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In today's political climate with conservatives' affection for Nazis increasing daily, the incident at the Nashville Waffle House could have easily ended differently, with James Shaw Jr. being called an accomplice instead of a hero.
The half-naked, alleged shooter Travis Reinking, is suspected of wounding two people outside a Waffle House in a Nashville suburb, then, going inside and killing two more.
James Shaw Jr., a diner in the restaurant, waited for his chance to save his own life, and wrested the assault weapon from Reinking.
Shaw is being called a hero, and that is doubly true considering he is an African-American and Reinking is white.
In the extremely red state of Tennessee, had police arrived as Shaw took the gun from Reinking, the cops would have blown Shaw’s brains out.
To cover the cops’ mistake, Shaw would have been declared Reinking’s accomplice in the shootings. That he was justifiably shot by officers of the MNPD as Reinking handed him the gun so Shaw could take his turn killing restaurant patrons.
Fortunately for Shaw, he was no longer holding the AR-15 when police cars rolled into the parking lot of the Waffle House, after Reinking was long gone. Even with witnesses present throughout the entire incident, police interviewing them would have convinced the witnesses what they had seen was two shooters taking turns killing people.
Reports would have not cited Shaw’s actions as heroic, headlines would have read: One Shooter Killed by Police, Other Being Sought.
Good guy with no gun disarmed Waffle House shooter
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In today's political climate with conservatives' affection for Nazis increasing daily, the incident at the Nashville Waffle House could have easily ended differently, with James Shaw Jr. being called an accomplice instead of a hero.
The half-naked, alleged shooter Travis Reinking, is suspected of wounding two people outside a Waffle House in a Nashville suburb, then, going inside and killing two more.
James Shaw Jr., a diner in the restaurant, waited for his chance to save his own life, and wrested the assault weapon from Reinking.
Shaw is being called a hero, and that is doubly true considering he is an African-American and Reinking is white.
In the extremely red state of Tennessee, had police arrived as Shaw took the gun from Reinking, the cops would have blown Shaw’s brains out.
To cover the cops’ mistake, Shaw would have been declared Reinking’s accomplice in the shootings. That he was justifiably shot by officers of the MNPD as Reinking handed him the gun so Shaw could take his turn killing restaurant patrons.
Fortunately for Shaw, he was no longer holding the AR-15 when police cars rolled into the parking lot of the Waffle House, after Reinking was long gone. Even with witnesses present throughout the entire incident, police interviewing them would have convinced the witnesses what they had seen was two shooters taking turns killing people.
Reports would have not cited Shaw’s actions as heroic, headlines would have read: One Shooter Killed by Police, Other Being Sought.
Good guy with no gun disarmed Waffle House shooter
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