[FoxNews] After a worker opened fire on a would-be robber at a jewelry store downtown this past weekend, police took both the worker and the robbery suspect into custody.
CBS 2 reached out to the person who fired the shot, and others inside a jewelry store at 1 N. Wabash Ave. along Jewelers Row. No one wanted to talk on camera, but CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller said this was a clear case of self-defense on the employee's part.
The robbery happened just before 11 a.m. Saturday.
Surveillance video shows the would-be robber, who wore a red sweatshirt, walking around for about a minute before he took off running toward the entrance.
He began to bash in a glass case, and that's when the employee reached behind the counter and began shooting at the man before he tried to get away.
"The moment that person took an object and broke that glass, that person was committing a forcible felony," said CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller. "He was no longer walking around checking the place out."
For that reason, Miller said under the law, the employee legally defended himself and his business – even though the suspected robber was leaving when he was shot.
"The person in the store who was working there had the right to use deadly force under Illinois law, and Illinois law is very specific as to what constitutes self-defense," Miller said.
The statute reads clearly, "A person is justified in the use of force… to prevent imminent death… or commission of forcible felony" – and the category of "forcible felony" includes "robbery, burglary,"
After getting shot, the suspected robber is seen stumbling out the door. He circles back to pick up something he dropped before running up to the platform the Chicago Transit Authority Loop 'L' tracks – bleeding.
The employee who fired had a concealed carry license – and that protected him, according to Miller.
"If this person who did the firing didn't have a concealed carry; didn't have an FOID card, that store owner; store employee, would have been charged with a weapons violation - a felony," Miller said.
CBS 2 checked late Monday with Chicago Police, who said both the store clerk and the suspected robber were released without any charges. But police said the case is still under investigation.
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Yikes ... I wouldn't take legal advice from Miller. The video seemingly shows only crimes against property, no life-threatening threat to any individual working in the store. I don't see anyone being threatened or put in jeopardy by "lethal force." YMMV. Regardless of Illinois law as read by Miller, most classroom training cautions individuals NOT to shoot a fleeing felon, in part because that individual is no longer a threat. Honestly, I suspect that politics more than legalities controlled the charging decision.
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That jewelry store worker would still be in jail if his store was in California.
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It'd be a real quandary for me if I was a potential juror sitting through the jury selection process. No way in hell could I vote to convict somebody trying to protect his business by shooting a robber. But they make you promise under penalty of perjury to tell the lawyers the truth when they ask if you can be impartial. My heart would tell me to lie so I could free that worker but my head would want me to tell the truth so I could be excused from jury service.
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^That's why the progressives been beating you like a drum for a 100 years!
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Let the felon flee seems ill advised with respect to rape and other violent crimes. Releasing illegal immigrants that we can’t even identify seems like a bad plan as well.
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I was skeptical of Miller's comments, but looking on line he's been admitted to the bar since 1975 and his specialty is criminal defense.
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The law is now like trying to nail down a blob of mercury. Existing precedent is no guarantee of a similar outcome in the future.
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Casa Alitas offers shelter, necessities and travel assistance to asylum seeking families. Our guests arrive for a short stay, after their release from Border Patrol and ICE detention.
[FoxNews] Workers at an unmarked building suspected of housing migrants in Tuscon, Ariz. refused to answer Fox News' Rachel Campos-Duffy's questions and asked her to leave the facility, she reported Monday.
The "Fox & Friends Weekend" host received a tip to investigate the facility Casa Alitas, which had all signs removed from its exterior. She explained the lack of signs was a signal it was an NGO — non-governmental organization — housing illegal immigrants.
After asking if she could book a room, a woman behind the hotel counter asked Campos-Duffy to leave the building, claiming she was on "private property."
The woman refused to answer questions about whose property it was, instead asking security to escort Campos-Duffy out of the building.
"Casa Alitas is a program of Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona," the website states. "The Casa Alitas Leadership Team and Volunteer Service Coordinators support a network of paid staff, volunteers, and interns to create a safe, just, and compassionate refuge for the migrant families transiting through our Southern Arizona border communities. The Casa Alitas program is sustained by an inter-denominational network of faith collaborators and inter-organizational partnerships with federal, state, and municipal government agencies; universities and colleges; and other non-governmental organizations."
[PJMedia] Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is planning to relinquish his leadership position in November. He has served as the Republican leader in the Senate for nearly two decades. McConnell is expected to announce his decision Wednesday in a speech in the Senate chamber.
The Associated Press reports:
McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate.
His decision punctuates a powerful ideological transition underway in the Republican Party, from Ronald Reagan’s brand of traditional conservatism and strong international alliances, to the fiery, often isolationist populism of former President Donald Trump.
President Trump is not at all isolationist, just realistically America First. As in: Is this in our national interest? MAGA is not a slur
As with Joe Biden, questions have arisen about McConnell's physical and mental wellness. Last year, he was absent for weeks following an injury he sustained from a fall. His absence prompted speculation that he would resign, and there were even whispers of preparations for a leadership vote. He reportedly fell multiple times last year, and Republicans in the Kentucky state legislature ensured that their Democrat governor wouldn’t be able to nominate a Democrat as his replacement in the event of a vacancy.
In July, McConnell inexplicably froze during a press conference, sparking speculation about how long he would remain in the Senate. However, his staff says that today's announcement about McConnell's leadership post is unrelated to his health, and that he intends to serve out his Senate term, which ends in January 2027.
The timing of McConnell's resignation from GOP leadership is likely more tied to the presidential election and the likely return of President Trump to the Oval Office. The two men have differing visions and it seems unlikely that they'd be able to work together as effectively as they did during Trump's first term. McConnell and then-President Trump collaborated to transform the judiciary and successfully navigate three Supreme Court vacancies. But their relationship has been strained since Trump left office.
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McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate, a place where he looked in awe from its back benches in 1985 when he arrived and where he grew increasingly comfortable in the front row seat afforded the party leaders.
“One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter,” he said in prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press. “So I stand before you today ... to say that this will be my last term as Republican leader of the Senate.”
His decision punctuates a powerful ideological transition underway in the Republican Party, from Ronald Reagan’s brand of traditional conservatism and strong international alliances, to the fiery, often isolationist populism of former President Donald Trump.
Good fucking riddance turtle. But I doubt someone better will take his place.
He and other RINO DC Swampers have clearly forgotten what conservatism is and played personal gain politics at the harm to WE THE PEOPLE and our great nation.
Just like most Americans, Trump follows the simple logic of making sure you can feed and shelter your own, before taking care of others.
How much of the $35 Trillion in National Debt did he vote for over the years. Because Googling "Mitch McConnell Net Worth".... I see he will retire with $70 MILLIONS MORE than what he had when he was 1st elected back in the 80's.
We are hated no matter how much "help" we supply. We can be hated at no cost instead!
The rest of the world's problems are only made worse by the attitude of "Let Uncle Sugar fix it." All the people flooding across our borders should be making their own countries great. If there's suffering and upheaval involved in that for them, so be it. Ever was it thus.
In addition to the money not squandered overseas we would also be able to eliminate the bureaucracy that squanders it.
I could say so much more, but I think everyone here has their own addendums to contribute.
Let's hear 'em.
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Senate insiders tell me McConnell's surprise announcement is a desperate move to retain his grip on power, as his support within the conference is cratering following his disastrous attempt to rubber stamp Biden's open borders amnesty policy. Rather than face a formal vote of removal, McConnell announced his plan to resign the leadership post in November. Career Senate staff tell me momentum was building within the Senate GOP to formally oust McConnell as leader.
"Even a growing number of moderates were angry at the chaos he was sowing in the conference," one senior Senate GOP aide told me.
An open rebellion against McConnell was in the works due to his "repeated sabotage of Republican priorities and border inaction," the aide said.
Others told me McConnell's move was entirely cynical, and an attempt to cling to power for another 8 months.
He's just trying to get ahead of "a possible defenestration," one aide said.”
[IsraelTimes] US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. ‘This Is A Man ThatDoes Not Seem Demented’... is meeting with the top four leaders of Congress to press them to act quickly to avoid a looming government shutdown early next month and to pass emergency aid for Ukraine and Israel.
Biden is hosting House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 48.23020 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017... , D-NY, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. US Vice President Kámala Harris Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's former mistress, now a senatrix from California former 2020 Dem presidential hopeful, and Joe Biden's wing nut... is also in attendance.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says Biden invited the leaders to the Oval Office meeting because he wants to make sure US national security interests are "put first." She says those interests include continuing to fund the government.
"Look, what the president wants to see is we want to make sure that the national security interests of the American people get put first, right?" she said Monday as Biden flew to New York. "It is not used as a political football, right? We want to make sure that gets done."
"And we also want to see that, you know, that the government does not get shut down," Jean-Pierre says, adding that keeping the government open and functioning is a "basic, basic priority" of Congress.
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They are all so old and crippled they should have the meeting at Walter Reed. McConnell may get excited and stand up for a handshake too fast. Nancy would stop by Paul's room while there. Admiral Levine could do some prostate checks. And the tapioca pudding my friends, four star Michelin.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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[FoxNews] After a worker opened fire on a would-be robber at a jewelry store downtown this past weekend, police took both the worker and the robbery suspect into custody.
...46th president of the U.S. ‘This Is A Man ThatDoes Not Seem Demented’...
