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Burglar Assaults Elderly Lowe’s Worker, Store Adds Insult to Injury

Thieving Punk Gives 68-Year-Old​ Lowe’s Employee a Black Eye, Then the Store⁤ Hits Her with Something Worse

Donna Hansbrough admits she “lost it” when she was ​confronted by ⁣thieves in ‍her Rincon, Georgia, Lowe’s last ‍month.

The 68-year-old woman tried to stop a group from stealing more than $2,000 worth of⁢ merchandise from the store where she’d worked⁢ for 13 years — ⁣in violation of the company’s⁣ policies and the training she’d undergone.

The ⁤effort got her three blows to the face, one black eye and a big surprise from her employer that hurt⁤ even worse.

She ⁢lost her job, too.

Acting on ⁣Instinct

According to the Effingham Herald, a weekly newspaper in Effingham County, Georgia, Hansbrough was confronted with the thievery on June 25 in⁣ Rincon, a‍ small ⁢town about 200 miles southeast of Atlanta.

“They say that if you see somebody stealing something out the door, not to pursue, ‍not to go out. I‌ lost ⁤it,” Hansbrough ​told the Herald. “I grabbed the cart. I don’t actually remember going‍ out but I did. And I ​grabbed the cart that had‍ the stolen items in (it).”

It was against Lowe’s⁢ policy, but Hansbrough said she acted out of‌ instinct.

“I just ​got tired ​of seeing things get out⁤ the ‍door. I just … I lost it,” ‍she told the Herald. “I basically lost all the training. Everything they tell you to do, I ⁣just … I just lost it.”

For most normal people, it’s an ⁣understandable reaction. Even children understand that stealing is ‍wrong. And even ​children will try ​to defend what they consider to be theirs.

But Lowe’s doesn’t look at​ things like that, apparently. Hansbrough was fired.

(Lowe’s did not respond to a request for comment from Fox ⁤News. The Western Journal reached out to Lowe’s early Monday afternoon as well.)

Public⁢ Outrage

According to a news release‍ posted on Facebook by the Rincon Police Department, the three suspects were⁤ identified as Jarmar ​Lawton and Joseph​ and⁤ Takyah Berry (an uncle and niece team ⁢— talk about family values). Takyah Berry was identified‌ as the suspect with the cart Hansbrough tried to stop.

The⁣ release did‍ not⁢ identify which‍ of the three actually struck Hansbrough.

Lawton had been taken into custody, according to the‍ release, which ⁢did not​ give⁣ details. The two members of the Berry family — what a proud brood that must be‌ — remained at large.

To be fair, it’s easy to see ​why Lowe’s has ⁤the policy, even ‌if the company obviously doesn’t like stealing any more than the rest of the honest world.

In ⁣a litigious country, in a litigious age, ⁢a⁢ mega-corporation stands a good chance of getting sued over any injury‍ that ⁤takes place on its premises — whether it’s⁤ an employee who gets hurt ‍in a confrontation with a​ shoplifter, or a shoplifter with a ⁢keen sense ⁤of entitlement ‍and a keen, crooked lawyer.

But to be human, ‍it’s easy to get angry and ⁢disgusted that a woman⁢ who’s so clearly in the right on the‌ grounds of​ decency ‍has been so clearly wronged on the ⁤grounds ⁤of company policy.

And a lot of the⁢ social media response showed it.​ Here’s a sampling:

“Why punish the⁢ criminals when you can punish⁤ people trying to ​save their job and community..,” the Twitter user wrote.

And that’s⁣ exactly the frustration.

A Bigger Problem

Thanks to an ⁤infestation of prosecutors and district attorneys plagued with a sense of “social justice”‍ as opposed to simply “justice,” the country is ​awash in Democratic-run examples of what happens ‍when a community abandons the‍ attempt to enforce rules.

Thanks to the‌ Biden administration, the entire ‍nation is witnessing firsthand what it’s like ⁢to be in the middle of an ​ invasion of ​illegal immigration because the man ⁢who swore⁣ to ‍preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the⁣ United⁣ States has deliberately decided ⁣to break that oath in‌ the name of some Democratic higher value.

And‌ in a small town in Georgia, a ‌68-year-woman, acting alone, had finally decided she’d‍ seen enough of ⁣lawbreakers ⁣walking into her store and⁤ stealing with impunity.

So Donna Hansbrough “lost it” and​ tried ⁢to do ‍something about it.

And then ‍she lost her job.

Her black eye is healing, ​according to the ‌Effingham Herald.

The black ‍eye⁤ Lowe’s​ gave itself is going to ‌take a lot longer.

The‌ post Thieving Punk Gives 68-Year-Old Lowe’s Employee‌ a Black Eye, Then the Store Hits Her with⁢ Something Worse appeared first on The Western⁢ Journal.



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