An alleged shoplifter got more than he bargained for when he tried to swipe a candy bar from a convenient store in Brooklyn, New York earlier this week.
According to the New York Daily News, 29-year-old David Golson tried to steal a Snickers bar at around 11:15 pm from the Flatbush Avenue 7-Eleven, located near the Barclays Center, on Wednesday.
After his attempted pilfering, three over zealous clerks chased Golson, dragged him back into the store and ripped his clothes off in order to get their precious chocolate bar back.
The video of the ordeal was recorded by a bystander Wednesday, and then promptly posted online.
“I got nothing man! Why you biting me?!” Golson shouts out to two uniformed clerks and a plainclothes worker as they rip off his shirt and jeans, leaving him nearly nude.
At one point during the altercation, one customer yells:
“This is ridiculous – for some Snickers? This guy has no clothes on … will somebody call the police?”
“We are shutting this store down!” said the man videotaping the bizarre incident. “You’d better not come over here. It’s on camera. You’re attacking somebody. You’re attacking him.”
Golson was ultimately arrested and charged with robbery, assault, criminal mischief and criminal possession of stolen property.
As for the passionate employees who strip-searched Golson, a 7-Eleven spokesperson told NBC 4 New York that one was fired, while the two others will have to retake a class regarding safety and security at the convenience store.
The spokesperson added corporate policy and training prohibits workers from getting into physical altercations with suspected criminals.
Watch as David Golson, the alleged 7-Eleven Snickers bar thief, is restrained and strip searched in the video below:
Let's see if I get this right according to the video I just watched. The 7-11 employees are guilty of the following crimes, some of which happen to be felonies and even one which is a federal felony.
1) Unlawful retraint.
2) unlawfully preventing a person from leaving an area of his own free will ( in most states this is considered a form of kidanpping which then it beomes a federal felony ).
3) Assault
4) Battery
5) Attempted murder ( in some states if you bite someone you have to prove you do not have HIV or aids, if you are infected with either then it becomes a murder charge to one degree or another. IE: attempted murder or Premiditated attempted murder if you are infected and knew you were ).
6) violation of the alleged thiefs civil rights.
7 & 8) violation of the 3rd and 4th freedoms guarenteed to every individual of the United States by the bill of rights in the constitution which are (3rd) freedom from want and (4th) freedom from fear.
So let's sum this up: at least 5 felony's and 3 misdemeanors, unless you throw in racial profiling and racial prejudice, then all of them become felonies, I will never shop at a 7-11 again as long as I live.
Shame on 7 eleven And its spokesperson keep stripping people
Your a moron sir, look up shopkeepers privilage law in new york. Once, they seen that guy taking a whole box of hershey stuffing it in his pants on cameras then confronted him. I would like someone to rob your ass and see how you come up with this so called list of crimes of yours.
for what? trying to stop a robber? I'm sure if someone snatches your cell phone , you won't get angry and just say , oh it must have been an emergency he really needed it, its OK. Empathy is the word people like you lack and dragging this country into a hole which it never can climb out of.