Thursday, January 04, 2024

The Move Toward Vigilantism

 You'll see more and more of this.

...A Harris County grand jury has declined to file charges against a man who shot and killed a robber who was believed to have been armed during a taqueria heist in southwest Houston in 2023.

According to District Attorney Kim Ogg, jurors "no billed" the shooter, who was a customer at the El Ranchito restaurant on South Gessner on Jan. 5, 2023, when 30-year-old Eric Eugene Washington entered the restaurant and robbed several customers. The shooting was captured on security video....

Harris County is solid blue.

2 comments:

Tito Edwards said...

Harris County is not solid blue. When is self-defense a crime?

Grim said...

The facts of the shooting don’t satisfy self defense law. However, the jury seems to have asked themselves, “How many armed robbers do we really need?” Juries have a perfect right to do that sort of thing.