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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nWe wrote the other day about the the fellow, Michael Grace Jr, who was shot to death when he tried to rob a Pizza Hut in Charlotte, North Carolina. His parents, Temia Hairston and Michael Grace Sr., discussed it with WBTV<\/a>. They, of course, can’t understand why their son was killed by a Pizza Hut employee;<\/p>\n \u201cIf there was to be a death, it was not the place of the employee at Pizza Hut. That is the place of law enforcement,\u201d said Hairston.<\/p>\n Hairston and Grace Sr acknowledged that their son was breaking the law by robbing the business, and said they definitely don\u2019t condone what he did.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was an act of desperation, but I do not believe that Michael would have hurt anyone,\u201d said Hairston.<\/p>\n They said Grace Jr had fallen on hard times and resorted to crime to provide for his own child. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n They obviously don’t see the killing of their son as an act of self-defense, but some sort of retribution. <\/p>\n She said her son was shot in the head, and she thinks the shooting may have even been personal, citing past conflicts Grace Jr had had with other employees at the restaurant.<\/p>\n \u201cThis wasn\u2019t a body shot. This was a head shot. My son was shot in the left side of his head just behind his ear. A headshot is personal,\u201d said Hairston.<\/p>\n Even though their son was in the process of committing a crime, the family thinks his death was undeserved and unjustified.<\/p>\n \u201cEven a criminal has a right to a degree,\u201d said Grace Sr. \u201cI\u2019m not advocating what my son did.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There is so much about this that reflects the current attitude in this country that criminals are somehow justified, that the criminal deserves more consideration than his intended victims. There are social programs that were created to prevent folks from turning to a life of crime to support their families. She wonders why the employee had a gun, but she is not wondering why Grace had a gun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"