Posted on 10/20/2020 8:22:31 PM PDT by Mount Athos
HPD Sergeant Harold Preston was killed in the line of duty today. Sgt. Preston has been with the Houston Police Department for 41-years and was due to retire at year-end. As tragic as that is, his death was 100% preventable. His partner also was shot and will survive his injuries. In addition, the shooters own 14-year-old son was shot. The suspect, Elmer Manzano, a convicted felon with multiple prior assaults on his record was in custody, detailed just a day before this tragedy occurred. On October 18, HPD Officers responded to a call from Mrs. Santos, stated that her ex-husband, Elmer Manzano, was at the location brandishing a gun threatening Mrs. Santos and her children. HPD Officers took Elmer Manzano into custody that day but Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg declined to take charges, instructing Officers to release him, and return the six bullets he had in his pocket, he was also allowed to keep his gun which he claimed was locked in his safe. Had charges been accepted, Mr. Manzano might be back on the street, but his gun and ammunition would have been seized and held as evidence. No gun would have meant no dead officer and injured officer.
Today, responding to another call from Mrs. Santos, Officers responded. Mr. Manzano answered the door with gunshots at point-blank range. The two officers and Manzanos 14-year-old son were hit. 100% preventable. The actions of Harris County DA Kim Ogg are inexcusable. While Mr. Manzano pulled the trigger, Kim Ogg put the gun in his hands. Her actions are directly responsible for the death of HPD Sergeant Harold Preston.
Citizens mourn the tragic and senseless loss of HPD Sergeant Preston They have an opportunity to ensure this does not happen again. DA Oggs fate is in the hands of Harris County voters NOW. She is on the ballot today. Vote to keep your streets, your neighborhoods, your homes, and your family safe. Vote to keep the men and women of law enforcement from preventable perils. Vote to hold Kim Ogg responsible for HPD Sergeant Prestons death.
Unfortunately Barr is just another variation of Sessions minus the recusal crap.
they should be subject to the insane rulings they make....
Unless the DA promised the police state omelette cannot be made without breaking the eggs...
So many bad kids shooting cops are out there because the cops enforced estranged husband bull sht edicts, keeping kids from discipline.
Now the leftists not only want to disarm ordinary citizens,they want to put guns in the hands of violent criminals.
With a last name like that, Ogg, I want to know if that is her maiden name or married name.
Ogg is a very important name in Soviet activities in the US in the first part of the 20th century. Just wonder if she is related to them.
Jail her as an accessory before the fact due to “negligence and malfeasance of office”.
Why is the DA not in jail?
In Texas, a felon can keep firearms in his/her residence for protection once the conviction is five years past. Federal law is different and when the two conflict, I think the Federal government customarily defers to state law.
In this case, violence was alleged when he was arrested and the gun should have been kept impounded until the case was resolved. That's how it's normally done.
They are going to have to change the title of this article about Ogg to “Kim Ogg, America’s top cop killer”.
WOULD make a nice line on a billboard or posters.
Guess the city didn’t get enough of their lesbian (prior office-holding) mayor so, like most inner cities, voted this Democrat in.
Ogg is a proud little shit, ain’t she. Unbelievable.
She should be stripped of her immunity.
I’m related by family to a Harris County Sheriff’s officer - It could have been him.
The DA would probably be personally immune from a lawsuit. Maybe someone could at least file a complaint with the Texas Bar Association.
Houston area ping
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