Posted on 03/04/2019 5:43:47 AM PST by Chainmail
On Friday evening my 13 daughter and I went to Target to shop and while I was looking at movie DVDs, my daughter went two aisles over to look at kid's books.
She ran to me a few minutes later, pale and unable to speak. I finally coaxed her to tell what happened and she said that a man tried to grab her. I asked her if the man was still there and she said yes. I took her with me to look and the realized that a man was behind us, about ten feet away. He was about 27-31 years old, six feet tall, black, wearing all black clothing and had long bushy hair covered by a hoodie. I turned to face him and asked "are you the guy that tried to grab my daughter?" and he grinned at me and said something I didn't hear (my daughters said it was obscenities). I said "If you go after people's daughters, your life is going to end early" and moved towards him. He said "hey, don't take things so seriously" and ran out of the store. A store employee saw part of this incident and told me that they knew the guy as a serial shoplifter and they had video of him.
I took my daughter home and called the police. The officer who showed up was curt and not friendly and did not appear to believe me or my daughter. I have left a message asking this officer to update me on the progress in finding this guy but no response so far.
Even though the cop doesn't seem to think this incident is important, finding this guy could be important to other young girls and their parents.
Don’t go to stores with “serial shoplifters” after 9 am - you’ll never meet them. 24 hour stores, while a pain in the rear for law enforcement, are a blessing for those of us who only want to shop with normals.
Keep a close watch on your children in public and carry something to fight. I will from now on.
And thank God you and your daughter are OK!
Knowing some of your backround, I’d say the guy is lucky to be alive.
Always be ready to fight.
oh always! I took my stepgrand out for shoes. Guy gets waay too close to her (behind her) looking at the same shoes. I ran his ass off pronto.
I was loud and called him out, told him to step back immediately. He left the aisle. I don’t have any pepper spray anymore. Perhaps it is time to refresh.
Yes, another reminder that evil exists and is closer than we think.
The part of the Lords Prayer, “deliver us from evil” is starting to become real, not just some words...……………..
Did you ask Target to check their surveillance videos for footage of him grabbing your daughter?
Double stack 1911 with extra mags. You could hold your own against an Infantry platoon.
I have heard this sort of thing happening more and more.
Someone will be following my daughter in law and the grand-kids in the store, staring at them and eventually backing off/leaving.
It scares me so much what this world is coming to.
If he did that he will try again. Someone should watch him or maybe report him to the cops.
Around 40 years ago, I was in a Best Products store in Virginia Beach. A little girl came up to me and told me she was lost. I took her hand and led her to the counter only 15 feet away and told the sales girl that she was lost.
As we walked that short distance, I suddenly realized I had made a mistake. I should have asked another shopper, preferably a lady to stay with her while I told the store about the girl.
Everything went well and I am sure I could have simply explained but still I had that feeling.
The Target employee who helped me afterward said that they had a video of the man running out but not of him running after my daughter and trying to grab her. apparently, the kid's book section is in a blind section of their camera coverage.
I have not seen the videos myself yet but I will try to see of Target will let me review them.
Yes.
I would call that officers superior or station and jack that asshat up.
This is why you should CC. You never know why kind of vermin are out and about.
If he touched my daughter in public he would be held at gunpoint for the police and highly encouraged not to seek any other alternatives that could prove to be detrimental to his continued health and wellbeing in this world.
Hey, I bet the serial shoplifter might know that.
Watching out for vulnerable customers (like kids in the kid's book section) might be something Target should care about.
I’m going to say this because it needs to be said. WHY THE H€!! DIDN’T YOU DO SOMETHING RIGHT THEN AND THERE ?!?!?!?!? THAT IS YOUR CHILD FOR GODS SAKE !?!?!?!? AND YOU HOLD A “SMALL TALK” CONVERSATION WITH THIS PREADATOR !!!!!!!???? TOSSING IDLE THREATS AT HIM !!!!
I’m Disabled and that POS WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE FLOOR AT GUN POINT TILL THE COPS GOT THERE...
YOU SHOULD HAVE SCREAMED “HELP HELP POLICE STORE SECURITY ANYBODY WITH CCW or CHL (Depending on what it’s called in Your State) STOP THAT GUY HE TRIED TO KIDNAPP MY DAUGHTER!!!
SCREAM OUT HIS DESCRIPTION AND WHAT CHLOTHES HE IS WEARING!!!
I JUST LOOKED AT YOUR FRHOMEPAGE! 27 years in the USMC AND YOU REACTED LIKE YOU SAID IN YOUR POSTING????
I JUST WASTED MY TIME HERE !!!! I AM GOING TO BE SHAKING MY HEAD FOR THE REST OF THE DAY !!!! I AM SPEACHLESS ....
I’m going to print this out and put it on the brick wall and beat My Head on it every day until it is destroyed or I get a Concussion.
Did I REALLY just read the Post on this Thread for REAL ?!?!?!?!
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