shoplifting

South Carolina store owner acquitted of murder in 2023 killing of Black teen wrongly suspected of shoplifting

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A South Carolina jury on Monday found a store owner not guilty of murder in the 2023 shooting of a Black 14-year-old. Chikei Rick Chow, 61, who is Asian, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing him from his convenience store in Columbia, but maintained he acted to defend his son. The killing sent … Read more

Minnesota Dem suggests studying ‘benefit of shoplifting’ in committee clash, then says it was sarcasm

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Minnesota Democrat whose retort to a Republican about potential “benefit[s] of shoplifting” during a hearing on worker misclassification defended the exchange as sarcasm gone awry. During a Minnesota House Workforce and Labor Committee hearing this week, lawmakers reviewed information on how laws governing employee and independent … Read more