Posted on 01/03/2024 10:08:57 PM PST by Spktyr
Never *publicly* identified, I believe. As in the police didn’t release his name.
Of course, the writer would have to actually have a minimum of skill to make that clear to the reader...
Actually, it may not have cost him anything. Putting up a defense in front of the Grand Jury is a bit unusual in Texas. This was shot down by the Grand Jury before it became formal charges or went anywhere near a trial. He may not have had to spend anything.
Generally speaking, in Texas, you actually can. There are, of course, rules and exceptions.
To be fair, that last shot was a bit questionable per the rules in Texas. However, the Grand Jury agreed with the shooter that it was necessary, so that’s all that matters.
That’s one possibility, though there’s another interesting one - the DA might have deliberately placed the bill before the Grand Jury expecting to get a no-bill from them. In Texas law, if the Grand Jury no-bills a shooting, the shooter cannot be sued for wrongful death in the civil arena. There are cases in the Dallas area where the then-DA did exactly that to protect the shooter from a loudly litigious criminal’s family while personally having zero problems with the shoot.
This is a liberal DA in Houston, so I doubt it, but it’s certainly possible.
I’m sure he lawyered up as soon as he was arrested? I would. And owning a taco stand doesn’t make you rich. But I do hope it didn’t cost him too much because he isn’t getting any of it back.
The shooter was not the owner of the taqueria - just a customer that we know almost nothing about as he has never been identified to the public.
He was also *never* arrested, only questioned and released.
OK, well that is good. :)
See my post number 25 above.
Yes, and he was good right up to the last one or two shots. I’m always on here saying let the perp bleed out before you call 911 but the last two, on video, should have gotten him indicted, ESPECIALLY in Harris county. I’m happy with the outcome.
I suspect the grand jury was filled with people who are sick to hell of all the crime they are dealing with regularly in their sh!t-hole county.
When you threaten the life of an innocent person, your life forfeits the protection of law.
Elsewhere, too. Grand jury proceedings are ex parte, only the prosecution gets to make a case. Grand juries are used to compel testimony and elicit evidence for the purpose of investigating a crime. My wife testified before a grand jury, and had a lawyer with her. She did nothing wrong, but her boss was a doctor who had defrauded Medicare. She was the administrator of one of his nursing homes (he owned two), but she never handled billing, and had no knowledge of his Medicare billing practices. The lawyer was a family friend, and she cooperated, though she knew nothing about the crimes, and they soon lost interest in her.
Because murders go to grand juries in Texas
The shooter is very lucky, and this incident underscores the wisdom of living in a freedom loving state vs. a progressive hellhole.
Justice was served. The right decision was reached and the robber got his just deserts.
That is a good option, but I agree with you that a liberal DA is not likely to go that route.
According to the perversions of Diversity-Inclusion-Equity and Critical Race Theory, self defense doesn’t apply to white people.
See post 34.
Another article noted that the “no bill” returned by the Grand Jury was unexpected by the Houston DA who is a Soros toady. She expected that the GJ would find that the last shot that targeted the head of the prone perp would elevate the incident to murder. Instead the GJ seemed to send a message that this incident was a FA-FO moment for the perp and the last shot, while probably unnecessary was not over the line.
>Because murders go to grand juries in Texas<
Soros DA, Kim Ogg, is very disappointed in the outcome.
EC
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