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angrychair

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72. Because, it always about skin color

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 05:51 PM

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Even when people say

People haven't even seen the video and automatically lay blame at her feet and completely ignore, don't even mention, the actions of the old white man.

Very telling that only the actions of the Black woman get mentioned.

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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 10 hrs ago #1

His parking spot will be in an urn over the fireplace wolfie001 8 hrs ago #16

Oofff Hassin Bin Sober 14 min ago #87

Ah, America. Where the answer to every problem is a gun. sinkingfeeling 10 hrs ago #2

It was a middle aged Black woman angrychair 5 hrs ago #35

it would SEEM you are correct but.... democratsruletheday 5 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 5 hrs ago #39

What I saw was him closing the distance to her Kaleva 5 hrs ago #42

She tried angrychair 5 hrs ago #45

Retail stores have parking adequate for the holiday shopping season Blumancru 10 hrs ago #3

There's more to the story than this. flvegan 10 hrs ago #4

"Around the parking lot?" ... JustABozoOnThisBus 10 hrs ago #5

Testosterone poisoning? Miguelito Loveless 9 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 8 hrs ago #18

Yes, she warned him several times, backed away from him again and again, tried to put cars between them. Midnight Writer 8 hrs ago #22

100%. and Thank You! (for putting some realistic perspective on this incident) stopdiggin 7 hrs ago #29

Wow what a nasty take. Wiz Imp 8 hrs ago #23

nah. asshat really brought this on himself. stopdiggin 7 hrs ago #30

She did more than most would angrychair 5 hrs ago #36

It looked like a clear case of self defense to me Kaleva 5 hrs ago #43

Wow. Unbelievable. Wiz Imp 5 hrs ago #44

If the guy was rational, he would have retreated the moment he saw the Gun Kaleva 5 hrs ago #50

and called for cops to arrest her for threatening him muriel_volestrangler 3 hrs ago #62

It's a stand your ground state. NutmegYankee 5 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 4 hrs ago #57

100% agree bluestarone 1 hr 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 7 hrs ago #26

That isn't the whole story angrychair 5 hrs ago #37

stop making sense.... democratsruletheday 5 hrs ago #40

People should be nicer to one another. twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #6

Don't wanna make it about me but as a 66 yo white male..... wolfie001 8 hrs ago #15

It looks like he was stalking her but she should have retreated to her car and not brandished the gun. Ritabert 9 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 8 hrs ago #19

maybe it's the "Exception that Proves the Rule" Hieronymus Phact 7 hrs ago #28

Plus 2 bluestarone 57 min ago #75

I'm Sorry, But She Had Ample Opportunities to Return to the Store, Drive Off, Whatever DrFunkenstein 8 hrs ago #12

She tried angrychair 5 hrs ago #41

I didn't see in the video where he was preventing her from driving off MichMan 5 hrs ago #46

In Florida that's legal angrychair 5 hrs ago #51

I noticed MorbidButterflyTat 2 hrs ago #67

Old loser white guy kept on wolfie001 8 hrs ago #13

I am guessing that there is a backstory here, and not a pretty one. niyad 8 hrs ago #14

If This Was a Black Man and a White Woman, Imagine the Fox News Coverage and Campaign Ads DrFunkenstein 8 hrs ago #17

This could go either way NewEnglandAutumn 8 hrs ago #20

It was an argument over a parking spot. sop 8 hrs ago #21

If the guy was rational, he would have backed off as soon as he saw the gun Kaleva 5 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 5 hrs ago #48

Floriduh. SergeStorms 8 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 7 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 6 hrs ago #32

I'm Pretty Sure Everyone Here Was Operating From The Amygdala, Except One Had a Handgun DrFunkenstein 5 hrs ago #34

Clearly angrychair 5 hrs ago #53

Why did she exit her car brandishing the gun instead of just driving away? MichMan 6 hrs ago #33

By law, she isn't required to drive away Kaleva 5 hrs ago #49

She isn't required to shoot and kill either MichMan 3 hrs ago #60

larger male repeatedly physically advancing on female that is (repeatedly) stopdiggin 1 hr ago #71

Some of these responses are disturbing angrychair 5 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 2 hrs ago #69

Why should race be ignored? Torchlight 2 hrs ago #70

Because, it always about skin color angrychair 1 hr ago #72

We have video; he was not in a position to physically threaten her muriel_volestrangler 3 hrs ago #61

Interesting angrychair 1 hr ago #73

I might put it as "the unarmed person didn't do anything wrong or threatening" muriel_volestrangler 56 min ago #76

Then the unarmed man angrychair 48 min ago #79

I don't see "might is right" as a good guiding principle muriel_volestrangler 45 min ago #81

No angrychair 18 min ago #86

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

We are done angrychair 4 min ago #90

"Victim blaming"? I'm not blaming the victim. The victim is the dead guy. muriel_volestrangler 22 sec ago #91

That's just stupid. I can't imagine shooting someone over a parking space. Vinca 3 hrs ago #59

I am not to say this was justified or not, but I have a question sarisataka 3 hrs ago #63

He should have MichMan 3 hrs ago #64

So she is just supposed to stand there angrychair 53 min ago #77

You see an "attack"; I see an argument muriel_volestrangler 49 min ago #78

I see centerists angrychair 30 min ago #82

As I said, I really don't understand where "centrists" come into this muriel_volestrangler 28 min ago #83

No angrychair 6 min ago #89

Very few people deserve to be killed sarisataka 25 min ago #84

Bottom line, stupidity got him killed. Buddyzbuddy 3 hrs ago #65

"That's an entitled man that was used to scaring other people into doing what he wanted." MorbidButterflyTat 2 hrs ago #68

Leave it to judge and jury. Sneederbunk 3 hrs ago #66

Black woman, white older man csusan 46 min ago #80

Having been right is poor consolation when you're dead or in prison. RockRaven 25 min ago #85