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

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    (CNN)A jury found a grocery clerk guilty of killing a 17-year-old boy who ran out of the store with a beer he didn't pay for in Memphis, Tennessee, in a case that had sparked protests, authorities said.

    Anwar Ghazali was convicted of second-degree murder after a four-day trial, Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich said Friday.

    "This defendant took it upon himself to be the judge and jury and the executioner over a $2 beer," prosecutor Lora Fowler said, according to CNN affiliate WMC.

    The shooting happened in March 2018, after Dorian Harris walked out of the Top Stop Shop with a beer without paying, Weirich said.

    Security video of the incident played in court shows that Ghazali, while behind the counter dealing with another customer, pulled out a handgun and pointed it at Harris. He then ran outside to follow the teen and fired several times.

    Afterward, he returned to the store and told a witness, "I think I shot him." He did not call the police, and neither did any other customer inside the store, WMC reported.

    Harris was shot at least three times and was left to bleed out, Fowler said. His body was found two days later in a yard near the store with gunshots in the back of his thigh, Weirich said.

    Ghazali's defense attorney, Blake Ballin, told CNN in an email that Ghazali maintains he acted recklessly that night but his intention was never to harm Harris.

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/17/us/grocery-clerk-convicted-killing-teen-beer-trnd/index.html
     
  2. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Moral of the story: Don't be stealing beer. Too many crazy store owners in this country.
     
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  3. Chris Craig

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    Glad they found him guilty.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    $2 for a beer? Should probably charge the store owner with robbery, too.

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    Shot in the thighs? Probably would have lived with medical attention. Instead bled to death. Convicting killer good but won't bring the kid back.
     
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    Wonder why Dad, didn't teach the kid not steal from folks? Bad shit happens!
     
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    Those 40's are pretty high.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    And why the dad of the store owner didn't teach him not to shoot kids? Bad shit happens!

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    I suppose they have different rules of engagement in Pakistan.
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    :cool2:
    The response was in the works before the silly retort was issued. Anticipation.
     
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    The thought process or lack there of, behind he stole a beer, Im gonna shoot him 3 times and leave him there is astounding...
     
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    Yeah you shouldn’t steal. I stole a candy bar once. So I should have anticipated getting killed?
     
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    Yes, a tad bit racist, but otherwise an excellent riposte. Well done.

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  15. MarAzul

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    Nothing racist about it. But I can see falling back on that when you have not done the reading to understand why the rules are different. It is a typical American left reaction.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    He was an American citizen, but even if he wasn't, the rules here are the rules here.

    And, he was born in Yemen. Not Pakistan.

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    This is a complete fallacy. While the law here is the law here, rules of behavior are by culture and moral code. This is not the same every where.
     
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    I stole an eye shadow once. Didn't get caught. Stupid thing to do. Had I been caught they would have called my parents and I would have faced wrath at home. Not shot. Long since stopped wearing eye shadow.
     
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    Could have stopped at don't be stealing
     
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    The shooter should be locked up.

    However, if the kid had anticipated death, he probably wouldn't have committed a crime
     

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