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Cop Killer Condemned Over T-Shirt Design
MyFox Houston ^ | 14 Jan 2011 | NED HIBBERD

Posted on 01/14/2011 8:10:40 PM PST by moonshinner_09

HOUSTON - There’s a new controversy brewing, involving an illegal immigrant who murdered a Houston police officer.

Juan Leonardo Quintero was sentenced to life without parole for gunning down Officer Rodney Johnson during a 2006 traffic stop.

Since Quintero could have been sent to Death Row, the sentence was viewed as a victory by his defense team. That team was provided and paid for by GRACE, the Gulf Region Advocacy Center , a Houston non-profit that represents poor defendants charged with capital crimes.

Now, GRACE is raising money by offering up t-shirts for a $20 donation.

Houston crime victims’ advocate Andy Kahan says he was dumbfounded when he learned the design on the t-shirts was created by Quintero.

He tried to get more information by calling GRACE, he says.

“They indicated it was one of their clients but they wouldn't go any further and they basically refused to tell me who it was. And then, of course, when we took a good look at the artwork, it was pretty plain and obvious it was Juan Quintero because you see his initials (on the design).”

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxhouston.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: alien; copkiller; houston; immigration

1 posted on 01/14/2011 8:10:42 PM PST by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

Part of a new lefty-rebel fashionista line to go with the “Mumia” collection at a Macy’s near you.


2 posted on 01/14/2011 8:13:06 PM PST by sinanju
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To: moonshinner_09

Quintero is a devoid who should have been put to death. He shot Johnson in the back of the head 4 times at point blank range. Another illegal alien that committed murder.

Johnson did not search Quintero properly. A fatal mistake. G-d bless him.


3 posted on 01/14/2011 8:22:09 PM PST by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: moonshinner_09

I say let him do it, hopefully make millions, then, let the widow of the man he murdered, sue him for all he is worth.

Seriously doesn’t she have any recourse? Can she take any of this money?


4 posted on 01/14/2011 8:43:37 PM PST by ConservativeChris
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To: moonshinner_09

He should have been sent to death row.


5 posted on 01/14/2011 9:46:01 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: moonshinner_09
Nice design, bro!


6 posted on 01/14/2011 10:51:46 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro)
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To: ConservativeChris
While Texas does have a "Son of Sam" law, repeated court cases have cast serious doubt as to whether these types of laws are Constitutional.

However next to nothing will stand in the way of a wrongful death civil suit filed by the family (think O.J. Simpson).

Its remains a real possibility that the family of the fallen officer can sue to attach any proceeds the murderer might realize with regards to the sale of these T-Shirts.

7 posted on 01/14/2011 10:56:46 PM PST by The_Pickle ("We have no Permanent Allies, We have no Permanent Enemies, Only Permanent Interests")
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To: The_Pickle

Does the family have standing to take money from the nonprofit that got him off Death Row? That’s where the money is going — not to the killer.


8 posted on 01/15/2011 12:23:12 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: HiTech RedNeck
The current "Son of Sam" laws are specifically aimed at proceeds realized but the criminal.

If he receives none, then the family will have no recourse with regards to funds realized by the non-profit organization.

9 posted on 01/16/2011 7:18:36 AM PST by The_Pickle ("We have no Permanent Allies, We have no Permanent Enemies, Only Permanent Interests")
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