Posted on 10/18/2007 4:37:18 PM PDT by lowbridge
James Walton has been through a lot recently. The 70 year old senior citizen shot and killed 2 suspected burglars within a three week span at his business and place of residence in Dallas. This prompted a Fox News reporter to track him down and berate him on camera until he broke down and cried.(h/t Malkin, Riehl World View)
The reporter, Rebecca Aguilar, tracked the man down in a parking lot where he was buying a new shot gun to replace the one that was confiscated by police as evidence in the latest incident. From there she followed the man to his car where she stood over him and berated him with questions such as "Are you a trigger happy person? Is that what you wanted to do; shoot to kill?" (video here).
The Dallas police are defending Walton's actions. According to some reports Mr. Walton has made over 40 calls to police concerning break ins.
Police said Mr. Walton is allowed to protect his property. No charges were filed against him Sunday, though the case will be referred to a grand jury, police said.
"He's got a right to defend his property. What gives a stranger the right to go in and vandalize or burglarize his business?" said Dallas police Sgt. Gene Reyes. "He's within every legal right to do this."
Fox News has removed the video of the report and suspended the reporter in response to angry viewer outrage at her demeanor.
Apparently the thought that a person has the right to defend himself and his family on his own property seems to be a foreign concept to some people. The reporter was not merely reporting on the story when she tracked down Mr. Walton, she was accusing him of being a trigger happy person that enjoys shooting people. This is ridiculous. Standing over the man and berating him in such a thug like manner was more than the man could take.
Rebecca Aguilar was just named one of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists' Broadcast Journalists of the Year.
Terry Trippany is the editor and publisher of Webloggin
Should have fired her.
Bang!
I would have responded, "If I was trigger happy, you little gun confiscating pinko, you would not be alive right now!"
Someone should make her feel real bad.
Someone should make her feel real bad.
I suspect the reporter of the year was more diversity than good reporting.
She doesn’t sound very nice; does she?
even FOX has a goatse or two around...
So......was anyone able to capture the video before it was taken down???
She’s probably an active, card carrying LaRaza member....
what video?
I hope my emails hoped get this idiot suspended.
I can not post the words that are coming out of my mouth at this moment. I hope she is harassed until she has to buy a gun for protection...
"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by KDFW FOX 4 TV"
Losers.
Who is her supervisor ?
(just didn't have the guts to post it :)
The video that was on the reporter’s Fox station that was later pulled down.
Why Wasn't Management Suspended?
in the latter portions of the piece he says
However, is it really fair to suspend Aguilar, or at least Aguilar alone? I doubt that she hijacked KDFW's transmitter and went pirate to get this story on the air. News broadcasts have managing editors, and the Fox station would be no exception to this. Someone approved this for broadcast, and in so doing endorsed Aguilar's methods and report. How, then, can management turn around and suspend only Aguilar?
I don't mean to argue on Aguilar's behalf for the report. It demonstrates the typically snide and biased reporting that occurs on gun issues especially, and it shows what happens when reporters have an agenda other than getting the facts to the public. All of that can be said for the editor(s) who approved this segment for airing -- and we don't see them out of work. If Aguilar has some unpaid leave coming as a result of this incident, at least one other person should be joining her.
I think it's a good question.
He also has the video, though I don't know if it still is working.
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