Evan Thomas
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Doublea A said:The woman with her baby was not very smart at all. Once the bad guy came in demanding $$$$$ she should have removed herself and the baby out of the area. Instead she was standing there knowing that a robbery was standing place.
She was probably standing there in shock and disbelief.
I fail to see the point of attacking the woman with the baby as "not very smart," "idiotic," etc. A couple of thoughts: first, in the sequence shown on the video, it takes, what, two or three seconds from the time the suspect appears until the woman starts to move, which she does when the clerk's gun comes out and he starts shooting. Also, we don't know what was said: if a man with a gun comes up to the average person and says something like "Nobody move! Give me the money!" I think the average, untrained, unarmed person will comply. And most of the time (not all, but most), this would be an OK choice: the robber is after money, and will leave when he has what he wants. (Note, however, what I said in a previous post: given that woman was within easy grabbing range of the suspect, I do think the clerk was right to draw and shoot.)
Even with training, people often freeze in an emergency; it's not reasonable to expect an untrained person to react instantly and correctly in such situations. Calling such people idiots is a particularly unattractive form of armchair quarterbacking.
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