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48. I certainly didn't see anything in the video that justified a shooting. NT

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

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

His parking spot will be in an urn over the fireplace wolfie001 22 hrs ago #16

Oofff Hassin Bin Sober 13 hrs ago #87

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

It was a middle aged Black woman angrychair 19 hrs ago #35

it would SEEM you are correct but.... democratsruletheday 19 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 19 hrs ago #39

What I saw was him closing the distance to her Kaleva 19 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 13 hrs ago #94

Time will tell Kaleva 11 hrs ago #107

She tried angrychair 18 hrs ago #45

Retail stores have parking adequate for the holiday shopping season Blumancru Yesterday #3

There's more to the story than this. flvegan Yesterday #4

"Around the parking lot?" ... JustABozoOnThisBus 23 hrs ago #5

Testosterone poisoning? Miguelito Loveless 23 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 21 hrs ago #18

Yes, she warned him several times, backed away from him again and again, tried to put cars between them. Midnight Writer 21 hrs ago #22

100%. and Thank You! (for putting some realistic perspective on this incident) stopdiggin 21 hrs ago #29

Wow what a nasty take. Wiz Imp 21 hrs ago #23

nah. asshat really brought this on himself. stopdiggin 21 hrs ago #30

She did more than most would angrychair 19 hrs ago #36

It looked like a clear case of self defense to me Kaleva 19 hrs ago #43

Wow. Unbelievable. Wiz Imp 18 hrs ago #44

If the guy was rational, he would have retreated the moment he saw the Gun Kaleva 18 hrs ago #50

and called for cops to arrest her for threatening him muriel_volestrangler 17 hrs ago #62

No one in their right mind would approach someone with a gun Kaleva 11 hrs ago #104

It's a stand your ground state. NutmegYankee 18 hrs ago #54

SOmething was also seriously wrong with that woman. Wiz Imp 18 hrs ago #56

A jury will have to consider what he said prior, if anything, to advancing toward her. LudwigPastorius 18 hrs ago #57

100% agree bluestarone 14 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 22 hrs ago #11

Listen to the news story. Wiz Imp 21 hrs ago #26

That isn't the whole story angrychair 19 hrs ago #37

stop making sense.... democratsruletheday 19 hrs ago #40

People should be nicer to one another. twodogsbarking 23 hrs ago #6

Don't wanna make it about me but as a 66 yo white male..... wolfie001 22 hrs ago #15

It looks like he was stalking her but she should have retreated to her car and not brandished the gun. Ritabert 22 hrs ago #8

Stop shopping at Walmart. So many People of Walmart suck! OrlandoDem2 22 hrs ago #9

He seemed intent on a physical confrontation, despite her pointing a gun 70sEraVet 22 hrs ago #10

+1. dalton99a 21 hrs ago #19

maybe it's the "Exception that Proves the Rule" Hieronymus Phact 21 hrs ago #28

Plus 2 bluestarone 14 hrs ago #75

I'm Sorry, But She Had Ample Opportunities to Return to the Store, Drive Off, Whatever DrFunkenstein 22 hrs ago #12

She tried angrychair 19 hrs ago #41

I didn't see in the video where he was preventing her from driving off MichMan 18 hrs ago #46

In Florida that's legal angrychair 18 hrs ago #51

I noticed MorbidButterflyTat 16 hrs ago #67

Old loser white guy kept on wolfie001 22 hrs ago #13

I am guessing that there is a backstory here, and not a pretty one. niyad 22 hrs ago #14

If This Was a Black Man and a White Woman, Imagine the Fox News Coverage and Campaign Ads DrFunkenstein 22 hrs ago #17

This could go either way NewEnglandAutumn 21 hrs ago #20

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

If the guy was rational, he would have backed off as soon as he saw the gun Kaleva 18 hrs ago #47

Those are a lot of assumptions to justify shooting a man to death in a parking lot. sop 18 hrs ago #55

I certainly didn't see anything in the video that justified a shooting. NT Midwestern Democrat 18 hrs ago #48

Floriduh. SergeStorms 21 hrs ago #24

She didn't have to kill him, that's how the jury would see it FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #25

People are touchy these days. ananda 21 hrs ago #27

This is the Supreme Court's America J_William_Ryan 20 hrs ago #31

Had he the brains to back up & call the police saying a woman was threatening him with a gun, Wonder Why 20 hrs ago #32

I'm Pretty Sure Everyone Here Was Operating From The Amygdala, Except One Had a Handgun DrFunkenstein 19 hrs ago #34

Clearly angrychair 18 hrs ago #53

Why did she exit her car brandishing the gun instead of just driving away? MichMan 19 hrs ago #33

By law, she isn't required to drive away Kaleva 18 hrs ago #49

She isn't required to shoot and kill either MichMan 17 hrs ago #60

larger male repeatedly physically advancing on female that is (repeatedly) stopdiggin 15 hrs ago #71

Based on what I saw, I'd say her actions were resonable Kaleva 11 hrs ago #105

Some of these responses are disturbing angrychair 18 hrs ago #52

Why does race have to be a factor? MichMan 17 hrs ago #58

Why does gender have to be a factor? MorbidButterflyTat 16 hrs ago #69

Why should race be ignored? Torchlight 16 hrs ago #70

Because, it always about skin color angrychair 14 hrs ago #72

"People haven't even seen the video" MichMan 13 hrs ago #95

I'm not assuming anything angrychair 13 hrs ago #96

We have video; he was not in a position to physically threaten her muriel_volestrangler 17 hrs ago #61

Interesting angrychair 14 hrs ago #73

I might put it as "the unarmed person didn't do anything wrong or threatening" muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #76

Then the unarmed man angrychair 14 hrs ago #79

I don't see "might is right" as a good guiding principle muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #81

No angrychair 14 hrs ago #86

'Malice'? No. Recklessness, yes. muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #88

We are done angrychair 13 hrs ago #90

"Victim blaming"? I'm not blaming the victim. The victim is the dead guy. muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #91

But his behavior was irrational Kaleva 3 hrs ago #111

Being irrational is not a reason to be shot. muriel_volestrangler 3 hrs ago #113

Approaching someone armed with a gun is highly irrational behavior Kaleva 1 hr ago #114

No: we must be absolutely clear: her behaviour was extremely irrational, and she killed him as a result muriel_volestrangler 47 min ago #115

sorry, I see her as a gun humper Skittles 12 hrs ago #102

Sorry angrychair 12 hrs ago #103

SHE could have driven away too Skittles 11 hrs ago #106

He was the aggressor angrychair 11 hrs ago #108

That's just stupid. I can't imagine shooting someone over a parking space. Vinca 17 hrs ago #59

I am not to say this was justified or not, but I have a question sarisataka 17 hrs ago #63

He should have MichMan 16 hrs ago #64

So she is just supposed to stand there angrychair 14 hrs ago #77

You see an "attack"; I see an argument muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #78

I see centerists angrychair 14 hrs ago #82

As I said, I really don't understand where "centrists" come into this muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #83

No angrychair 13 hrs ago #89

Very few people deserve to be killed sarisataka 14 hrs ago #84

Another thing to keep in mind is that... LudwigPastorius 4 hrs ago #110

I agree Kaleva 3 hrs ago #112

Bottom line, stupidity got him killed. Buddyzbuddy 16 hrs ago #65

"That's an entitled man that was used to scaring other people into doing what he wanted." MorbidButterflyTat 16 hrs ago #68

Leave it to judge and jury. Sneederbunk 16 hrs ago #66

Black woman, white older man csusan 14 hrs ago #80

Having been right is poor consolation when you're dead or in prison. RockRaven 14 hrs ago #85

In MN, she'd be incarcerated, whatever her story, because she didn't physically run away first. OC375 13 hrs ago #92

MN has castle doctrine sarisataka 13 hrs ago #93

Castle doctrine in name only. OC375 13 hrs ago #97

Can you provide a case sarisataka 13 hrs ago #98

State vs Blevins 2024 OC375 12 hrs ago #99

Not in the home sarisataka 12 hrs ago #100

We'll have to see... OC375 12 hrs ago #101

you have completely misrepresented almost the entirety of what the stopdiggin 5 hrs ago #109