man shot by Detroit gas station clerk from behind bullet proof glass?

[CassTechGrad]

“Online records of the Michigan Department of Corrections show that Mr. Joshua Lewis had been released from jail in September because of COVID and had absconded from parole Oct. 2.”

“Officials say at about 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 12 Hizam observed Lewis breaking the glass of a “coin pusher” game with a hammer.”

[Meddle]

“Online records of the Michigan Department of Corrections show that Mr. Joshua Lewis had been released from jail in September because of COVID and had absconded from parole Oct. 2.”

“Officials say at about 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 12 Hizam observed Lewis breaking the glass of a “coin pusher” game with a hammer.”

Neither of which are death penalty offenses nor put the clerk in immediate fear of his life.

[softailrider]

Neither of which are death penalty offenses nor put the clerk in immediate fear of his life.

That’s very true but I’ve never gone into any store and starting banging on a vending machine with a hammer. Wouldn’t want to push my luck that someone might take offense.

[CassTechGrad]

“Online records of the Michigan Department of Corrections show that Mr. Joshua Lewis had been released from jail in September because of COVID and had absconded from parole Oct. 2.”

“Officials say at about 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 12 Hizam observed Lewis breaking the glass of a “coin pusher” game with a hammer.”

The point of my post was to point out that Mr. Lewis has had at least one previous run-in with the law. We all make mistakes so the state gave him a second chance and let him out on parole. And what did Mr. Lewis do with his new lease-on-life? Well, he violated his parole and became a wanted man, then he decided it would be a good idea to go to the corner party store and commit another crime by smashing a “coin pusher” with a hammer. Does this story sound familiar? It’s the George Floyd story but with a new cast of characters. It goes like this: get in trouble and go to jail; get out and commit new crimes; get killed in the process. Same story as in Ferguson, Baltimore, and everywhere else. What is the moral of this sad story?

[Henry Whalley]

Does this story sound familiar? It’s the George Floyd story but with a new cast of characters. It goes like this: get in trouble and go to jail; get out and commit new crimes; get killed in the process. Same story as in Ferguson, Baltimore, and everywhere else. What is the moral of this sad story?

I haven't followed these stories and need more information about each case before deciding if there's a single moral to be drawn, to wit, what was the nature of Mr. Lewis' first run-in with the law? I know George Floyd's criminal history. But what did those men in Ferguson or Baltimore do to land behind bars for the first time?

If they ran afoul of bad laws, such as the prohibition of drugs, then we should drop said laws. If they are men of low character, then we should judge them by their character and keep them behind bars without parole and not see them as social martyrs. Or maybe they were just born unlucky enough to cross paths with doom in the form of another unlucky hombre whose day to become a killer had arrived, and “bang” they’re defunct, in which case the moral is don’t be unlucky.

[softailrider]

The point of my post was to point out that Mr. Lewis has had at least one previous run-in with the law. We all make mistakes so the state gave him a second chance and let him out on parole. And what did Mr. Lewis do with his new lease-on-life? Well, he violated his parole and became a wanted man, then he decided it would be a good idea to go to the corner party store and commit another crime by smashing a “coin pusher” with a hammer. Does this story sound familiar? It’s the George Floyd story but with a new cast of characters. It goes like this: get in trouble and go to jail; get out and commit new crimes; get killed in the process. Same story as in Ferguson, Baltimore, and everywhere else. What is the moral of this sad story?

There is this saying, I think it might have been coined by John Wayne. It went something like this: “Life is hard, it’s even harder when you’re stupid”.