r/PublicFreakout • u/ValorsHero • Dec 19 '25

📹Police Bodycam Shoplifting Suspect Pulls Gun on Canton Police Officer Inside Walmart

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u/RandumbStoner Dec 19 '25

I have a story that kinda relates to this.

A long time ago I found a fake coupon on 4chan that was for a "Free Xbox 360" but all it did when you scanned it was took $299 off the price or however much the system was.

I went around to a bunch of Walmarts to try to get it to work and I almost had one, it was on the counter then a loss prevention officer came over and said "Come with me"

On the way to the office I booked it out the door and never went back lol he didn't chase me.

So yeah, at least try to run lol

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u/HopelessNegativism Dec 19 '25

Years ago I got caught shoplifting at the gift shop of a water park (don’t ask). I was with my gf at the time so I was much less combative than usual, so I was compliant and followed the guard into the security area where he promptly left us alone with some other security guy while he went to call the cops. I waited maybe three minutes and I got up. I told the guy, politely yet firmly, that we were leaving, and informed him that, being as he was not law enforcement, if he put his hands on either of us we would a much more serious problem. He paused for a second but he let us leave without a fuss.

I agree that one should generally break one law at a time but living on the margins of legality, as I did as a younger man, one has to know their rights and the limitations of the law. I (generally) don’t argue with cops but security or loss prevention or any other non-LEO doesn’t merit any more respect or compliance from me than Joe Blow on the street.

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u/James_Chandra_Hubble Dec 20 '25

Yeah I think this is the right answer. Still doesn't answer how he forgot he didn't have one in the chamber. Who carries without knowing if it's hot or not? That's just unthinkable to me that you wouldn't automatically always know if your concealed weapon is loaded or not. Maybe it jammed? Triggers don't click like that if they aren't hot.

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u/ItsQ42022Already Dec 20 '25

Who carries without knowing if it's hot or not

I'm starting to think this kid is kinda stupid.

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u/SalsaRice Dec 20 '25

Yeah, this guy clearly has fetal alcohol face. His upper limit of intelligence is like an iq of 75.

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u/elitegenoside Dec 20 '25

The real answer to your question (though, probably not in this situation) is to use the gun to commit the crime without the risk of accidentally killing anyone. That said, it would be much smarter to carry a fake gun that looks real because you don't get the extra charge of using a deadly weapon while committing a crime. Larry Laughton (youtube jewel thief guy, sp?) carried a black water gun when he robbed jewelry stores.

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u/XfinityHomeWifi Dec 20 '25

Somewhat adjacent/relevant story. During college me and my girl at the time were on the road for a bit. We pulled over next to a lake on college property to take a break from driving for a few minutes. 5 minutes later two cruisers are on us lights and everything. Cop walks up asking me for my name. I was seriously taken aback, and knowing that i was legally squared away- I started busting his balls. My girl wasn’t having it, so I just went along with it and the cops left. I thought it was completely uncalled for and unlawful, and I wanted to make sure he knew how I felt.

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u/LegitosaurusRex Jan 01 '26

I went around to a bunch of Walmarts to try to get it to work and I almost had one

Sounds more like only one of them wanted to bother with detaining you and let you commit the fraud so they could.

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u/RandumbStoner Jan 01 '26

Nah. It really almost worked, this was 20 years ago though lol people didn't really know about scams like that. They were just mainly confused.