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Quanell X, community leader and head of the New Black Panthers, is probably a good ally to have on your side if you're a crime victim. After all, the man quite obviously knows how to grab headlines. His innate showmanship -- that keen ability to lure in the media -- is what helps him bring attention to cases that aren't as visible in the first place. (SNIP) But in the other case -- the rape of an 11-year-old Hispanic girl by a group of 21 African-American men in Cleveland, Texas, in 2011 -- the young girl was very much the...

Use the FR search engine for Joe Horn. This Houston incident, in 2008, shows strong similarities to the current imbroglio in Florida. Many community rabble pimps, Sheila J. Lee, et al, called for Mr. Horn's head. The Grand Jury refused to indict Mr. Horn for shooting two black, illegal alien burglars. The burglars broke into a neighbors home, during the day. Horn confronted them and killed both when they made aggressive moves toward him, one even had shotgun wounds in his back.

The democratic left is against the right of individuals to defend their lives and property. They oppose Americans being armed to defend themselves in their communities, they don't like people fighting especially if the victim stands up for himself, they don't even want Americans to have a military. This is mainly because the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness is in opposition to the leftist ideals of collectivism and group think. Property and life are especially immoral to the left. Growing up in school I was told that I had to get a teacher if I was...

Pasadena officers talked to girlfriend after shootings A woman who knew one of the burglars gunned down by Pasadena homeowner Joe Horn told police she had warned her friend that his habit of breaking into homes would cost him his life, according to recently released police records. As part of a 31-page police report, Diamond Morgan, 24, of Houston, told Pasadena police investigators that she knew Diego Ortiz was a criminal. "Morgan stated that she told Ortiz three days ago that he was going to end up dead for the things that he was doing," police detective M.E. Bruegger wrote...

U.S Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee today said she has called for congressional hearings to investigate what she calls ''the many downfalls" of the Harris County judicial system. Recent incidents, including a grand jury's decision not to indict a Pasadena man who shot and killed two men suspected of burglarizing his neighbor, have brought into question whether the system is fair and unbiased, she said. The Democrat, who represents District 18, said she is also concerned and frustrated about derogatory e-mails circulated in the Harris County Sheriff's Offices, the mishandling of DNA by the Harris County District Attorney's Office and the...

Since last October, Joe Horn has kept his voice to a minimum, granting few interviews to the media and erecting a prominent “No Trespassing” sign in the front lawn of the Pasadena home where his notoriety began. In the two days since a Houston grand jury decided not to indict Horn in the fatal shootings of two men he claimed were posing a threat to his life, the 62-year-old Pasadena retiree has suddenly become more talkative. By Wednesday, Horn, with his lawyer by his side, had granted excusive interviews to several print, radio and TV news entities, including Diane...

Jay and I have been bantering the 'Joe Horn' case, discussing various aspects of it and what it means to the greater society. Along the way, Jay mentioned the concept of 'duty to retreat'. The concept is based on the idea that when faced with an aggressor, a person has a moral duty to avoid confrontation, to give up ground and back away. That when a criminal gets it in his head that he wants to take something, we should just let him do so. That if he hurts someone, we should not try to prevent it. That the most...

Albert Einstein once said "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Yesterday DBKP wrote about Joe Horn, the Texas man who was cleared by the Harris County Grand Jury after he shot two illegal "immigrants" when they had broken into a neighbor's home in Pasadena TX in November. Horn's actions, that of a private citizen using deadly force against someone committing a felony, were covered by a new Texas statute, the Castle Law, or Senate Bill 378. “Don’t go outside the house,” the...

Joe Horn, the infamous neighbor in Pasadena TX who shot two suspected burglars in the back in broad daylight last November, has been cleared by a Texas Grand Jury. According to the Houston Chronicle, Horn "confronted" two men who had allegedly broken into a neighbor's house. Horn had called 911 where his conversation with the operator had been taped: “Move,” Horn can be heard saying on the tape. “You’re dead.” Boom. Click. Boom. Click. Boom. Horn redialed 911 and told the dispatcher what he’d done. “I had no choice,” he said, his voice shaking. “They came in the front yard...

'Castle Doctrine' Gives Texans Unprecedented Authority to Take Action Against Intruders A Texas man who shot and killed two men he believed to be burglarizing his neighbor's home won't be going to trial. A grand jury today failed to indict Joe Horn, a 61-year-old computer technician who lives in an affluent subdivision in Pasadena, Texas.In the Lone Star state, where the six-gun tamed the frontier, shooting bad guys is a time-honored tradition, and Horn's case centered on a Texas state law based on the old idea that "a man's home is his castle." The "castle law" gives Texans unprecedented legal...

A Harris County grand jury decided today that Joe Horn should not be charged with a crime for shooting two suspected burglars he confronted outside his neighbor's home in Pasadena last fall.The decision to clear Horn of wrongdoing came two weeks after the grand jury began considering evidence in the case, including Horn's testimony last week.Horn, a 62-year-old retiree, became the focus of an intense public debate after the Nov. 14 shootings. Many supporters praised him as a hero for using deadly force to protect property, while others dismissed him as a killer who should have heeded a 911 operator's...

June 17, 2008, 3:11AM Grand jury could decide on Horn case this week By BRIAN ROGERS Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle TOOLS Email Get section feed Print Recommend (15) Comments (1065) Yahoo! Buzz Joe Horn, the Pasadena man who shot and killed two burglars after they emerged from his neighbor's home last year, regrets that decision, his attorney said Monday as a Harris County grand jury began hearing evidence in the case. "Was it a mistake from a legal standpoint? No. But a mistake in his life? Yes," said defense lawyer Tom Lambright. "Because it's affected him terribly. And if he...

RICHMOND — A woman sentenced to prison in a Sugar Land home robbery told a court an accomplice in the crime was one of the men killed by Joe Horn after they burglarized his neighbor's Pasadena house, prosecutors said. Rafaela Davila, 42, made the claim during a punishment hearing Monday in the court of state District Judge Cliff Vacek, said Fort Bend County assistant district attorney Mike Hartman. Hartman said police have not been able to verify Davila's assertion but have contacted prosecutors in Harris County to determine if it is true. "They (Harris County officials) were definitely interested in...

The 911 call came from a Pasadena, Tex., resident, who alerted police to two burglary suspects on a neighbor's property. Before he hung up, two men were dead by his hand. Joe Horn, 61, told the dispatcher what he intended to do: Walk out his front door with a shotgun. "I've got a shotgun," Horn said, according to a tape of the 911 call. "Do you want me to stop them?" "Nope, don't do that - ain't no property worth shooting somebody over, OK?" the dispatcher responded. "Hurry up man, catch these guys, will you? 'Cause I'm ain't gonna let...