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Originally Posted by katygirl68
We disagree on a lot. I have great empathy for handicapped people. I worked for one for nearly two decades. Even he would think this was a horrible incident and should never have happened. But he has great patience waiting for spots to open up, and further would have empathy for the man who lost his life and the child who witnessed it.
I don’t understand why people can’t see how wrong this guy was to appoint himself the guardian of that parking space. He could have told the woman she was wrong to be parked there and moved on, like most people would have done. Instead he stood there and argued with her, and it was obviously pretty heated judging by the looks going his way by the other patrons. He was being enough of a jerk that someone went into the store to tell her boyfriend about it. McGlockton made the wrong choice to shove the guy on the ground, but he did not use deadly force. He was not the thug here. Drejka could have waited two more seconds and would have seen the guy was backing off. He was too quick to use his gun. I have no respect or sympathy for him, and do not think he was the victim. We will have to agree to disagree on that one.
As for the comparison of the woman with the shopping cart, I didn’t make it. I responded to the comparison by saying there was no comparison at all.
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Wow, you are like a blind person trying to instruct sighted people about what they are looking at.
I give you an entire (not comprehensive) list of where you missed the boat, but you practically dismiss it with your reply.
As to whether you want to call the shooter the victim or not, you must be basing that on your own warped perspective and bias.
He committed no crime by berating the parking violator, whether you think so or not. Being a parking lot monitor as you (who try to degrade him as) have put it, is not a crime.
Do you acknowledge this or not?
So he is complaining about a violation of the law to the perpetrator of said crime. Again not a criminal act.
Then comes along the guy who physically attacks him, thus becoming the assailant/criminal, and the person he attacked now is classified as the victim.
Are you with me so far?
If you cannot see this, let me be condescending and spoon feed it to you since you have had this fly over your head enumerable times, either from bias or being intentionally obtuse.
Lets say he got pushed to the ground and never pulled a gun. Would you still not call him the victim of a crime, or not?
Regardless, the person on the receiving end of a crime is called the victim, and the perpetrator of the physical attack is called the assailant.
These are cold hard facts whether you like it or not.
Lastly, just because you knew one handicapped person who might have had the patience of Job, does not mean other handicapped people do, or should be expected to. After all, that is why we have those spaces, to ease the burden and day to day challenges they face.
You can read my posting (because it is a long story and I don't have the desire to retype it out again) about a guy I know how is bound to a wheelchair, every frigging day of his life.
He needs the extra space to be able to open his old Impalas passenger door open, then manhandle his wheelchair out the door. Then he must slide along the bench seat and into his chair. He cannot do this in a regular parking space unless other spaces are open next to it. He also needs a ramp to get up and onto the elevated walkway.
If another vehicle is parked in that only space and too close to the ramp, he is stuck, even if he parked in a regular space further away.
Anyway, one day at the park he was there, but I didn't see his car parked in the spot. You want to know why?
Then look up my posting history with key words like wheelchair and tennis to discover how this man has an incredible attitude, and empathy for others to hear the rest of the story.
Rest assured he has empathy that is severally lacking in you by comparison!
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Originally Posted by katygirl68
Well, I’m conservative so there goes that. I’m also not a fan of people killing someone over nothing. If he can’t take a fight, he shouldn’t start one. All these guys with their guns starting fights and ending up killing people, over parking spaces, loud music, being loud in a theater. Imagine if that were your kid. This sh*t has got to stop. This is not the Wild West.
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Ok, well lets say it is a small woman berating an inconsiderate jerk for abusing a handicapped space, does that make a difference?
Should she be expected to engage in a physical fight for speaking her mind/opinion and doing the right thing?
AGAIN, as an FYI, the guy didn't start a fight, rather the assailant did.
Yet you continue to show your ignorance of the facts, despite the video evidence of exactly what happened.
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