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Nashville Store Employee Shoots Pregnant Woman Accused of Shoplifting; Claims Self Defense

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Based on my basic knowledge of the law and retail theft protocol, this is definitely NOT self defense. I could be wrong.

I have a few questions.

First of all, why would the employee follow the shoplifter(s) OUTSIDE of the store? By law the theft occurred once the shoplifters exited the building with the stolen merchandise. I can understand the employee attempting to get a license plate number or car description of the shoppers but other than that he should have let the authorities do their job. There was no need to engage the suspects any further. Having worked a retail job before, I am almost sure this is not proper protocol.

Some will say the woman should not be shoplifting while 7 months pregnant. I agree but shoplifting is not a violent crime. Nobody will die from shoplifting (unless they are shot by a semi automatic pistol).

Take the poll below and let me know if you think the employee should be fired? Arrested? Arrested and fired? Or was this self defense?

WKRN Nashville — A Walgreens employee was notified by another employee that two women were stealing items from the store. The employee told police he saw the women putting items into a store cart and into a large over-the-shoulder bag. The employee said he began recording the women with his cell phone and followed them as they left the store without paying for the items.

According to investigators, the employee said as the women began putting items into the trunk of their car, he made his way to the back of the car. That’s when one of the women reportedly pulled a can of mace and began spraying at him.

The employee then pulled his semi-automatic pistol and began shooting, saying he was afraid and did not know if either of the women were armed. The women then fled in their car while the employee went back into the store and called 911.

Investigators said one of the suspected shoplifters, a 34-year-old woman, was seven months pregnant and had been shot multiple times by the employee. The woman she was with dropped her off at General Hospital and drove away. An ambulance then took her to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Masked Gunmen Storm Mexican Water Resort Killing 7, Including a Child

The Mexican cartel is being blamed for storming a water park, in Cortazar, Guanajuato state, Mexico.

A video posted on social media shows several people in swimsuits running about crying, screaming and hugging their children.

The video taken soon after the attack showed shocked adults and children walking past piles of dead bodies near a swimming pool.

It was not clear exactly who was behind the shooting that killed the seven-year-old, three men and three women, Cortazar’s local security department said. One person was seriously injured in the La Palma resort.

“Heavily armed sicarios arrived and this is what happened,” said an unidentified man, using a word for hired assassins as he filmed at the resort in the video shared on the internet.

Mexican soldiers and police aided by a helicopter were searching for the attackers.

According to Reuters, Guanajuato, an agricultural and industrial hub, has been Mexico’s most violent state for years. The Jalisco New Generation drug cartel has been fighting with local criminal groups, including the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, which is apparently backed by the Sinaloa cartel.

The Prison Journalism Project Trains Incarcerated Inmates to Become Published Journalists

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Check out this article by incarcerated writer Jeffrey Shockley. Shockley has been incarnated for 23 years. He is currently incarcerated in Pennsylvania.

In the article “Pennsylvania Institutes Prison Pay Increase, A First in 30 Year,” Shockley discusses the recent pay raise implemented by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in which prison wages have been increased by 20%. As of 2023, the minimum wage has gone from 19 cents to 23 cents, and the hourly range is now 23 cents to 50 cents for most jobs.

Shockley says this pay increase is significant as the cost of prison commissary and essentials have increased due to inflation.

“A packet of ramen noodles that used to cost 28 cents is now 38 cents. A 4 ounce bag of Maxwell House coffee went from $2.91 to $3.61. A particular brand of deodorant went from $2.31 to $2.95; a bar of soap that used to go for 83 cents is now $1.49”.

He says it can take a full day’s work to afford a single bar of soap.

Read the entire story here.

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