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In reply to the discussion: Walmart security guard shoots 'shoplifting' mother dead in parking lot as she tries to escape with t [View all]dballance
(5,756 posts)shoplifter has been killed in a Walmart parking lot by Walmart employees?
I'm really not aware of any merchandise at Walmart that is worth more than the life of a person even if they were shoplifting. So why the heck is a guard at Walmart armed? Someone is going to roll that 50-inch TV out the door with no one noticing?
The security guard upon realizing he was not going to be able to stop the alleged criminals should have gotten out of the way of a vehicle that could harm him and called for backup from law enforcement. He is a sheriff in the county and should have been sufficiently trained to know when he was entering a situation that was dangerous to him without backup. These situations often end like this one with someone dead or injured when there was no reason for it.
And don't give me the BS that the situation unfolded too quickly for him to get out of the way. He should never have approached the car and opened the door in the first place. It was unsafe and as a sheriff's deputy he should have known that. If they were hard core criminals they might have had a weapon in the car and he would have exposed himself to getting shot the moment he opened the door of the car.
He should have taken down the license plate number and called his buddies at the sheriff's office to stop the car and arrest the occupants if they had shoplifted. From reading the article he was obviously not in control of the situation. Had he done the proper thing and called in the car to the sheriff's office they could have pulled over the car and been in control of the situation. That might have negated the need to shoot someone.