Oh come on, give the guy props for having guts. And good intentions.
Let him go.
I’m sad he didn’t get shot.
leftists have “good intentions”
they need a knock in the head
No.
Out here in America, lots of people carry concealed weapons legally. I carry a concealed weapon legally. Don't try tackling me.
I realize that things are different in the Glorious Peoples' Democratic Soviet Socialist Republic of Maryland ...
Nope.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
With that said, I do disagree with your point that the guy should be let go. Reason being that what he did was criminal. He assaulted the other guy (and if you watch the video below it was a proper tackle), and serious injury or worse could have happened. While the attacker (and that is what he is in the eyes of the law) may have meant well, he still rushed to do something without proper cause/justification. If he was concerned he should have called the cops and informed Walmart security. If the victim (how the law sees the elderly black man who was attacked) had been a threat and was attacking the store, then the attacker would have been a hero. Unfortunately that was not the case, and the only positives here are that the victim was not more seriously injured and that the attacker did not have a firearm (he'd probably have used it and would not be facing a far more serious charge).
In CCW classes a lot of time is spent teaching the circumstances that legally enable someone to engage a threat (eg clear danger, life and property at risk, inability to take yourself from the situation, etc). The attack did not meet any of these.
Anyway, please see the video below. You had asked some FReeper if he'd still feel the same if the attacker was his brother. My question is how you would feel if the victim was your husband and what is shown in that video happened to him.
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/27908690/caught-on-cam