OT Black teen ran out with a $2 beer. Then a Tennessee store clerk followed him and shot him dead

What kind of thinking is that?
It was teenager wanting a beer. Okay, he was probably the first teenager in history who ever wanted a beer so bad that he considered liberating it himself. Whoops, I seem to recall every kid I ever knew who would stoop to lifting a can of beer if the opportunity presented itself. Perhaps Mediocre Man didn't realize the thief was a teenager acting like nearly every other teenager.

 

The guy who shot him should be in jail. My point is, the thief may not be dead today had he not stolen anything

 

And my counter point is that he was a teenager.

 

Both made a shitty choice with extreme consequences. Their own fault. Both.

 

Awesome. I'm going to submit your idea to the NRA.

 

The thigh is home to the femoral artery, and is typically a fatal wound if the artery is hit.

 

Baloney! I never knew anyone stealing beer. You make it sound like a right of the youth!

 

Great, next one might be a little 8 year old boy stealing some bubble gum. Should he be chased down, shot and killed? People do stupid things all the time so should they all lose their life over it? In this case, there was no harm to anyone to have a life lost because of it. Glad the shooter was arrested. He could have easily missed and possibly shot and killed an innocent person as well.

 

So?

 

So, teenagers make insignificant mistakes all the time. A teenager stealing a beer can't be all that rare. We don't kill kids for making little errors in judgement. Do we now brand a teenager for theft of a beer? No, the fault lies with the killer who might shoot someone for spitting on the sidewalk, another error of insignificant importance.

 

So it's ok to commit a crime as long as you are young

 

Depends on the crime, obviously. And I never said it was okay, I said it wasn't worth getting all riled up about if the crime was trivial.
Why do I have to explain this in detail? You're an adult, you should already know this.

 

He shouldn't have been shot, but at 17 he should know better

 

Of course. But he's just a teenager and we make allowances for teens doing dumb stuff. Had he been arrested and convicted his record would have been expunged when he reached 18. And why? Because his conviction would have been trivial. Taking his life was not trivial.

 

who said it was ok to commit a crime? Are you saying it's ok to shoot and kill someone if your life isn't threatened and someone stole a $2 item from you? The punishment should fit the crime, not it's ok to shoot and kill someone for stealing $2.

 

The threads not locked though. So really Im finishing it.