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33. Why did she exit her car brandishing the gun instead of just driving away?

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:42 PM

5 hrs ago

Undermines a self defense claim IMO

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Man fatally shot in Walmart parking lot following dispute over parking space: Authorities [View all] groundloop 10 hrs ago OP

Good news for her. Now, she'll have her own, permanent parking space. 3Hotdogs 9 hrs ago #1

His parking spot will be in an urn over the fireplace wolfie001 7 hrs ago #16

Ah, America. Where the answer to every problem is a gun. sinkingfeeling 9 hrs ago #2

It was a middle aged Black woman angrychair 4 hrs ago #35

it would SEEM you are correct but.... democratsruletheday 4 hrs ago #38

Why didn't she get in her car or walk into the store? I don't accept killing a person when there were other solutions. sinkingfeeling 4 hrs ago #39

What I saw was him closing the distance to her Kaleva 4 hrs ago #42

She tried angrychair 4 hrs ago #45

Retail stores have parking adequate for the holiday shopping season Blumancru 9 hrs ago #3

There's more to the story than this. flvegan 9 hrs ago #4

"Around the parking lot?" ... JustABozoOnThisBus 9 hrs ago #5

Testosterone poisoning? Miguelito Loveless 8 hrs ago #7

From the video, she appears to be a Woman of Color, that wish is going to be hard to get in Fla irisblue 7 hrs ago #18

Yes, she warned him several times, backed away from him again and again, tried to put cars between them. Midnight Writer 7 hrs ago #22

100%. and Thank You! (for putting some realistic perspective on this incident) stopdiggin 6 hrs ago #29

Wow what a nasty take. Wiz Imp 7 hrs ago #23

nah. asshat really brought this on himself. stopdiggin 6 hrs ago #30

She did more than most would angrychair 4 hrs ago #36

It looked like a clear case of self defense to me Kaleva 4 hrs ago #43

Wow. Unbelievable. Wiz Imp 4 hrs ago #44

If the guy was rational, he would have retreated the moment he saw the Gun Kaleva 4 hrs ago #50

and called for cops to arrest her for threatening him muriel_volestrangler 2 hrs ago #62

It's a stand your ground state. NutmegYankee 4 hrs ago #54

SOmething was also seriously wrong with that woman. Wiz Imp 4 hrs ago #56

A jury will have to consider what he said prior, if anything, to advancing toward her. LudwigPastorius 3 hrs ago #57

100% agree bluestarone 9 min ago #74

As a whole, we ARE a disappointing species. There good people among us but I fear we are in societal collapse. OrlandoDem2 8 hrs ago #11

Listen to the news story. Wiz Imp 6 hrs ago #26

That isn't the whole story angrychair 4 hrs ago #37

stop making sense.... democratsruletheday 4 hrs ago #40

People should be nicer to one another. twodogsbarking 8 hrs ago #6

Don't wanna make it about me but as a 66 yo white male..... wolfie001 7 hrs ago #15

It looks like he was stalking her but she should have retreated to her car and not brandished the gun. Ritabert 8 hrs ago #8

Stop shopping at Walmart. So many People of Walmart suck! OrlandoDem2 8 hrs ago #9

He seemed intent on a physical confrontation, despite her pointing a gun 70sEraVet 8 hrs ago #10

+1. dalton99a 7 hrs ago #19

maybe it's the "Exception that Proves the Rule" Hieronymus Phact 6 hrs ago #28

Plus 2 bluestarone 6 min ago #75

I'm Sorry, But She Had Ample Opportunities to Return to the Store, Drive Off, Whatever DrFunkenstein 7 hrs ago #12

She tried angrychair 4 hrs ago #41

I didn't see in the video where he was preventing her from driving off MichMan 4 hrs ago #46

In Florida that's legal angrychair 4 hrs ago #51

I noticed MorbidButterflyTat 1 hr ago #67

Old loser white guy kept on wolfie001 7 hrs ago #13

I am guessing that there is a backstory here, and not a pretty one. niyad 7 hrs ago #14

If This Was a Black Man and a White Woman, Imagine the Fox News Coverage and Campaign Ads DrFunkenstein 7 hrs ago #17

This could go either way NewEnglandAutumn 7 hrs ago #20

It was an argument over a parking spot. sop 7 hrs ago #21

If the guy was rational, he would have backed off as soon as he saw the gun Kaleva 4 hrs ago #47

Those are a lot of assumptions to justify shooting a man to death in a parking lot. sop 4 hrs ago #55

I certainly didn't see anything in the video that justified a shooting. NT Midwestern Democrat 4 hrs ago #48

Floriduh. SergeStorms 7 hrs ago #24

She didn't have to kill him, that's how the jury would see it FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #25

People are touchy these days. ananda 6 hrs ago #27

This is the Supreme Court's America J_William_Ryan 6 hrs ago #31

Had he the brains to back up & call the police saying a woman was threatening him with a gun, Wonder Why 5 hrs ago #32

I'm Pretty Sure Everyone Here Was Operating From The Amygdala, Except One Had a Handgun DrFunkenstein 4 hrs ago #34

Clearly angrychair 4 hrs ago #53

Why did she exit her car brandishing the gun instead of just driving away? MichMan 5 hrs ago #33

By law, she isn't required to drive away Kaleva 4 hrs ago #49

She isn't required to shoot and kill either MichMan 2 hrs ago #60

larger male repeatedly physically advancing on female that is (repeatedly) stopdiggin 53 min ago #71

Some of these responses are disturbing angrychair 4 hrs ago #52

Why does race have to be a factor? MichMan 3 hrs ago #58

Why does gender have to be a factor? MorbidButterflyTat 1 hr ago #69

Why should race be ignored? Torchlight 1 hr ago #70

Because, it always about skin color angrychair 15 min ago #72

We have video; he was not in a position to physically threaten her muriel_volestrangler 2 hrs ago #61

Interesting angrychair 10 min ago #73

I might put it as "the unarmed person didn't do anything wrong or threatening" muriel_volestrangler 5 min ago #76

That's just stupid. I can't imagine shooting someone over a parking space. Vinca 2 hrs ago #59

I am not to say this was justified or not, but I have a question sarisataka 2 hrs ago #63

He should have MichMan 2 hrs ago #64

So she is just supposed to stand there angrychair 2 min ago #77

Bottom line, stupidity got him killed. Buddyzbuddy 2 hrs ago #65

"That's an entitled man that was used to scaring other people into doing what he wanted." MorbidButterflyTat 1 hr ago #68

Leave it to judge and jury. Sneederbunk 2 hrs ago #66