7-Eleven Clerks Being Investigated For Assault In California After Defending Their Store From Would-Be Robber

Two clerks who defended their 7-Eleven from a brazen robbery in Stockton, California are now being criminally investigated for assault after hitting the would-be robber with a stick, thwarting his illegal efforts. 

As previously reported by the DC Enquirer, the robber was throwing cigarettes off the shelf by the handful into a large trash can, loudly proclaiming about how the clerks couldn’t do anything to prevent him. When the thief attempted to leave with his stolen tobacco, one of the clerks grabbed him by the shirt and threw him to the floor. Afterward, the other clerk approached with a large wooden stick and began beating the robber who continued to resist. 

In classic California fashion, defending your belongings and property is being punished. Both the men featured in the video are now being investigated for assault. The robber is also being investigated, though with California’s track record of failing to ever actually punish any real criminals, there's no reason for anyone to get their hopes up. 

The most disappointing part is that this is not the first time the man has stolen from the store. The clerks claim that he has stolen two other times and has made numerous threats against the clerks. You’d think someone who has stolen numerous times and made threats against workers would be punished, especially when their identity is known, but alas California is not a land where the law ever hopes to prevail. 

Some have attempted to claim the charges are justified, claiming that the force used against the robber was excessive. The man in the video hit the robber with the stick upwards of two dozen times all while the man was on the floor begging for mercy, but how much sympathy should really be awarded to the robber?

Was the robber injured? More than likely so considering how many times he was hit. Was he killed? Of course not, the injuries sustained would be nowhere near enough to kill him. Does he deserve injuries for attempting to blatantly rob a store while mocking the workers? Of course, he does. No sympathy should be given to this man who is a repeat criminal with no respect for the workers or the law. 

California is just continuing its policy of punishing people for defending their property all the while completely ignoring the skyrocketing crime rate in their cities. Of course, the state will argue that its crime rate is relatively low compared to other states, but considering how much of the crime in the state goes unreported and unpunished, that metric certainly isn’t one to believe.