Armed Robber’s Widow Suing Store Clerk Who Shot and Killed Her Husband During Robbery Attempt
You just can’t make this shit up. The lawsuit should be tossed and the attorney fined for filing the complaint. That would shut a few of these asshole lawyers down. Oh yeah, his immigration status may be in question, and he has already been up on murder charges once before in 2003.
Cases like this are exactly why if your state does not have a self defense immunity law, you need to be pushing for one. Many states have laws stating that if a shooting is ruled justifiable you cannot be sued in civil court over the incident.
On to the story. In New Mexico a widow is suing a store clerk who shot and killed her husband when he tried to rob the clerk’s store in 2010.
The widow’s case alleges that the shop clerk bears more of the blame for her husband’s death than her husband does because he had time to call the police instead of shooting her armed husband.
Yes, that’s right, she thinks the clerk is more at fault.
Sedillo’s attorney, Amavalise Jaramillo, the attorney for Sedillo’s widow, said it all comes down to who had more fault in the case.
While Jaramillo acknowledges the suspect’s role in what happened, he said Beasley shares more blame.
“He does bear some fault, but it’s like a pie. You divide out the fault accordingly, and Mr. Beasley could have done something different,” Jaramillo said.
Seriously? This isn’t a car accident where two people both did something stupid resulting in a car accident. This suspect chose to rob this store. He chose to bring a gun. He chose to point that gun at the clerk. The only choice the clerk made was refusing to be a victim.
The attorney went on, “He had no basis to believe that his life was in danger,” Jaramillo said. “Most robberies end with an attempt to get money. They really don’t kill the clerks.”
WTF? So the clerk was just supposed to put the trust for his life in the hands of a man who was pointing a gun at him, and apparently a bit desperate?
The lawsuit is also going after the owner of the shop as well as the local police department, because you can never sue enough people, right?
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If you watched the O’Reily factor on FoxNews today you would have head about the Oregon woman who was choked and raped following a 911 call to police.
Quote the dispatcher: “I don’t have anybody to send out there. You know, obviously, if he comes inside the residence and assaults you, can you ask him to go away?
Ask him to go away????
You can’t make this shit up. Hell, even the SNL writers couldn’t make it up.
Site:
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3636/oregon_woman_raped_after_police_refuse_to_send_out_response_unit
If this woman was armed and trained she could have defended herself and then of course, without hesitation, the cops would have been on her like stink on shit cause the shot the dude!
TJ – I did see that, pretty sad commentary when you can’t get help. She would have been better off shooting the perp, then let the jury hear the 911 call.