Our Era's Bernie Goetz

there's just no love for Brian Thompson

Back on August 31st, a professional football player named Ricky Pearsall was shot in Union Square (a high-end shopping district in San Francisco) by a 17-year-old kid who wanted to steal his Rolex watch.

Pearsall was on his way to an autograph signing event, and even though he was shot in the chest he was badass enough to actually leave the hospital the …