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Supply Side Jesus

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13. positional asphyxiation

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:09 AM

Nov 2012

manslaughter... see you guys in years

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Alleged Shoplifter Dies After Being Caught by Walmart Employees [View all] proud2BlibKansan Nov 2012 OP

This is getting way too much like the Anaconda Road Massacre SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #1

Except, this is unrelated to any gunfighting, mine, group, union or strike, it is about shoplifting Coyotl Nov 2012 #4

Well, other than THAT................. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #5

I see similarities in terms of a sea change. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #7

Except this wasn't an employee mythology Nov 2012 #11

I grant you the facts are different. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #15

My thoughts exactly, SleeplessinSoCal. Norrin Radd Nov 2012 #16

Thanks. I was beginning to doubt my very strong, but immediate reaction to this event. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #25

But WE all pay for shoplifters Carolina Nov 2012 #38

Agree, this fits with the article posted here about Corporate America becoming cult like flamingdem Nov 2012 #21

Fuck that. You don't kill somebody for stealing a couple DVD players... Ed Suspicious Nov 2012 #29

you'd be wrong dlwickham Nov 2012 #27

Ask any Walmart employee about how important shrinkage is to "the Bonus". Lars39 Nov 2012 #28

why don't you just tell me and save me the trouble dlwickham Nov 2012 #37

Full time workers, ie, those that consistently are given 32 hours/week, are given a bonus Lars39 Nov 2012 #39

Damn... darkangel218 Nov 2012 #2

kicking Whovian Nov 2012 #3

kicking niyad Nov 2012 #6

There are risks with a life of crime, I suppose. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #8

There are risks to jumping straight to execution without due process as well. whopis01 Nov 2012 #14

Sounds like the guy was resisting arrest. I saw a couple of WalMart incognito security officers Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #18

employee theft costs way more than shoplifting for most big stores. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #22

All theft adds to the cost of items we buy. They all should be arrested, if caught. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #30

in your previous post, you specifically called out shoplifting... BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #32

He was resisting arrest. Resisting arrest by two Walmart employees and a contract security guard. whopis01 Nov 2012 #34

Might be on video--I think Wally World has cameras in all their TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #9

killed a guy for minimum wage. nt flying rabbit Nov 2012 #10

That appears to be the long and short of it, Sir. nt Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #23

And not only that, but for a company which probably has a life insurance policy on them... Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #24

The security guys are off duty policemen. More than min. wage. You think Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #31

Nothing in the article says the security guard was an off duty policeman. flying rabbit Nov 2012 #33

Death to shoplifters!!! Iggo Nov 2012 #12

positional asphyxiation Supply Side Jesus Nov 2012 #13

Wal-Mart strictly prohibits Chase and hold rbrnmw Nov 2012 #17

most stores do. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #19

A grand jury declined to indict anyone. Walmart settled for $750,000. Chiyo-chichi Nov 2012 #35

well...it IS texas. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #36

A worker at Randall's in Texas catrose Nov 2012 #26

Apparently, they used excessive force and the thief died. Cleita Nov 2012 #20