Posted on 11/09/2023 2:00:42 PM PST by thegagline
Jillian Ludwig was an 18-year-old musician from Wall, New Jersey, pursuing her dreams in Nashville, Tennessee, studying music business as a freshman at Belmont University. On Tuesday, Ludwig, an “avid runner,” was fatally shot in the head by a stray bullet while she was out walking on a track in Edgehill Community Memorial Gardens Park. Tragically, the man later arrested as the shooting suspect is far from a stranger to police. In fact, the Davidson County District Attorney revealed the suspect was previously charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as recently as April, but the case went nowhere.
Why? Because suspect Shaquille Taylor, 29, was found incompetent to stand trial — and yet wasn’t eligible to be involuntarily committed to a mental health facility.
DA Glenn Funk said in a statement Wednesday that his office attempted to prosecute Taylor but he was released from custody on May 19, roughly half a year ago.
*** Funk said that “three court appointed doctors unanimously testified” that Taylor was incompetent to stand trial, that Judge Angelita Blackshear Dalton dismissed the case, and that Taylor went on to be released from custody as a result.
The DA said Taylor was released “[b]ecause the doctors did not find Mr. Taylor met the standards for involuntary commitment.” *** The details only worsen from there. From the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department’s press release:
Taylor had been last arrested on September 21 in a grocery store parking lot driving a Ford F-150 pickup truck that had been carjacked by two men wearing ski masks on September 16 on Whites Creek Pike near Dickerson Pike. Taylor did not admit to being involved in the carjacking. He was charged with felony auto theft and was subsequently released on a $20,000 bond. He failed to appear in court on that charge last Friday. A failure to appear warrant was issued by the court.
Just days after Taylor no-showed court in a separate felony case while out on bond, the suspect allegedly went on to perpetrate a shooting that had absolutely nothing to do with Jillian Ludwig but which nonetheless shattered her dreams and broke the hearts of her family, friends, and the Belmont University community.
“The investigation shows that Taylor was standing on 13th Ct when he opened fire on a car traveling on 13th Ct toward Deford Bailey Avenue at 2:24 p.m. Tuesday. At that same time, Ludwig was walking in the park located on the opposite side of Deford Bailey Avenue,” the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said. “One of Taylor’s shots is alleged to have struck Ludwig in the head, causing her to immediately collapse.”
Cops said that it took more than an hour for someone to notice that Ludwig had been shot. ***
This is what Soros wanted to happen with his purchase of DAs in blue cities.
I wonder how far this is from Martin Luther King Junior Blvd?
Competent enough to commit crimes though. That poor girl.
Incompetent to stand trial.
Literally put a dumb @$$ killer back out on the street…
Look at that filthy animal.
Sue the judge and sue the prosecutors as individuals, not as functions of the government. They made personal decisions on the matter, so they should be personally liable.
Judge Angelita Blackshear Dalton should be immediately disbarred and held in jail as an accessory to MURDER.
The Judge who released this criminal should be held responsible and charged with murder.
Put this bastard under the prison and leave him there.
CC
Do I need to see a picture of Judge Angelita Blackshear Dalton? Meh, prolly not.
Paging Wardaddy...
Stories like this make me believe all the more that Scott Adams is right.
How is it possible to be incompetent to stand trial for assault but not meet conditions for involuntary institutionalization?
The judge and prosecutors were working under the color of their office. It is very difficult to get around tort immunity.
Don’t we have government agencies who are paid to take care of problems like Soros?
Oh, wait! Never mind. They are probably being paid by Soros.
I have several black friends. They and I both stay out of ‘dark’ neighborhoods.
I know.
Nice catch! Thank you for the picture.
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