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Florida city commissioner charged with second degree murder in fatal shooting of shoplifter
nbc ^ | Oct. 20, 2018 / 6:46 AM ‎PDT | by Erik Ortiz /

Posted on 10/20/2018 11:22:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The Oct. 3 shooting was captured on store surveillance and showed Lakeland City Commissioner Michael Dunn firing at Christobal Lopez, 50, at the front door of Dunn's Vets Army & Navy Surplus.

Dunn could be seen grabbing Lopez, an agricultural laborer, as he tried to leave, then firing a semiautomatic Glock at him. Lopez was holding a hatchet in his right hand that belonged to the store, police said, but wasn't seen in the video physically threatening Dunn.

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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; banglist; christoballopez; citycommissioner; dunn; florida; illegals; lakelandcity; lopez; michaeldunn; polkcounty; shoplifter; standyourground
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1 posted on 10/20/2018 11:22:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

He took out the trash.


2 posted on 10/20/2018 11:24:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

NBC has sympathy for the robber. Typical Dems.


3 posted on 10/20/2018 11:25:57 AM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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To: BenLurkin

Pull an ax ( and MY ax yet) on me. Bang!


4 posted on 10/20/2018 11:27:25 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: BenLurkin

Local politics can get really nasty.


5 posted on 10/20/2018 11:28:39 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: BenLurkin

When I saw the video on local news I knew he would be charged.


6 posted on 10/20/2018 11:28:50 AM PDT by Retired Chemist
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To: BenLurkin
an agricultural laborer

AKA illegal alien.
7 posted on 10/20/2018 11:30:59 AM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: CptnObvious

Our Great Heathen Liberal Laws at work.


8 posted on 10/20/2018 11:31:19 AM PDT by carmen2017
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To: BenLurkin

In Colorado, you can use deadly force to stop a robbery.


9 posted on 10/20/2018 11:31:53 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: BenLurkin

Public littering maybe.


10 posted on 10/20/2018 11:32:32 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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The perp stole a hatchet he planned to use on the store owner if he attempted to stop him.

Looks like self defense to me. (I saw the video).

5.56mm


11 posted on 10/20/2018 11:38:17 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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Imagine if a cop had been just outside the door seeing a criminal armed with a hatchet rushing toward him.

Imagine a cop trying to arrest such a person and the person is struggling, breaks free, and is holding the hatchet while running toward a group of children. Imagine further that it is my kid in the group of children and I am carrying. Do I hold my fire and wait to see if he kills my kid? Does the cop have to wait until he kills my kid? Does the store owner have to wait until he kills my kid?

The crime escalated from shoplifting to armed robbery as soon as the criminal struggled to get away.

Suppose the criminal had stolen a gun from a gun store. Is an armed gun-store owner required to just let him go?

12 posted on 10/20/2018 11:46:21 AM PDT by William Tell
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——AKA illegal alien. -——

Not necessarily, lots of people in Polk County are here legal to pick...seasonal labor that come every year...


13 posted on 10/20/2018 11:47:44 AM PDT by Popman ("GOD´S NOT LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH US, BUT OWNERSHIP OF US")
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To: M Kehoe
The perp stole a hatchet he planned to use on the store owner if he attempted to stop him.

In other words, he was axing for it!

14 posted on 10/20/2018 11:51:25 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: BenLurkin

Dont steal my chit.

Justifiable homicide at the most yer honor.


15 posted on 10/20/2018 11:53:48 AM PDT by Delta 21 (.....been here this long you actually expect me to read the article....)
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but wasn't seen in the video physically threatening Dunn

But then again, Dunn probably saved the life of someone who will most likely remain unknown. I would find Dunn, no guilty.

16 posted on 10/20/2018 11:56:27 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: taxcontrol

“In Colorado, you can use deadly force to stop a robbery.”

Keyboard lawyers should read the statutes before posting.


17 posted on 10/20/2018 11:57:38 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

You better keep your day job.

;^)

5.56mm


18 posted on 10/20/2018 11:58:33 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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The reporting by the local NBC-commies is gag worthy. Check out their other coverage and they bring in a trustworthy Washington Post reporter to cover all the Libtard talking points about TRUMP of course. Everything is about TRUMP.

A tiny bit of actual news coverage and then off to the races with their favorite American to hate....OUR President....and ultimately all of the folks who voted for/support him.

19 posted on 10/20/2018 12:03:48 PM PDT by Sa-teef
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To: M Kehoe

“The perp stole a hatchet he planned to use on the store owner if he attempted to stop him.”

He was halfway out the exit.


20 posted on 10/20/2018 12:06:34 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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