Posted on 09/08/2011 11:27:46 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
It was an ordinary night, August 26, at the Exxon Tiger Mart at South Polk Street and Interstate 20 in Dallas.
C.J. Thomas, the store's clerk, was behind the counter when a rush of customers came through the door at 10:12 p.m.
"There was more coming in than going out," Thomas said. "Once they realized how many were in there, one of the students started throwing stuff and screamed out. Everything after that went crazy."
Store surveillance cameras from different angles show bottles being thrown.
Seconds later, Thomas ran to the front door. He tried to close it, but he couldn't hold back the crowd.
Some of them grabbed drinks, chips, and other items and began pushing their way out. Thomas said he tried to stop some people from stealing.
"In the process of them walking out, tried to stop a student with a lot of things in his hands and when I tried to do that, he shoved me out into the parking lot and swung at me," Thomas said.
Thomas then says several men then pulled him to the ground and started kicking and punching him.
"I was terrified," he said. "At first, I thought I would be able to get back into the store, and once they got me on the ground, I thought they were going to kill me."
Thomas suffered cuts on his nose, eyes and lip. He still has a bruised rib and bicep. He told us his injuries would have been worse if two girls hadn't stepped in.
"I'm very grateful for that," said Thomas. "If it wasn't for them, I could have lost my life."
Thomas and his family met with Dallas police Wednesday afternoon. Officers are now investigating the incident as an aggravated robbery assault. Thomas hopes this video motivates witnesses to come forward.
"If you all have any idea who did this, please put their names out there, 'cause if they don't get caught, they are going to do it again," Thomas said.
If you have any information on this case, call the Dallas Police Department.
Let’s not talk about this anymore; these are Holder’s ‘peoples’.
No - I'm sure they were a bunch of unruly white evangelicals........./sarc
Yep. ALL black theives on the video. I’d love to wipe that evil grin off their faces. It’s not just stealing, this is FUN for these lowlifes.
Nothing personal, lormand, but ... I think it's time we all dropped this little euphemism, "Amish." It is widespread and stopped being cute long ago. And it is degrading to the Amish.
I looked at the video ... didn't see anything but a mob of blacks and a white clerk trying to do his job.
I don't live in Texas but I've seen Texans, on this forum say that Austin wins that title, hands down.
BRAVO!
This is, after all, Free Republic, where politically correct speech codes need not exist and such euphemisms are beneath us. This is one place on the planet where we can call a spade a spade. (No, I'm not trying to be funny but I can't think of any other apt bromide on this topic). IMHO, we need not be like the lamestream media by attempting to paper over the reality that the overwhelming majority of these violent "flash mobs" consist of blacks. There I said it.
I read in a Pa. paper this morning that five Amish men were arrested for attacking three young girls, 13, 13, and 12, at a horse auction. It said that the Amish men were suspected of being drunk and on drugs. No one is immune.
As long as Hollywood keeps doing things like rewriting Tom Clancy novels by substituting Islamic Terrorists with white villians, then I will continue to use "The Amish" to ridicule their overt political correctness.
Look up above, lormand, and my first post to you. I stated up front “nothing personal.” I’m going to leave it like that.
Have a good day.
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