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

Tiglath wrote:
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>>>>>> On Jul 9, 2:57 pm, "Nigel Brooks" <nbro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>> On Jul 7, 10:14 am, "Nigel Brooks" <nbro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>> "D. Spencer Hines" <pant...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>> Barone discovered Steven Dunbar crawling through a
>>>>>>>>> shattered window and shot and killed him.
>>>>>>>> Completely different situation. Shooting someone breaking into
your
>>>>>>>> home is amply justified, you don't have to wait until he
threatens
>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>> directly, it may be too late then.
>>>>>>>> But the other case is completely different. The two crooks were
>>>>>>>> LEAVING a neighbor's house and posing no danger whatsoever to the
>>>>>>>> shooter. If they had been assaulting or raping someone the
shooting
>>>>>>>> would be justified but not for just stealing things.
>>>>>>>> ONE tooth for ONE tooth, not the whole ****ing head for one
tooth.
>>>>>>> The point is that Jackson Lee would never have bothered about it
if
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> were
>>>>>>> a black on black or white on white killing. She is weighing in
>>>>>>> because of
>>>>>>> her perception that racism was involved.
>>>>>> If THAT is the point I'm not interested. I've no time for perceived
>>>>>> racism and political correctness bull****.
>>>>>> The killing was criminal Horn should stand trial for murder.
>>>>> Obviously the Grand Jury disagrees with your conclusion.
>>>> Not surprising.  Texas law makes those killings lawful.
>>>> THAT is the problem, for those who haven't caught on yet.
>>> Not according to the Grand Jury.
>>> Case Closed.
>> I don't know if that's true.
> 
> Indeed.  Those posters think that Texas exists in a vacuum and that
> they can do as they please in their state all else be damned.
> 
> They seem oblivious they are part of a country.   Much of the material
> I read before I made my first post contains comments from readers.   A
> great number of them are from fellow trigger-happy people who think
> Horn deserves a medal.  A few are from other countries and people see
> that Texan aberration as an American aberration, it's only a short
> step to making it not an aberration but something typical of the
> American mentality.
> 
> And voila, the whole country is tarred with the brush that rightfully
> belongs to Texas and Texans alone.
> 
> 
>> The Federal Govt. in the past has intervened in certain types of
cases,,,,
>> but if these thieves were illegals that could make a legal difference.
>>
> 
> It made a huge difference in the minds of the grand jury, who were
> people fed up with Houston's crime problem, twice that of New York.
> Many of the crimes are committed by illegal aliens trying to cope.
> It's easy to see they thought Horn did everyone a favor.
> 
> But Horn didn't know the immigration status of the thieves when he
> shot them, they could have been first time offenders born in America.
> The law should be blind to this, but the grand jury wasn't, I
> suspect.
> 
> Venerable Joe Horn JUST had to defend himself his lawyer claimed -- an
> easy gig.    ELEVEN times he was told by the police dispatcher to STAY
> HOME and not go out, which would have kept him safe,
> notwithstanding.
> 
> .
If you are going to make a statement why cloud the issue with untruth 
facts. It was not a police dispatcher, but a 911 operator of which has 
no training in police procedures and Joe must have been aware of that
fact.

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