"Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver drove in the direction of the officers, almost striking one,"

Release the video so we can see this for ourselves, piggies. I'm willing to bet the piggy was nowhere near the car until they tried to jump into its path so as to justify magdumping a child.

Also I hate this passive news voice shit:

A child was killed after an officer fired upon a vehicle following a reported shoplifting at a Walmart in Mississippi, authorities said.

Phrasing it as though those are two separate, unrelated events. A cop fired at a car and a child was killed, we have no idea if these two events are connected in any way

Fun fact, if you're attentive at Walmart you can minimize your risk for getting caught in a "price dispute".

The sensory experience of being there is awful. The basic-ass radio has tons of ads and is interrupted all the time by the intercom. If you hear "Code Spark" on the intercom it means they are slammed at the checkout aisles and it's probably easier to get away with stuff. This happens often during or right before/after rush hour. If you hear them calling one single specific associate with an obscure job (like "Stockman") to the place where you are or to the checkout you're headed to, that's a loss-prevention alert. Change your route or drop off the stuff in a random aisle.

The people they have as incognito security guards do not wear vests or nametags, but they pace around. There are usually 1 or 2 of them per store at a time. If you see someone without a cart or basket or merch, and you pass by them more than once, that's probably in-store security.

There are usually multiple places where you can check out, and according to company policy, the people at the door do not check anything that is already in a Walmart shopping bag.

If you wanted to get a good deal on diapers (or anything that doesn't fit in a shopping bag) it would be VERY easy to print out a barcode for a cheaper diaper box, slap it on, and scan that during checkout. A plausible receipt is your best defense. Their greeters are usually not canny enough (nor do they have time) to discern whether the code on the receipt is really the right one or not. And if they dispute something that you can claim is a line item on your receipt, be exasperated but polite and tell them you don't want to waste your time arguing, and walk out.

You do not hurt the store employees by taking things. The biggest night-and-day difference in lost merchandise translates to about a $0.05 per hour difference in their annual raise.

Save Money, Live Better. Shoplift.

I don't understand how anyone with more than zero brain cells can defend the police in America at this point. It's just murder after murder after murder. All they do is murder.

Fuck the Walmart employee that called the cops. I hope this haunts them for the rest of their lives and they rethink ever calling cops on a shoplifter again.

I miss working at grocery stores because I would steal diapers and formula and donate it to food banks and food not bombs.

Always had the weird handful of coworkers at those places that took joy in stopping shoplifters like they owned the fucking business or it was coming directly outta their check or something