There was a time somewhere between learning that there were pretty things in the world that we didn’t have the funds to afford, and the rude awakening of “oh shit, I can be arrested for this,” that we have all shoplifted something we probably don’t remember today.
Whether it was a piece of candy Mom said no to, or some clothing item we were sure we would die without, I am going to go ahead and say we are all human and make shoplifting mistakes.
But is that means for us to be shot dead?
A 27 year old Shelly Frey, who was shot and killed, in front of her kids, for shoplifting from a Texas WalMart.
According to news reports, which paint the deceased as the aggressor and the armed guard as the hero, when Shelly was confronted at the store’s exit, she hit the off duty police officer with her purse and fled to a waiting car.
The guard then chased them into the parking lot and held their car door open in an attempt to stop them from leaving, but the driver sped off. The guard fired, and the bullet hit Shelly Frey in the neck. She died shortly thereafter, in front of her children.
The story itself was gruesome enough, but what was even more troubling was the commentary that followed on posts about Shelly’s death.
