She Gave Him the Money, Then He Shot Her

The Left always says just give them what they want, and you will be safe. This guy didn’t get that memo. Suspect in Maryland 7-Eleven Slaying Apprehended, Officials Say

After the robber got the money, he shot Maher and then fled, authorities said.

There may be some Justice in this case, because he has been apprehended, but I predict he will plead to a lesser charge, and not spend very long in prison.

Gregory DeShawn Collins Jr., 22, of Waldorf, was located and apprehended in Georgia Monday

Maybe it is too high a profile of a case for the DA to do that, but then again, I am fairly cynical when it comes to the Criminal Justice System.

Cooperation is a strategy for dealing with a violent encounter. I don’t think it is a particularly effective strategy.

But then a gun may not have saved this woman. There are no guarantees in this life save for death and next winter’s snow. But just giving them what they want (the Left hates it when you bring up Rape in that context) doesn’t work either.

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“It looked like she was complying”

He shot her anyway. 7-Eleven clerk, mother of 4 shot and killed during Maryland robbery

Another tragedy at the hand of someone with little regard for human life.

“He approached her, he produced a gun, it looked like she was complying and he shot her at that time,” [Charles County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Diane] Richardson said.

The gun-hating Left always says “Just give them what they want,” as if that were a guarantee. Of course being armed in your own self-defense is also no guarantee. There are no guarantees in this life save for death and next winter’s snow. And it is possible that her employer forbids being armed on the job. Many of them do.

Maher was a mother of three, and stepmother to a fourth, who was regarded as a friendly fixture that made the convenience store a community gathering place, according to her family.

A tragedy.

While they mention surveillance video, no images of the bad guy have been released or none that I can find.

Cooperation Didn’t Mean He Backed Off

He inflicted a fate worse than death, but he can’t be charged with murder. Man Charged in Shooting of Roxbury Convenience Store Clerk. And even if he was to be charged with murder, this is Massachusetts, where they are too civilized to do anything about it.

The waste-of-oxygen is 25-year-old Stephon Samuel of Lynn, Massachusetts. He was in jail on an unrelated matter when detectives arrested him for the robbery/shooting.

The store’s owner, Abdul Matin, says police told him a man came in shortly before closing and pulled a gun. He says Siam gave the attacker everything he asked for, but the man still took his crime to the next horrific level.

He shot the clerk in the head, because cooperating with violent criminals does not stop them from being violent criminals.

The Left loves to go on about “Just give them what they want.” They never seem to want to discuss rape in that context, or rarely do they want to. Too bad it is no guarantee; it is only a strategy for dealing with a violent encounter. I think it is a poor strategy, but in Massachusetts, what choice do you have?

“Just Give Them What They Want” Is Supposed to Prevent Injury

But it is not a guarantee of safety. Armed robbers wanted after shooting store clerk at Starr Shop in Houston.

Two miscreants broke into a store using concrete to smash a window. They attack the clerk in an effort to get cash.

Police say it’s clear that the employee wasn’t offering any resistance, but they are questioning why the suspect still decided to shoot him.

Because violent criminals don’t stop being violent criminals because of anything you are or are not doing.

“Just give them what they want,” or cooperation, is a strategy to deal with a violent encounter. I think it is a fairly poor strategy in the long run, though a lot of employers would rather see injured employees than armed employees.

The employee is expected to survive his injuries.

“Just Give Them What They Want”

The Left loves to say that if you just cooperate with criminals, everything will be fine. Clerk Shot, Seriously Injured At Roxbury Convenience Store.

But that is either a lie, or the Left is hopelessly naive.

Police who reviewed the store surveillance video said Siam did everything the gunman requested, but that didn’t save him from getting shot in the head execution style.

Cooperation with criminals is a strategy for dealing with a violent encounter. Of course violent criminals don’t stop being violent criminals because of anything you are or are not doing.

In a related story, Boston’s Mayor says “Just say no to violence,” Or something guaranteed to be about as successful. ‘The violence in our city needs to stop,’ says Boston Mayor Marty Walsh says about shootings, homicides

“Someone committing a crime like this makes a choice, a choice to inflict pain and suffering on a fellow human being, and continue the violence and trauma in their community. They need to be held accountable,” Walsh said.

While I agree with some of that, Mayor Walsh, first they need to be arrested.

I don’t think that cooperation is a particularly good strategy, but in Boston, Massachusetts, what choice do you have? Which I suppose is one of the many reasons that I don’t live in Massachusetts.

The Left Says “Just Give Them What They Want”

Cooperation with criminals is supposed to ensure your safety. (They never want to talk about how to deal with rapists in this context.) Cell phone stops bullet during Hampden robbery.

So a guy robs a store. The clerk cooperates. But that doesn’t keep him safe.

From another camera angle, you can see the unidentified 35-year-old male clerk complying with the robber’s wishes and holding both of his hands up as the suspect grabbed some cash posing no threat to the robber.

“As he was leaving the place, scot-free, he stopped, turned and shot the clerk without warning, without being provoked,” said Baltimore Police Det. Donny Moses.

The clerk suffered severe burns and may require a skin graft. Burning lithium-ion batteries are no joke. But he didn’t get shot.

The Left holds up cooperation as a guarantee of safety, but it is nothing more than a strategy for dealing with a violent encounter. I think it is a bad strategy, because as this case demonstrates, violent criminals don’t stop being violent criminals because of anything you are or are not doing.

“Just Give Them What They Want”

That is the Left’s answer to how to stay safe in the face of robbery. (They never want to talk about rape.) There is a problem with that advice, of course; it doesn’t seem to work. Video shows masked robber storming into Plant City store; clerk shot in face.

A store clerk had just opened the cash register and had his hands in the air Sunday when a masked robber shot him in the face and fled on foot, according to Plant City police.

So how much more cooperation was needed to ensure safety? That’s a trick question.

Violent criminals don’t stop being violent criminals because of anything you are, or are not doing.

Being armed in your own self-defense is not a guarantee of safety. There are no guarantees in this life. But the gun-hating Left always paints cooperation as a guarantee; they never describe it as a strategy for staying safe. To my way of thinking, it is a fairly poor strategy.

Isn’t Cooperation Supposed to Guarantee Safety?

I guess this guy didn’t get that memo. Clerk Shot in Tacoma Armed Robbery, Police Searching for Suspect.

“Just give them what they want.” It’s a statement made by people who hate the idea of self-defense or any individual action. There’s just one problem; giving violent criminals what they want doesn’t stop them from being violent criminals.

Police state that the male walked in wearing a mask and demanded money while armed with a semi-automatic handgun. He got the money but wanted more. While the clerk was opening the drawer to the till the suspect shot him because he was moving too slowly.

Cooperation didn’t guarantee anything. But then if this clerk had been armed for his own defense, he still would have not guarantees. There are no guarantees in this life. Cooperation is a strategy. I don’t happen to think it is a very good strategy.

Cooperating With Criminals Is No Guarantee

The Gun-hating Left loves to go on about how if you just give the bad guys what they want, you will be OK. 3 men charged with capital murder in shooting death of Houston store clerk. I guess these guys didn’t get that memo.

Investigators say several clerks were on duty when the masked suspects burst through the doors of the convenience store.

Even though Lee complied with the suspects’ demands, he was still shot multiple times, authorities say.

Violent criminals remain violent criminals regardless of what you do, or don’t do.

Being armed in your own defense is also not a guarantee. There are no guarantees in this life.

When the Left is preaching the benefits of cooperation they rarely want to talk about rape.

They Took The Money, Then Shot a 79-year-old Woman in the Back

We are constantly told by the gun-hating Left to just give the Bad Guys what they want, and they will leave us alone. These guys didn’t get that memo. Hunt for 79-year-old store owner’s killers continues.

“For someone to come in, do a robbery, take the money, just like they asked, and then shoot them in the back, there you go. At this point, we even have criminals out looking for them,” said Detective Ed Troyer, with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.

Violent criminals do not stop being violent criminals because of anything you are doing, or not doing.

And neighbors were shocked to discover that they live and work in The Real World™ and not in some fantasy land.

“To come in here and blemish our neighborhood and feel our safety is threatened is really hard to believe,” Larry Chambers said.

Because they want to feel safe, even if they aren’t safe.

Cooperation With Violent Criminals Doesn’t Guarantee Safety

The gun-hating-Left is always going on about how if you just cooperate, the bad guys will leave you alone. (They never, ever want to talk about rape when that subject comes up.) Do you recognize the robber who pistol-whipped and shot a Midland-area clerk?.

Held at gunpoint, the clerk opened the cash register and the robber took fistfuls of cash.

He then shot the clerk, grabbed more money and ran.

He cooperated and he got shot anyway.

Now maybe there was nothing he could have done. Being armed in your own self-defense is also not a guarantee. “There are no guarantees in this life save for death and next winter’s snow.” But meekly cooperating didn’t do much.

Violent criminals do not stop being violent criminals because of anything you are or are not doing.

He Was Shot While Handing Over the Money

We are constantly told by the gun-hating-Left that if we just “give them what they want” we will be safe. I guess these guys didn’t get that memo. Milwaukee store clerk shot during armed robbery.

Clerk was shot in the legs while handing money to the gunman

They shot him once before they said anything. Then as he was cooperating with them, they shot him again.

Cooperation in the face of a violent encounter is a strategy, not the guarantee that the Left loves to say it is. Now in this case, a gun for self-defense may not have saved this guy, who is recuperating from his injuries. Being armed in your own defense is also a strategy for dealing with a violent encounter. But they are strategies, not guarantees. There are no guarantees in this life save for death and next winter’s snow.

She Gave Them What They Wanted, Then They Shot Her

We are constantly told, “Just give them what they want, and they will leave you alone.” Too bad it isn’t true. Lewisville store clerk killed during robbery.

The store’s manager said two men in blue hoodies came into the store and demanded money. The clerk, 51-year-old Ashraf Lakhani, gave them cash from the register, but they still shot her.

Violent criminals don’t stop being violent criminals based on anything you are doing or not doing. Cooperation is a strategy. As this case so tragically highlights, it isn’t a particularly good strategy. Being armed for your own defense is also a strategy, but I think it is a better one.

Because Actually Getting a Job Is Out of the Question

The linked article could start discussions on so many things. Recidivism being the obvious choice. Robbery suspect is convicted murderer. But a quote late in the story makes me want to scream.

“I don’t want to hurt you but I have to make a living,” one of the robbers told the clerk Monday.

The 2 got about 100 dollars in cash.

The murder – in 1990 – was also the result of a robbery, which also netted about 100 bucks. But in 1990, he couldn’t leave a living witness, even though she was nice.

“They simply could not leave a witness alive,” a Metro detective was quoted in 1990 by The Tennessean. Coleman told Metro detectives how “nice” the 1990 victim was, who had given the men free sandwiches before they shot her to death, hid her body in the store and left in her car with less than $100 in cash, a similar amount to that taken Monday in Shelbyville.

He could have made more money if he got a job in the store and applied himself.

Cooperation Is Held Up As the Key to Safety

“Just give them what they want, and they will leave you alone.” That is the mantra of all who hate self-defense. Too bad these 2 didn’t get that memo. 2 South Carolina residents charged with killing gas station clerk during robbery.

Violent criminals do not stop being violent criminals because of anything you are, or are not, doing.

Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey said Wright, after getting the cash from the register, shot and killed Bertram.

The only thing I don’t understand is why the getaway driver is not charged with murder. (The guy who pulled the trigger is.) But maybe New Jersey thinks that Felony Murder is unfair.

More on the Violence of Violent Criminals

Offering to help the bad guy got the clerk shot. Tell me again about this “Just give them what they want” strategy. Paroled robber charged in shooting of Oakland store clerk, fleeing with cash register.

A guy is robbing a store, but he is unable to open the register. So the clerk offers to open it for him – offers to “give him what he wants.” How did that work out?

When the clerk offered to help him open the drawer, Page shot him and then ran out of the store with the register, the documents say. The clerk survived the shooting.

He was on parole when he committed this crime, so they were able to identify him via fingerprints. He’s been arrested. Again.

See also the previous posting, which is on the same subject.

Even Cops Are Confused About Criminals

Violent Criminals don’t stop being violent criminals because of anything you are or are not doing. Cops in Maryland are unclear on this concept. Frederick community rallies for clerk shot during Exxon robbery.

Police say one of them drew a gun and fired it at the young woman before running away from the scene.

“It’s concerning because there was no reason to shoot her. She wasn’t resisting, she wasn’t being aggressive, she was listening to what their demands were. For us it’s very troubling,” said Frederick City Police officer Michele Bowman.

Cooperation is held out to be this guarantee. “Just give them what they want” is a strategy. As this incident demonstrates, not a particularly good strategy. Of course being armed for you own protection is also a strategy. (There are not guarantees in this life.)

The woman who got shot is expected to survive.

As for why violent criminals are violent criminals… It’s in their nature.

“He complied, but he was still murdered.”

“Just give them what they want, and they will leave you alone,” is the mantra of those who hate the very idea of self-defense. Too bad it isn’t the guarantee it is held up as. 4 men charged in murder of store clerk in SW Houston.

Violent criminals remain violent criminals without regard to anything you are or are not doing.

Investigators say Qureshi was working at Sunny’s Food Store in the 9000 block of South Dairy Ashford when the suspects entered the store and demanded money.

He complied, but he was still murdered. Officers had a break in the case when police say they noticed a vehicle blocking a lane of traffic.

He gave them what the asked for, and they killed him anyway.

Having a gun for self-defense may not have saved this man. There are no guarantees in this life save for death, and next winter’s snow. But relying on the strategy of “Just do what you’re told to do” is also not a guarantee. You should consider what is the strategy for dealing with a violent encounter you prefer.

We Are Told Cooperation Is the Path to Safety

We are told again and again, “Just give them what they want, and you will be OK.” I guess these guys didn’t get that memo. Store clerk shot by robbers in Ventura.

While the victim was getting money from the cash register, the armed suspect reportedly shot him, officials said. The victim was treated at Ventura County Medical Center for injuries that were not considered life threatening.

Violent criminals do not stop being violent criminals because of anything you are or are not doing. Cooperation is not a guarantee of safety, it is a strategy for dealing with a violent encounter. Being armed in your own self-defense is also not a guarantee, but some strategies are better than others.

And the Left never brings up the “Just give them what they want” mantra when the subject turns to rape. Or they hardly ever do. (The likelihood of them saying that when rape is under discussion is not zero.)

Cooperation Is Supposed to Ensure Safety

The Gun-hating Left is always going on about how if you “just give them what they want” the bad guys will leave you alone. I guess these guys didn’t get that memo. Suspects in blue rubber gloves, surgical mask shoot Halifax gas station clerk.

The suspects took money and cigarettes and, while exiting the store, one of the suspects turned around and shot one of the employees.

Violent criminals do not stop being violent criminals because of anything you are, or are not, doing.

Cooperation is a strategy for dealing with a violent encounter. It is not a guarantee. Of course being armed in your own defense is also a strategy. One that is typically blocked by employers. But cooperation is in my estimation, not the best strategy, if that is all you are prepared to do.