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I thought it was gay bats in Haiti?
Gay bats? Apparently the Gay does happen in nature.
I thought it was gay bats in Haiti?
I thought it was gay bats in Haiti?
So wait! Was the guy who saved the girl in the story here, did he use a gay bat to save her instead of a straight one? All of a sudden it makes sense, only lefty stores like Target carry gay bats!
No, you didn't.
The "hero" chased the guy with the knife into the store in the first place.
from the OP article.
"Security footage from the store shows Walls grabbing Meadows and stabbing her before Turner tackles the knife-wielding perp and chases him out of the store with a baseball bat.'
So how in your world did he chase the attacker into the store. What you are missing is he chased to perp to the front of the store. The attack took place inside.
Unless you can show the OP linked article is wrong.
"While Meadows thanks Turner, Target blames him. Court documents say the company claims Turner chased Walls with a baseball bat into the entrance of the store, creating more danger to those inside.:
The incident took place inside the store. Even the vid shows that.
According to the criminal complaint, the incident began when Walls stabbed a man named Jobe Wright near a construction site on nearby Highland Avenue. Police said Walls ran down the street toward Penn Circle and into Target, followed by Wright, his friend Michael Turner, and Tyrique Walker, who called 911 to report their location, and Roland Smith, who grabbed a baseball bat to help Wright.
Once they were all inside the store, "Walls saw Walker and attempted to stab him with a large swing at his neck area," the complaint said. "Walls, missing his target, then moved towards the checkout area at the Target store where he began trying to stab additional victims who were in the store. Walls then grabbed Allison Meadows and held her against her will at knifepoint in one of the checkout lanes to use her as a shield. Victims Hosea Davis, Mike Turner, Jobe Wright and Roland Smith attempted to subdue Walls and to free Meadows when they saw him poke the knife into Meadows' back."
from the OP article.
"Security footage from the store shows Walls grabbing Meadows and stabbing her before Turner tackles the knife-wielding perp and chases him out of the store with a baseball bat.'
So how in your world did he chase the attacker into the store. What you are missing is he chased to perp to the front of the store. The attack took place inside.
Unless you can show the OP linked article is wrong.
"While Meadows thanks Turner, Target blames him. Court documents say the company claims Turner chased Walls with a baseball bat into the entrance of the store, creating more danger to those inside.:
The incident took place inside the store. Even the vid shows that.
“Everyone thinks Walls walked inside Target and stabbed this little girl, but that’s not what happened, you had an encounter prior to that?” asked KDKA’s Brenda Waters.
“At this point, we were standing on Highland Avenue, and then that’s when Walls attacked Jobe Wright. At that point, Roland Smith and Tyreek Walker pursued behind him. At this point, I get in a car with Jobe Wright,” said Turner.
Turner says he and his friend got in a car to find Walls and when they arrived at Target another friend came out of the store and said “he’s in there.”
“I entered Target, I run up the escalator, I make a right, that’s when I encountered Walls in the store,” said Turner.
That's why he chose Target over Walmart.
Everyone should choose Target over Walmart.
I read enough. Target to claim the action to stop a possible murder is irresponsible and just not sound.
Maybe Target would have preferred no intervention.
He was being chased, because he was threatening and stabbing people out on the street!
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How about we actually blame the nut who did the stabbing rather than the dude who actually tried to stop him?
And let's ignore the right wing loons who want to blame Target instead of the nut.
Oh wait!!! It's OK to blame those the right hates
It's ridiculous that Target was ever sued in the first place. Clearly someone hoping for a little jackpot justice. Nothing soothes the hurt like cash from deep pockets.
It's ridiculous that target was sued
It was also ridiculous that right wingers are attacking Target over this, but that ridiculousness seems to have escaped your notice.
Well I don't agree with Target's suit against Turner either. l can't speak for other right wingers but I'm rather enjoying watching lefties treat Target, this huge retail, profit driven chain like it's this noble entity. Despite what some righties like to think, Target interjecting itself in the whole bathroom controversy was a very wise move. Nobody's going to care enough about it to damage Target's profits in any significant way and Target's become the darling of the left and now that that's happened, Target will have plenty of defenders and backers no matter what they do.
How about we actually blame the nut who did the stabbing rather than the dude who actually tried to stop him?
I didn't see anyone acting like Target is "noble".
Just pointing out how, once again, the right wingers are wrong (and some are deceitful) in calling this guy a "hero" when the facts show that he's more thug than hero.
But please don't think I'm in any way disappointed or surprised that you're focused on what you think the left has gotten wrong while completely ignoring what the rightwingers certainly got wrong
Tell the little girls parents that then.
They are the ones suing Target.
I agree that Target is being stupid too when it comes to suing the guy who chased the other into the store, but we also have few details on why the first guy was stabbed. Was it random or was it a confrontation that led to it? Was there an indication that the stabbed would have continued to stab others had the guys not chased him? Where's the rest of the information?
Explain again how Turner and his gang 'precipitated' this guy - who already stabbed one person - stabbing an innocent shopper in a Target?
What missing is that the incident started down the block from the store and the perp was chased into the Walmart by the "good Samaritan" who threatened him with a baseball bat causing the perp to grab the girl as a hostage and eventually stabbed her. He never would have grabbed that girl, if not for being chased and threatened by civilian "vigilantes".
Target Sues 'Hero' for Saving Stabbing Victim : snopes.com
He stabbed one man who was the one who was chasing him with a bat! He should have waited for police and not pursued him into a busy store. It was a stupid and dangerous move.
So Wright should have just laid down and died from the stabbing instead of chasing his attacker?
How could Walls be held responsible for what this criminal did?
ust as I thought. You think he should have let the guy go.
Police aren't there to prevent anything, they are there to take a report.
How many other people would th is guy have killed if he wasn't running from the first guy he stabbed?
And Explain how the TARGET "retribution" Lawsuit against the guy who stopped a target shopper from being stabbed to death is going to help the situation?
Imagine if this guy had not been there, and the guy stabbed the girl to death, and then proceeded to massacre another 20 TARGET shoppers!?
I note that the TARGET security staff did not stop the stabber-guy! Nor did the TARGET non-security staff do a damn thing!
I note that the police (not faulting them!) did not get there on time to stop the stabber-guy!
Why on earth would anyone think that target is a safe place?
Again, back to the OP question for debate:
Has the political correctness and Leftie Orientation of the Target Stores gone so far over the edge, that they have doomed the Franchise?
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He should have waited for police to deal with the perp instead of instigating a hostage situation by taking the law into his own hands.