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Old 11-04-2016, 12:15 PM
 
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I dunno, maybe if he wasn't out there robbing people he wouldn't be dead?

Parents of Pizza Hut robbery suspect question why employee shot, - wistv.com - Columbia, South Carolina
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It’s been a difficult week for parents Temia Hairston and Michael Grace Sr. Their son, Michael Grace Jr, was shot and killed during an attempted robbery early Sunday morning.

Police said Grace Jr and two other people tried to rob a Pizza Hut in the 3200 block of Freedom Drive. During the incident, an employee fired his own handgun and killed Grace Jr.

Hairston said she learned of her son’s death on social media, and only got confirmation from police after contacting them first. The grieving mother said she has been left with dozens of questions about the situation that have thus far gone unanswered.

“If there was to be a death, it was not the place of the employee at Pizza Hut. That is the place of law enforcement,” said Hairston.

Hairston and Grace Sr acknowledged that their son was breaking the law by robbing the business, and said they definitely don’t condone what he did.

“It was an act of desperation, but I do not believe that Michael would have hurt anyone,” said Hairston.

 
Old 11-04-2016, 12:18 PM
 
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WHAT?!?

You are actually blaming the perpetrator of the crime???

Isn't that offensive nowadays??

Shouldn't you know better?
 
Old 11-04-2016, 12:19 PM
 
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Naa, he was a nice boy, turning his life around, bla bla bla.

Sorry lady, it is the place of every target of thugs and criminals to defend themselves, with deadly force if necessary.
 
Old 11-04-2016, 12:19 PM
 
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Apparently she doesn't understand that in this country we are allowed to defend ourselves against scum buckets like her son.
Maybe she believes her son wouldn't hurt anyone, but to assume that, if you are the victim, could get you killed.
 
Old 11-04-2016, 12:24 PM
 
Location: Suburb of Chicago
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It's not the place of the Pizza Hut employee, it's the place of the police.

Until the police do it, then it's not their place either.
 
Old 11-04-2016, 12:29 PM
 
Location: Texas
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A grieving, emotional mother. I don't agree with her but I get it.
 
Old 11-04-2016, 12:41 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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A grieving, emotional mother. I don't agree with her but I get it.
The problem becomes months and years from now when she's still singing the same tune as we have come to see in other cases.

So yes, pass for now. Watch later.
 
Old 11-04-2016, 01:06 PM
 
Location: South Jersey
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No sympathy from me. Anyone who is in the act of committing robbery (which, unlike burglary, involves force or credible threat thereof), should be fair game for the purposes of self-defense.
 
Old 11-04-2016, 01:15 PM
 
Location: One of the 13 original colonies.
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Maybe the emotional grieving mother should have taught her stinking thieving son that you don't try to rob others of their hard earned money. Adios scumbag. One less on the street.
 
Old 11-04-2016, 01:21 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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Maybe the emotional grieving mother should have taught her stinking thieving son that you don't try to rob others of their hard earned money. Adios scumbag. One less on the street.
Agreed.

But it just happened so you just let her go. Once she starts trying to get political about it then her grace period is over and you don't hold back.
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