The Sikh convenience store clerk who beat the piss out of a shoplifter with a stick in is under investigation from Stockton, California police for assault.
The clerks also said the same man stole from their store two other times.
pic.twitter.com/ZueivvTZEC— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 6, 2023
Some are making the argument that the force used on the shoplifter in the video was excessive, and as a purely legal matter, that may be true. The shoplifter was begging for mercy while the store owner continued to swing back and strike him. The question is at what point the store owner is expected to disengage, and he likely passed that point.
Still, I think that argument misses the broader point of what normally law-abiding citizens are dealing with and what the ultimate consequences are of refusing to enforce the law against criminal vagrants. These business owners (and also just people walking down the street) are being ignored by local police and prosecutors as they are harassed, assaulted, and stolen from. It was just a matter of time before someone reached their breaking point and lashed out.
That’s really the story here, as far as I’m concerned. We can argue the finer points of the law all day and at what point self-defense turns into aggression. But what would solve all these problems and avoid scenes like those in that video is having local jurisdictions and state governments that are willing to put shoplifters and other common criminals behind bars so they can’t continue to terrorize people. Until that happens, we are going to see a lot more of what we saw in that video.
It is appropriate to keep hitting the thief until (as far as you can determine) he is no longer a threat.
That Sikh decided to get medieval on his buttocks Singapore style!
Reminds me of the caning of American teenager Michael Fay who was arrested for stealing road signs and vandalizing 18 cars over a ten-day period in September 1993. He was sentenced to six strokes of the cane, but it was reduced to four after Clinton got involved in the matter.
Weird Al even made fun of it in his parody song! LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU95v23MQ4c&ab_channel=alyankovicVEVO
…of COURSE!….
Why, in this “new” US of A, we peasants aren’t allowed to DEFEND ourselves against thieves and bandits!! Why, that’s just in the old movies!
But… think the “wrong” thing about a politician and you will also do years in prison…
“The shoplifter was begging for mercy while the store owner continued to swing back and strike him.“
No… it was the SAME thing as when a child says they’re sorry when they get CAUGHT doing something wrong - they are just trying to avoid punishment for it; they aren’t sorry for DOING it/ they’re sorry that they got CAUGHT.
This guy was whacking the dudes legs and butt. My honest inclination had me wondering why he wasn’t breaking the guys ribs.
So the poor punk got hit with a little stick??? That’s it? Besides, the poor baby was still flailing around…why stop hitting him?
Too bad he survived.
I thought it was guns that were to problem?
Oopsie.
Sue the police, the judge, the city, everyone. We pay our taxes to support a system that is supposed to enable civilization - including the enforcement of EXISTING laws. If they refuse to do so they’re in dereliction of duty and should face consequences.
The police ARE NOT on our side.
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