KATHY POSNER ON CVS DRUG STORE DEATH
**** STEALING IS STEALING ON PLANET POSNER **** Kathy Posner It is tragic that shoplifter Anthony Kyser died as a result of a choke hold by a CVS employee (not identified) after being apprehended stealing toothpaste; but the employee did not commit murder. Kyser's criminal background includes a 2005 drug conviction in Cook County and a 1999 burglary conviction in Lake County, Ind. The police have ruled, I think, correctly that it is an accidental death.Nothing can justify the death of Kyser, but I do not think the action to kill him was deliberate on the part of the employee. I doubt if the employee woke up that morning and decided that he would slaughter any shoplifters that he apprehended in the store. He was just over zealous in his manner of detention; and he should not be punished for that. It is proper that no charges are being pursued because there was no indication he intended to harm Kyser. Crime records show that there were 15 thefts reported from the CVS in the 2600 bloc...