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A Los Angeles-based civil rights attorney called on northern California authorities not to prosecute the 7-Eleven clerks who beat an accused thief who allegedly struck the store multiple times.
Video taken by another customer at the 7-Eleven in Stockton showed a Black male casually sweeping cigarettes and other behind-the-counter items into a rolling trash can as a pair of Sikh clerks watched in horror.
Eventually, one clerk procured a long wooden plank and began striking the alleged robber while another man held him on the floor. Shortly thereafter, a man matching the description of the would-be thief later reportedly was examined by medics after complaining about shoulder and leg pain.
Local authorities are investigating the clerks, according to multiple reports. On “The Story,” anchor Martha MacCallum further reported a 7-Eleven worker told police the same culprit had robbed the store in recent days.
Attorney Leo Terrell, a Fox News contributor said the only individual who should be criminally investigated is the yet-unnamed would-be thief. He blamed California’s recent law raising the dollar-value threshold for stiffer shoplifting penalties for the incident, as the change in policy has also been cited for a statewide spike in mass retail crime.
“Who’s at fault? Very simply, the criminal,” Terrell said.
“Look how relaxed he is. That’s the Democratic law in California where the criminal is the victim because, you know, ‘the system is racist’,” Terrell added as video of the incident played.
