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angrychair

(12,587 posts)
45. She tried
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:41 PM
9 hrs ago

He kept harassing her.

It's hard to tell in the video I've seen but someone said it looked as if when he came back he had partially blocked her in.
She tried to walk away and create space and vehicles between them but he kept coming at her.

She had repeatedly asked him to back off but he kept coming.

What if she had tried to go to the store? What if he chased her down and attacked her? What do you think the chances are that anyone is going to help her in a Florida Walmart parking lot?

He was overtly aggressive and wasn't taking no for an answer.

I'm very anti-gun and there is 17 years of posts on this site to prove that.

I also know there are exceptions to every rule. This is about as straightforward a self defense situation as you are ever going to get.

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Good news for her. Now, she'll have her own, permanent parking space. 3Hotdogs 15 hrs ago #1
His parking spot will be in an urn over the fireplace wolfie001 13 hrs ago #16
Oofff Hassin Bin Sober 4 hrs ago #87
Ah, America. Where the answer to every problem is a gun. sinkingfeeling 15 hrs ago #2
It was a middle aged Black woman angrychair 10 hrs ago #35
it would SEEM you are correct but.... democratsruletheday 10 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 10 hrs ago #39
What I saw was him closing the distance to her Kaleva 10 hrs ago #42
She initially got out of the car with a gun in her hand. That might be a problem for her. Hassin Bin Sober 4 hrs ago #94
Time will tell Kaleva 2 hrs ago #107
She tried angrychair 9 hrs ago #45
Retail stores have parking adequate for the holiday shopping season Blumancru 15 hrs ago #3
There's more to the story than this. flvegan 15 hrs ago #4
"Around the parking lot?" ... JustABozoOnThisBus 14 hrs ago #5
Testosterone poisoning? Miguelito Loveless 14 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 12 hrs ago #18
Yes, she warned him several times, backed away from him again and again, tried to put cars between them. Midnight Writer 12 hrs ago #22
100%. and Thank You! (for putting some realistic perspective on this incident) stopdiggin 12 hrs ago #29
Wow what a nasty take. Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #23
nah. asshat really brought this on himself. stopdiggin 12 hrs ago #30
She did more than most would angrychair 10 hrs ago #36
It looked like a clear case of self defense to me Kaleva 10 hrs ago #43
Wow. Unbelievable. Wiz Imp 9 hrs ago #44
If the guy was rational, he would have retreated the moment he saw the Gun Kaleva 9 hrs ago #50
and called for cops to arrest her for threatening him muriel_volestrangler 8 hrs ago #62
No one in their right mind would approach someone with a gun Kaleva 2 hrs ago #104
It's a stand your ground state. NutmegYankee 9 hrs ago #54
SOmething was also seriously wrong with that woman. Wiz Imp 9 hrs ago #56
A jury will have to consider what he said prior, if anything, to advancing toward her. LudwigPastorius 9 hrs ago #57
100% agree bluestarone 5 hrs ago #74
As a whole, we ARE a disappointing species. There good people among us but I fear we are in societal collapse. OrlandoDem2 13 hrs ago #11
Listen to the news story. Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #26
That isn't the whole story angrychair 10 hrs ago #37
stop making sense.... democratsruletheday 10 hrs ago #40
People should be nicer to one another. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #6
Don't wanna make it about me but as a 66 yo white male..... wolfie001 13 hrs ago #15
It looks like he was stalking her but she should have retreated to her car and not brandished the gun. Ritabert 13 hrs ago #8
Stop shopping at Walmart. So many People of Walmart suck! OrlandoDem2 13 hrs ago #9
He seemed intent on a physical confrontation, despite her pointing a gun 70sEraVet 13 hrs ago #10
+1. dalton99a 12 hrs ago #19
maybe it's the "Exception that Proves the Rule" Hieronymus Phact 12 hrs ago #28
Plus 2 bluestarone 5 hrs ago #75
I'm Sorry, But She Had Ample Opportunities to Return to the Store, Drive Off, Whatever DrFunkenstein 13 hrs ago #12
She tried angrychair 10 hrs ago #41
I didn't see in the video where he was preventing her from driving off MichMan 9 hrs ago #46
In Florida that's legal angrychair 9 hrs ago #51
I noticed MorbidButterflyTat 7 hrs ago #67
Old loser white guy kept on wolfie001 13 hrs ago #13
I am guessing that there is a backstory here, and not a pretty one. niyad 13 hrs ago #14
If This Was a Black Man and a White Woman, Imagine the Fox News Coverage and Campaign Ads DrFunkenstein 13 hrs ago #17
This could go either way NewEnglandAutumn 12 hrs ago #20
It was an argument over a parking spot. sop 12 hrs ago #21
If the guy was rational, he would have backed off as soon as he saw the gun Kaleva 9 hrs ago #47
Those are a lot of assumptions to justify shooting a man to death in a parking lot. sop 9 hrs ago #55
I certainly didn't see anything in the video that justified a shooting. NT Midwestern Democrat 9 hrs ago #48
Floriduh. SergeStorms 12 hrs ago #24
She didn't have to kill him, that's how the jury would see it FakeNoose 12 hrs ago #25
People are touchy these days. ananda 12 hrs ago #27
This is the Supreme Court's America J_William_Ryan 11 hrs ago #31
Had he the brains to back up & call the police saying a woman was threatening him with a gun, Wonder Why 11 hrs ago #32
I'm Pretty Sure Everyone Here Was Operating From The Amygdala, Except One Had a Handgun DrFunkenstein 10 hrs ago #34
Clearly angrychair 9 hrs ago #53
Why did she exit her car brandishing the gun instead of just driving away? MichMan 10 hrs ago #33
By law, she isn't required to drive away Kaleva 9 hrs ago #49
She isn't required to shoot and kill either MichMan 8 hrs ago #60
larger male repeatedly physically advancing on female that is (repeatedly) stopdiggin 6 hrs ago #71
Based on what I saw, I'd say her actions were resonable Kaleva 2 hrs ago #105
Some of these responses are disturbing angrychair 9 hrs ago #52
Why does race have to be a factor? MichMan 8 hrs ago #58
Why does gender have to be a factor? MorbidButterflyTat 7 hrs ago #69
Why should race be ignored? Torchlight 7 hrs ago #70
Because, it always about skin color angrychair 5 hrs ago #72
"People haven't even seen the video" MichMan 4 hrs ago #95
I'm not assuming anything angrychair 4 hrs ago #96
We have video; he was not in a position to physically threaten her muriel_volestrangler 8 hrs ago #61
Interesting angrychair 5 hrs ago #73
I might put it as "the unarmed person didn't do anything wrong or threatening" muriel_volestrangler 5 hrs ago #76
Then the unarmed man angrychair 5 hrs ago #79
I don't see "might is right" as a good guiding principle muriel_volestrangler 5 hrs ago #81
No angrychair 5 hrs ago #86
'Malice'? No. Recklessness, yes. muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #88
We are done angrychair 4 hrs ago #90
"Victim blaming"? I'm not blaming the victim. The victim is the dead guy. muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #91
sorry, I see her as a gun humper Skittles 3 hrs ago #102
Sorry angrychair 3 hrs ago #103
SHE could have driven away too Skittles 2 hrs ago #106
He was the aggressor angrychair 2 hrs ago #108
That's just stupid. I can't imagine shooting someone over a parking space. Vinca 8 hrs ago #59
I am not to say this was justified or not, but I have a question sarisataka 8 hrs ago #63
He should have MichMan 7 hrs ago #64
So she is just supposed to stand there angrychair 5 hrs ago #77
You see an "attack"; I see an argument muriel_volestrangler 5 hrs ago #78
I see centerists angrychair 5 hrs ago #82
As I said, I really don't understand where "centrists" come into this muriel_volestrangler 5 hrs ago #83
No angrychair 4 hrs ago #89
Very few people deserve to be killed sarisataka 5 hrs ago #84
Bottom line, stupidity got him killed. Buddyzbuddy 7 hrs ago #65
"That's an entitled man that was used to scaring other people into doing what he wanted." MorbidButterflyTat 7 hrs ago #68
Leave it to judge and jury. Sneederbunk 7 hrs ago #66
Black woman, white older man csusan 5 hrs ago #80
Having been right is poor consolation when you're dead or in prison. RockRaven 5 hrs ago #85
In MN, she'd be incarcerated, whatever her story, because she didn't physically run away first. OC375 4 hrs ago #92
MN has castle doctrine sarisataka 4 hrs ago #93
Castle doctrine in name only. OC375 4 hrs ago #97
Can you provide a case sarisataka 4 hrs ago #98
State vs Blevins 2024 OC375 4 hrs ago #99
Not in the home sarisataka 3 hrs ago #100
We'll have to see... OC375 3 hrs ago #101
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