Court throws out manslaughter charge against clerk in Detroit gas station shooting
Court throws out manslaughter charge against clerk in Detroit gas station shooting
The Michigan Court of Appeals has thrown out a manslaughter charge against a Detroit gas station clerk who locked the door before an angry customer shot three bystanders, killing one.
The Michigan Court of Appeals threw out a manslaughter charge against a Detroit gas station clerk who locked the door before an angry customer shot three bystanders, killing one.
Prosecutors have argued that clerk Al-Hassan Aiyash’s actions make him criminally responsible. But the appeals court said an involuntary manslaughter charge doesn’t fit.
It was “not reasonably foreseeable” that the customer, Samuel McCray, would pull out a gun and start shooting, the court said Wednesday.
All of this over $3.80.
If you ever find yourself in an escalating situation, please try to keep perspective of what is true risk / reward for pursuing vs walking away.
I found a gun loving channel on YouTube that had a “how to not get carjacked at gunpoint in Los Angeles or San Francisco” training video where they unloaded at the gas pump and across the car and didn’t mention to pay attention to what’s behind their targets.
Name one gas station in LA or SF that isn’t surrounded by people at all hours.
Just back away. Let them take the car. It’s not worth facing a manslaughter charge.
This. I have a carry license. I don't even carry because I don't go into dangerous situations like that, and if I somehow found myself in one anyway, I'd let them take my phone, wallet, car, whatever. Those things are insured and can be replaced. I can't think of a situation where being armed would help me. In close quarters, an attacker with a knife would win. At range, I can probably give up my stuff and run away.
In this case, though, it probably wasn't $3.80. That's what the cost would have been to the owner of the gas station, but to the cashier, letting a customer walk with goods could cost them their job. Definitely a different risk/reward
I don't know the details of the exchange in the store, but it sounds like it would have qualified as a strong arm robbery. The cashier was not giving away anything, the other person was forcibly taking it. Not sure what employer would fire somebody for being robbed, but that would factor into the risk / reward consideration. Is the risk of being required to put your physical safety at risk worth what I assume to be a minimum wage job? Maybe, for his situation, it was.