Defending one’s life, the life of others or murder. Jerome Ersland is a pharmacist at Reliable Discount Pharmacy. A veteran of the military and carrying in his pocket a Kel-Tec .380. At around 5:51 p.m. two men enter the store, one with a ski mask pointing a gun directly at 2 women and Jerome Ersland demanding drugs and money. The other Antwun Parker struggles to put his mask on. After it’s all over Antwun Parker is dead and the other escapes.
Antwun Parker initially was wounded when Jerome Ersland reloaded and fired 5 more shots killing Antwun Parker. This is where his legal troubles begin ‘s or so say District Attorney David Prater. For those of you reading some brief history. This is a high crime area in which this particular store has been robbed twice before in recent history.
Society is fed up with crime. They are particularly fed up with black crime. I’m not a racist just telling it the way it is. 70% of crime in this country is committed by blacks and the American people need to address the issue. People have a right to live without fear in their homes, in their communities and in the workplace. Is Jerome Ersland a hero, no. He’s a guy caught up in a set of circumstances that decades of political correctness, racial sensitivity and fairyland ideologies have set forth.
Police, regular Army and so on have combat training but they are not elite personnel. Killing by instinct is far different then killing with consciousness. Jerome Ersland has a military background but the extent of that background is unknown so people should refrain from looking at this man as a methodical trained killer that knowingly and willingly pumped 5 more unnecessary bullets into Antwun Parker. If he were a Navy Seal, Special Forces or other elite military personnel that’s a different story entirely. From my observation of the video it appears that Jerome Ersland is acting on instinct not consciousness. Often in battle inexperienced fighters end up killing fellow soldiers because of instinct. In the chaos of battle your instinct tells you to kill everything around you to protect yourself and who is friend, foe, wounded or incapacitated becomes skewed. You lose focus and are unable to separate them.
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Why we are judging Jerome Ersland and his actions is not for justice gang it’s to support our warped social justice ideology. Was Antwun Parker a victim? or did he along with countless other’s set forth the circumstances that would result in his death. Who placed Antwun Parker at 5:51 p.m. at Reliable Discount Pharmacy?, Jerome Ersland or a society bullied into silence.
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lovestobake
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Jun 6 @ 11:16PM
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He walks if I am on the jury.
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theunknownblogger
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Jun 6 @ 11:32PM
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I saw this on the news the other night and couldn't for the life of me understand, why they charged him with 1st degree murder? The whole thing took place in a 40 seconds and it's not like the guy went to work that day planning to kill someone. The man was obviously panicked and I'm with the other poster, he should walk.
UB
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phantom53
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Jun 7 @ 12:03AM
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If he'd of practiced a bit with that Kel-Tac, he would have been to kill him with one shot and he wouldn't have these problems.
Ultimately, he will be acquitted...
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mkcsks
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Jun 7 @ 1:55AM
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As soon as he reloaded, he became the aggressor. He no longer was trying to defend, but exterminate. He crossed the line. He's a murderer.
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alivenwell351
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Jun 7 @ 2:54AM
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If he'd of practiced a bit with that Kel-Tac, he would have been to kill him with one shot
Not hardly. Ask any cop and they'll tell you they're trained to double tap if they must shoot. Besides, no one in their right mind is going to trust one .380 round to do the job.
Read accounts of most any police shooting and you'll find many shots were fired by the cop(s). Likely because adrenaline proves to be a pretty potent thing in a life or death situation.
Bottom line is the guy would never have found himself in a position to have to defend himself if a couple of scumsucking parasite predators hadn't stopped by to rob him. I wonder if there was any word in the news account about if one or both of the perps had a criminal record and how lengthy and bad it was.
The guy should walk.....like Bernie Getz should have walked!!
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TripOnLove
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Jun 7 @ 5:10AM
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http://video.kfor.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?vt1=v&clipFormat=flv&clipId1=3804646&at1=News&h1=Pharmacist charged with murde
Watch the uncut video of the incident and make up your own minds.
I agree with the comments from the DA.
Ersland IMO crossed the line when after the fact he pumped 5 more bullets into Parker who posed no threat to him at that point in time being unconcious and killing him.
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bardnsage
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Jun 7 @ 10:28AM
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There is more information needed to make a determination. The video does NOT show the 16 year old.
1. Pharmasist could have come back, and the victim could have been moving,,, (even involuntary),,,,still with a gun in his hand,,,, perceived threat,,,, shooter walks.
2. Temporary Insanity - After the trauma of his own near death experience,,,, shooter is hospitolized and put into the system for criminal insane,,,, until pronounced no longer a threat to himself or the general public,,,, shooter walks.
At some point,,,, when you enter a store with a gun to commit a crime,,,, there is an assumption of risk that should not go away when some invisible legal line is reached.
I'm sure that any attempt to aquit the shooter, is going to give a green light to a bunch of racial comments,,,, on both sides of the argument. From my standpoint, race has little to do with it. This is economic and social,,,, not racial.
This is really a tragic tail,,,, of two middle aged men (criminal record unknown),,, who coerced two young kids into doing something very stupid. The dead 16 year old, was not that bright,,, having been working hard to get his grades up so he COULD GO TO HIGH SCHOOL. (last I checked,,, OK High Schools were not that tough to get into),,,,,
The Two middle aged masterminds,,, who gave the kids the cloths and guns with no bullets,,,,,,,, duh,,,,,,, were charged with murder also. So was the 14 year kid,,, who was the other hold up guy.
Aquit the shooter,,, on grounds of temporary insanity,,, or PTSD from the previous hold ups of the stores,,,,
and educate the mom's of these teenagers,,, the real problem seems to lie with who they choose to bring into their kids lives, and let have influence over their kids.
After all,,, this is where the problem started,,, because if not for them,,,, those two kids would not have been there.
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Supremebeing412
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Jun 7 @ 10:40AM
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As soon as he reloaded, he became the aggressor. He no longer was trying to defend, but exterminate. He crossed the line. He's a murderer .
Your talking about a man that just seconds earlier had a gun pointed at him. Let's take the gun away for a moment. Let's say he punched Antwun Parker and knocked him to the ground and in an attempt to prevent Antwun Parker from getting back up punched him into unconsciousness which resulted in his death. Would you look at this differently?.
Who is to say when Antwun Parker became incapacitated. Did the gun shot to the head incapacitate him. Video can be deceiving in that it shows action but what it can't show is the most important part of the alledged crime. What was going through the mind of Jerome Ersland.
These 2 decided to rob a store at gun point. They decided to enter a store carrying and brandishing a deadly weapon. Thy set forth events that would most likely lead to death. Yes, Jerome Ersland could have stopped after the shot to the head of Antwun Parker but he didn't. Deadly force was first threatened by the 2 robbers the second they pulled the gun. What happened after that is immaterial. 1 shot or 5 shots. Jerome Ersland was within his legal right kill.
I suspect if this even get's to trial Jerome Ersland will be acquitted. Once you pull a gun on another human being what happens after that is your own doing.
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marchartist
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Jun 7 @ 10:47AM
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I hate to admit that we see this the same way, Long, but we do. At least when it comes to what happened in the store. I don't know or care what lead up to it, but once you walk into a place with a gun...you get what you get.
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ragtopcookie
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Jun 7 @ 10:49AM
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I know what you mean here.....i hate to have to agree with him as well.....but in this case......i do......  ....cookie
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Wing_Zero_75
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Jun 7 @ 1:31PM
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I have always been taught that when you pull a gun, you use it, or be ready to use it. There is no in between. What that 16 year old did was take a gamble and lost. As far as the clerk is concerned, I believe what he did was justified. I dont know what was going on in his mind, but I would imagine it was nuetralize the threat, and that is what he did. Would he have been arrested if the 16 year old had shot a customer? This may sound heartless, but thats what I am known for, Jerome made this world a little bit better of a place. The 16 year old wont be able to go to jail and be released to re-offend. And before anyone says Im a racist or anything like that, it wouldnt have mattered if the 16 year old was white, black, hispanic, or any other race. What would have happened if Jerome didnt have a gun? How many of the customers would have been hurt or killed?
More questions than answers, but at least the right person was eliminated and not some poor innocent person who was in there shopping. If there is a fund for Jeromes legal fees I would gladly send as much money as I could. He is the true hero of that situation and shouldnt be the victim.
Larry
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TripOnLove
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Jun 7 @ 2:43PM
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Did any of you people that have commented look at the video ?
By the looks of the comments made I don't think so .
Look at the video for christ's sakes before you at least comment..
The bottom line is this ....
After Ersland chases the gunman out the store he casually walks back into the store past Parker who is on his back with a bullet in his head ,Unconscious and with NO gun in his hand.
Parker poses absolutely no threat whatsover to Ersland but Ersland goes into the back room to reload and then shoots Parker 5 times in the stomach killing him.
FYI,about 20 seconds have passed from Ersland walking back into the store to the time he shoots Parker dead.
IMO if Ersland felt threatened why didn't he stay out of the store and run to call the Police ?
What he did instead is casually walk back into the store with the sole intent of killing Parker.
In my neck of the woods we call that murder.
While Ersland had every right to defend himself by any means neccesary when those punks attempted to rob him. After the threat had passed he had NO right to take justice into his own hand and kill Parker.
We have laws to decide justice
We have Courts and a Jury system in this country to decide the outcome of any charges brought against any citizen.
Vigalante justice is NOT the way we do it in this country although by the many comments made here you would think so.
What a sorry situation that is .
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alivenwell351
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Jun 7 @ 3:12PM
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The bottom line is this ....
The bottom line is THIS....
1...None of this would have happened in the first place had the 2 little ghetto wannabe gangstahs not walked into the guys place, one of them pointing a gun , and tried to rob him...
2...There is now one less 16 yr. old punk running loose who would have grown up to be an adult thug of a criminal and killed gawd knows how many innocent victims.....
Yeah, I watched the video and it's hardly telling the whole story. You can't see what the 16 year old punk is doing on the floor as he was shot. The most disgusting part of the whole video is the DA referring to the clown as a 16 year old boy instead of correctly referring him to a 16 year old punk criminal who brought onto himself what he had coming...
I imagine Brother Sharpton is going to jump in and do his best racebaiting take on this whole thing...
Convict the pharmacist???...Bullshit...
He should not only be acquitted, he should be given an award for proving how well the self cleaning oven concept can work....
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dixiepixie
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Jun 7 @ 5:02PM
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Did any of you people that have commented look at the video ? The bottom line is this .... After Ersland chases the gunman out the store he casually walks back into the store past Parker who is on his back with a bullet in his head ,Unconscious and with NO gun in his hand.
Where on the video did you see Parker unconscious with no gun in his hand?
You are parroting the same words that a DA, who is desperate to appease a certain faction by throwing out politically correct garbage, for which he has no proof or basis in fact. The video doesn't show the thug at all so only the pharmacist knows what was going on in that store at that time.
That DA wasn't present at the scene. He doesn't know whether that hoodlum was conscious or unconscious at that particular time. He doesn't know whether the hoodlum had a gun in his hand or something else in his hand that could be mistaken for a gun. He doesn't know what that criminal was doing while he was laying on the floor out of sight of the camera. Whether there was movement, noise or what.
That arrogant DA appeared before the cameras and tried to make his surmising appear to be fact. Any DA who would refer to a 16 year old criminal thug as a child, is obviously pandering to the politically correct crowd and doing so based upon race.
Here's the bottom line as I see it. The pharmacist's life was threatened. He was still in a state of shock and his adrenaline was out of control. The least little movement or noise from that direction would have caused an automatic self defense reaction. He didn't have time to analyze the situation the way those of us who are now viewing the video do. His reaction upon detecting movement or a noise was clear self defense.
If I were a member of the jury the pharmacist would walk. If I were a voting citizen of that County or State that DA would NOT get re-elected. You cannot be an effective DA if you are worried about political correctness.
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TripOnLove
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Jun 7 @ 7:36PM
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You are parroting the same words that a DA, who is desperate to appease a certain faction by throwing out politically correct garbage, for which he has no proof or basis in fact. The video doesn't show the thug at all so only the pharmacist knows what was going on in that store at that time.
Parroting ? WTF are you talking about .
What YOU have written has no basis in fact.
The facts are as ANYBODY can see are ...
1) Ersland shoots Parker in the head.Parker hits the ground on his back.
2) Ersland chases the other robber completely out of the store.(Now to my way of thinking if it was me common sense tells me to stay OUT of the store if I think I am in any further danger whatsoever and call the Police and let them call in the Swat Team or whatever to do what they have to do to secure the scene .) Ersland however does not do that . Why not I ask ? The answer is simple because Ersland knows that Parker poses NO threat to him at that point in time .So....
3) Ersland instead of staying out of the store and calling the police then walks casually back into the store , walks casually past Parker on the ground and casually keeps walking to the back of the store ,gets another gun then casually walks up to Parker and point blank fires 5 rounds into Parkers stomach and then killing him.
Those ARE the facts and they ARE irrefutable.
I have to laugh at some of the comments above making Ersland out to be some kind of a hero. Spin it any way you want to but the DA has it right in charging Ersland with murder.
In closing... only Firemen run back into (burning) buildings because that is what they are supposed to do to save anyone who may be still in the building. In the case of Ersland he walked back into the store KNOWING he was NOT in any danger whatsoever with the sole intent of finishing off Parker and killing him which he did.
A final question here .The Police say that Parker was unarmed when they found him dead on the floor. Is anybody going to tell me here that the cops are lying in this case and that the DA is also lying ? This is redneck and racist Oklahoma for christ's sake where any person of color has 3 strikes against them before they step into the batters box.
Again,those ARE the facts and they ARE irrefutable that Ersland is a murderer.
Now how a redneck ,white Okie jury might see the facts is another thing but I am willing to bet if this case is Not plea bargained and goes to trial and there are persons of color on that jury I wouldn't want to be in Ersland's shoes for sure .
PS: a note for all is to watch the store video in FULL SCREEN for a better look.
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theunknownblogger
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Jun 7 @ 8:09PM
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In closing... only Firemen run back into (burning) buildings because that is what they are supposed to do to save anyone who may be still in the building. In the case of Ersland he walked back into the store KNOWING he was NOT in any danger whatsoever with the sole intent of finishing off Parker and killing him which he did.
Could have been he was also returning to ensure the safety of the females still remaining there.
Was he wrong to shoot the guy 5 times "yes" was he justified under the cirucmstances, in my opinion yes.
I'll tell you what, Trip, the next time you have two people hold you up at gun point, why don't you let us all know how rationally you respond? Adrenaline and fear have a way of distorting one's decision making process and I'm sure that's what his lawyer will say, if this case ever acually makes it to court.
UB
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alivenwell351
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Jun 7 @ 8:10PM
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What YOU have written has no basis in fact.
Nor does anything YOU have written have any basis in fact...
There's a video...one which because it isn't a full view of everything that went on is subject to opinion about what may or may not be happening with the punk on the floor no matter what view you see it at. You have yours, others have theirs...
And mine is the guy did right...the best he could under the circumstances. The punk on the floor didn't have a gun??..His buddy damn sure did. WTF do you suggest, ask the punk if he has one???
I believe you get back what you put out. These clowns tried to do a bad thing and they got bad back at em. And that's as good as it gets!! Bravo to the pharmacist. If there were more like him, things might be a little better. I hope there's a defense fund for him. I'll sure kick in what I can.....
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dixiepixie
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Jun 7 @ 10:11PM
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Trip:
What YOU have written has no basis in fact.
I wrote that the pharmacist was in the store and only HE knows whether there was movement from the thug that perhaps triggered a self defense response - that is a very conceivable under the circumstances.
Were you in the store at the time???? Did you witness and hear what happened in the area of the store the camera couldn't reach ??? You certainly can't see what the thug was doing from that video.
Trip:
(Now to my way of thinking if it was me common sense tells me to stay OUT of the store if I think I am in any further danger whatsoever and call the Police and let them call in the Swat Team or whatever to do what they have to do to secure the scene .)
To your way of thinking? Your way of thinking is only an opinion. There's no fact there. And to be sure your opinion was not formed in the moment of fear after having JUST BEEN robbed at gunpoint. You're sitting behind a computer second guessing someone who had been in a life and death situation and who still may have still not felt safe for goodness sake. It's not realistic for anyone to believe that you would know exactly what you would do in such a highly stressful situation, but even if you are convinced that you do know what you would do everyone handles those sorts of things differently. That still does not make the pharmacist a murderer.
Trip
Why not I ask ? The answer is simple because Ersland knows that Parker poses NO threat to him at that point in time .So.
That's pure speculation. You have no idea what Ersland knew or what was going through his mind at that time. Neither do you have any idea what was going on in parts of the store where the camera couldn't record.
Again, you don't know whether the criminal was moving or not. You don't know whether the pharmacist felt threatened or not.
Trip
Ersland instead of staying out of the store and calling the police then walks casually back into the store , walks casually past Parker on the ground and casually keeps walking to the back of the store ,gets another gun then casually walks up to Parker and point blank fires 5 rounds into Parkers stomach and then killing him.
So what he re-entered the store? That doesn't make him a murderer. As far as walking casually it may have appeared that way to you but others might have another perspective on it. Maybe he was in shock and moving slowly as a result of being robbed at gunpoint, rather than taking a casual stroll across the store as you are trying to infer.
If a self defense reaction was set off by movement of the thug the pharmacist had every right to protect his life.
Trip:
Those ARE the facts and they ARE irrefutable.
Wrong again. I just pointed out where most of what you said was speculation and opinion.
Trip:
A final question here .The Police say that Parker was unarmed when they found him dead on the floor. Is anybody going to tell me here that the cops are lying in this case and that the DA is also lying ?
Use your head. No one has to tell you that the cops and DA are lying. Parker may have been unarmed. But that doesn't mean the pharmacist knew it. He had just been confronted at gunpoint by one or both of those criminals. The pharmacist had every reason to suspect that both were armed.
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edthepoet
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Jun 8 @ 12:28AM
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Ok, this is a tough one, the kid was on the ground, but he came in with a gun, therefore he got what he deserved. The pharmacist had to play it safe, because the kid could have just been wounded and took another shot.
What is really sad, is why this young kid ended up in a loses loses position in the first place.
I do feel sorry for the kid in that way.
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john49887
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Jun 8 @ 9:23AM
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If he'd of practiced a bit with that Kel-Tac........
Having the Kel-Tec in the first place was a mistake.
A .357 magnum or 12 gauge shotgun would have done the job right the first time and saved Ersland from the trouble he's in now.
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vettman454
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Jun 8 @ 11:06AM
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They should give that pharmacist a metal for helping to clean up our streets. If a robber comes to rob me, with a gun or knife? I don't care if he is black, white or green with yellow pokie dots! I would shoot to kill. It's you or him, your choice.
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ttomtarr
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Jun 8 @ 12:43PM
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Attempted armed robbery by two thugs.
One thug dead for sure.
Sounds like the right outcome to me.
Having been traumatised by two armed men threatening to kill him, the pharmacist did the best he could, Many men have been killed by opponents they "presumed dead". The pharmacist eliminated that possibility and continued to guard against the other thug's return.
He should be commended, not prosecuted.
I am not sure why people identify with the armed, robbing scumbags.
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