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Ohio man, 81, fatally shoots Uber driver, 61, after scammers target both of them, officials say

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  1. No Worries

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    Perhaps Uber did not send their best.

    This is the consequence of
    • demonizing "the other" and
    • promoting an endless barrage of political messaging that "violence is out of control" and
    • ****wits like tinman et al who celebrate vigilante justice + 2A solutions.
     
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  2. JuanValdez

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    Don't know the law in Ohio, but in some states if you contribute to the death of a person while you're committing another crime, you can be charged for murder even if you didn't pull the trigger. Could be applicable here.
     
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  3. Amiga

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    pickup and drop off pkg is a feature of Uber

    who would use Uber to carry out a crime? Isn’t it easily traced back?
     
  4. hooroo

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    Fear doesn't justify killing another person. Old man Rittenhouse needs to die in prison.
     
  5. No Worries

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    Maybe he was just ... standing his ground ... which appears to be code for shooting black people and getting away with it.
     
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    Is it not straightforward? It's a serious question. Seems like the man murdered the woman.
     
  7. leroy

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    This x10000
     
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    In Texas, you can shoot an unarmed fleeing thief in the back under a limited set of circumstances, and its 100% legal.

    Pretty sure if this happened in Texas, he be getting a medal right now from the Governor right now.
     
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    I just saw a longer version of this video with sound and it’s awful. She’s begging for help as he shoots her again.

    To emphasize THIS IS NOT SELF-DEFENSE!

    This is MURDER.

    Celebrating and fetishizing “vigilantes” is going to get innocent people killed and people who might think they are acting righteously put in jail.
     
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  10. Phillyrocket

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    Never ceases to amaze me that the majority of people who own guns, are the least mentally equipped to make rational decisions when to use them.

    What a sad life you must lead to live in such fear that you need to “stand your ground” against an elderly woman.
     
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    the pranksters should get the exact same sentence as the murderer.
     
  12. Rocket River

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    I seriously doubt they will catch the Scammer
    Unless they already have

    We will see

    Rocket River
     
  13. Newlin

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    He shot her in the leg. She retreated begging him to stop and asking for help. So, he shot her two more times.

    I know this was a scam, but did he have to finish her off like that?
     
  14. Rocket River

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    That shows IMO a Depraved indifference
    I ruthlessness that needs to be off the street forever

    Rocket River
     
  15. Nook

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    This is entitlement.

    This old dude grew up in an era where as a white man, he could take things into his own hands and no one questioned his actions.

    Mix in possibly a little senility and a hand gun and this is what you have.

    I guarantee that this idiot still thinks it isn't his fault.

    That poor ashy old woman could barely walk, and still out there working to pay her bills and Jack Pardee shows up pointing a gun at her and shooting her because "he will get to the bottom of it".
     
  16. Nook

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    I do - first degree murder is the right verdict.

    This guy walked outside and despite protests shot an innocent uber driver in the leg and then shot her two more times and killed her.

    This is really clear cut - just because he is old or a supposed "upstanding citizen" doesn't mean he can do what he did.

    That old woman was out there in her 60's driving an uber to make ends meet - **** that guy.
     
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  17. Nook

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    Ohio - Kentucky - Pennsylvania - West Virginia - Mississippi - Alabama and Arkansas are all the same....... be it from poverty, isolation, control from a few wealthy families or just bad luck..... these are the worst states I have been to BY FAR.
     
  18. Reeko

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    hope he rots in prison for what’s left of his pathetic miserable life then burns in hell

    to execute an elderly woman like that is demonic and devilish

    he did this on March 25th and was just arrested and charged 2 days ago…insane how some people get all this free time with the police aware of what they did the entire time

    thank God she had a dash cam in her car or his BS story of “self defense” and her trying to rob and harm him would be believed with no arrest ever being made…it’s the only reason she might get any sort of justice because we all know without it she’d never be seen as a victim
     
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    Nice to visit but would never live there: Arky, Kentucky, West Virginia. If you like nature and such.
     

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