[quote=CA renter][quote=Raybyrnes]Some of the responses here how how far in the wrong direction we have traveled. In middle eastern countries people hands are cut off for stealing yet here we are trying to denomize the 2 employees for their response. Complete BS. If more people were proactive citizens and those stealing realized they faced the risk of a complete ass kicking then maybe there would be a lot less theft. Less theft would mean that we as consumers would not have to pay for all the security measures that companies are faced with ad therefor price into the cost of goods sold.
I am not going to encourage this behavior but I would be hard pressed to write them up or take any action.[/quote]
Couldn’t have said it any better myself.
It’s frightening to see videos where cowardly losers stand idly while somebody else is being robbed or attacked. It happens way too often, and it shows how pathetic we’ve become.[/quote]
Well, i wouldn’t blame the individuals too much. How many times have you read about a criminal robbing someone, then some good samaritan doing something, then the criminal gets injured and ends up suing either the good samaritan OR the city/county/state etc where the injury occurred.
Because by golly, criminals have rights too! They deserve a safe environment where they can conduct their business!
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) – The criminal is finding new and legal ways to victimize the people he ripped off and threatened to kill.
WATCH CHERYL CHODUN’S REPORT IN THE VIDEO PLAYER ON THE RIGHT
“Ridiculous,” says a loyal and longtime customer of Nick’s Short Stop Party Store in Clinton Township, that 22-year-old Scott Thomas Zeilinski is suing the store owner and some of the clerks after he, Zeilinski, was shot during an armed robbery.
Zeilinski is serving an 8-22 year sentence for the robbery that happened in November of 2007. According to police and court records, Zeilinski came in wearing a mask and carrying a knife that he put to the throats of several employees, threatening to kill them before stealing cigarettes and cash. As he was leaving–reportedly still making threats–one of the young clerks grabbed a gun and shot him in the arm and back. Zeilinski’s lawyer says his client is asking in excess of $125,000 for pain and suffering and emotional distress.
Since the robbery the store owner has spent thousands of dollars on security to keep his employees safe. He says he is hoping nothing like this ever happens again.
