magerette
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Seems like we spend a lot of time discussing the morals and ethics of law enforcement issues and/or criminal behavior around the world, so I'm starting a thread for that sort of speculation and discussion here.
I'll kick it off with this appalling incident from China:
2 China Wal-Mart workers arrested after death
(Despite the wording, this is not about a posthumous arrest of two Wal-Mart employees, but about a group of workers beating to death a woman they claimed was a shoplifter. )
Whether the woman was guilty or innocent of shoplifting, if reported correctly and all the facts are in order, this seems like a case of worker loyalty/vigilante justice gone totally awry.
Please feel free to use this thread to discuss this or any other such incidents.
I'll kick it off with this appalling incident from China:
2 China Wal-Mart workers arrested after death
(Despite the wording, this is not about a posthumous arrest of two Wal-Mart employees, but about a group of workers beating to death a woman they claimed was a shoplifter. )
BEIJING – Two employees of a Wal-Mart store in eastern China were arrested after a woman was beaten outside the store on suspicion of being a shoplifter and died, a state-owned newspaper reported Tuesday.
The China Daily said Yu Xiaochun died 500 yards (meters) from the store in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
Local police said in a notice posted on their Web site that the 37-year old Yu was going home Aug. 30 when she was surrounded by five Wal-Mart employees — four men and one woman, all in their 20s — who accused her of shoplifting.
The police report said one of the men requested a receipt. But after Yu handed it over, she took it back, saying no one was wearing a Wal-Mart uniform and she didn't believe they worked there.
The report said they fought and Yu fell to the ground and was taken to a hospital, where she died Sept. 2.
Whether the woman was guilty or innocent of shoplifting, if reported correctly and all the facts are in order, this seems like a case of worker loyalty/vigilante justice gone totally awry.
Please feel free to use this thread to discuss this or any other such incidents.
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