Re: The Saga Of Joe Horn: Texas Man Cleared In Shotgun Shootings

Nigel Brooks wrote:
> 
> "D. Spencer Hines" <panther@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Bravissimo!
> >
> > Another Victory In The Continuing Battle Of The Right To Bear And USE
> > Firearms In The U.S.A.
> >
> > DSH
> > Lux et Veritas et Libertas
> > Vires et Honor
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Texas man cleared of shooting suspected burglars
> > By JUAN A. LOZANO
> > ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
> > 1 July 2008
> >
> > HOUSTON -- Ever since he fatally shot two men he suspected of
burglarizing
> > his next-door neighbor's home, 62-year-old Joe Horn has been both
praised
> > and vilified for his actions.
> >
> > Horn called 911 and told the dispatcher he had a shotgun and was going
to
> > kill the intruders. The dispatcher pleaded with him not to go outside,
but
> > a
> > defiant Horn confronted the men with a 12-gauge shotgun and shot both
in
> > the
> > back.
> >
> > Some community activists wanted Horn to face charges for the deaths.
> > Sup****ters of the retired grandfather said what he did was justified
under
> > the law.
> >
> > After listening to evidence in the case, including testimony from Horn
> > himself, a grand jury on Monday cleared him of the shootings.
> >
> 
> Not so fast there - Apparently US Rep Sheila Jackson Lee has now weighed
in
> on the case.
> 
> *********************************************************************
> "U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Sunday called for congressional
hearings to
> investigate what she calls ''the many downfalls" of the Harris County
> judicial system.
> 
> Recent incidents, including a grand jury's decision not to indict a
Pasadena
> man who shot and killed two men suspected of burglarizing his neighbor,
have
> brought into question whether the system is fair and unbiased, she said.
> 
> Jackson Lee said she plans to bring the congressional hearings to
Houston in
> the next couple of weeks.
> 
> The hearings, for example, will *****s how the evidence in the Joe Horn
case
> was presented to the grand jury. Jackson Lee questioned why the case did
not
> go to trial.
> 
> Jackson Lee said the federal government has an obligation to look into
these
> matters because they deal with civil rights issues. Also, the jail and
the
> district attorney's office both receive federal funding through the
state,
> she said."
> 
>
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> 
> 1.  The case did not go to trial because a Harris County Grand Jury,
after
> considering all of the evidence including the testimony of Mr. Horn and
a
> Police Officer who witnessed the shooting - decided that Horn was
justified
> in using deadly force.
> 
> 2.  Sheila Jackson Lee does not even represent the citizens of the City
of
> Pasadena which lies in the Congressional District 29 of Rep. Gene Green.
> 
> 3.  Civil Rights Issues???????? -  Was it a civil rights issue because
Joe
> Horn is white and the two dead crooks were black?
> 
> 4.  A day after white Joe Horn shot and killed the two black crooks,
another
> Harris County man fatally shot an individual who was burglarizing his
home -
> Damone Barone told investigators that he awakened at 2:30 am to the
sound of
> glass shattering.  Barone discovered Steven Dunbar crawling through a
> shattered window and shot and killed him. Does Sheila Jackson Lee rise
to
> the defense of Dunbar demanding that the case go to trial????  Of course
> not - both Barone and Dunbar were black and Jackson Lee only sees a
problem
> in the Horn shooting - but clearly both Horn and Barone were acting in
> accordance with the law.
> 
> Nigel Brooks

actually, the two dead criminals in this case were both illegal
Hispanics....

redc1c4,
not that race should matter when a criminal is killed while committing a
crime. 
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