Just wanted to clear up a couple of misconceptions in this posting. You state that Mr. Spiers disarmed the robber, and then shot him. From what I’ve heard, that’s not what happened. In fact, if it DID happen that way, Mr. Spiers would be facing charges, since he’d have just shot a disarmed man. According to what I’ve heard, the scumbag robbed Mr. Spiers and then came back at him later as Mr. Spiers was leaving the scene, brandishing his weapon and threatening to “blow his (Mr. Spiers’) head off”. At that time, Mr. Spiers drew his own gun and put a couple of bullets into the scumbag’s ten ring. Mr. Spiers refrained from pulling his gun when it was a simple robbery, but he pulled it out when the robbery escalated to threats of homicide. This apparently makes him too mature to deliver pizzas to your door, because you require your delivery serfs to be unarmed and vulnerable.
How long have you lived in Des Moines, Dave? I was living near 31st and Ashworth back in the early 90′s when the Drake Diner robbery occurred. Are you familiar with that situation? The robber entered the Diner, announced his intent to rob the place, and then killed the cashier and a waiter after he got the money from the register. If you attend Des Moines Menace soccer games, you might realize that the Menace’s soccer arena is named after the girl who was working the register that night. The robber didn’t have to kill them, because they were already cooperating with the robbery, but he killed them anyway. Why? It probably has something to do with him being a criminal scumbag, I would think.
I mention that old crime because those two victims are just your type of service industry employees. They were unarmed, and now they’re dead. But hey, at least you would have felt comfortable having them bring a burger to your table, right?
