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Texas grand jury declines to indict man accused of killing 9-year-old girl while sh
Hard cases make bad law.
The "Good Guy with a gun" myth
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Hard cases make bad law.
Ease the sheet.
ignoring stupid people is easy
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It's an accident. No crime was committed.
Luckily civil law recognises negligence and stupidity.
Luckily civil law recognises negligence and stupidity.
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
An accident that causes a fatality may or may not be a crime. Shooting a gun in a manner that kills another person, when the person killed was in no way committing any kind of illegal act, is in fact a crime. Shucks, prosecutors have put away shooters who plugged armed robbers when they were running away. An innocent drive-by?
You're not allowed to kill people and just say "oops, my bad."
Keith
Super Anarchist
Fuck America's 2nd amendment...Damn good shooting.
This guy? Not so much...
Texas grand jury declines to indict man accused of killing 9-year-old girl while shooting at armed robber - KTVZ
By Rebekah Riess, CNN A grand jury in Harris County, Texas, on Tuesday declined to indict a man who allegedly killed 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez while shooting at an armed robber in February, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said. “I just want to tell the family how saddened we are,” Ogg...ktvz.com
Texas grand jury declines to indict man accused of killing 9-year-old girl while shooting at armed robber.
The killing happened February 14 at about 9:30 p.m. when Tony Earls and his wife drove to a drive-thru ATM to deposit some cash and a check, according to the district attorney’s office. A man then ran up and put a gun in the wife’s face and demanded their money, car keys and her wallet, the prosecutor’s office said.
The couple initially complied with the robber, handing over the check, cash and wallet, before the robber started to run away, the office said. Earls, who stepped out of the vehicle, said he heard gunshots and believed he was being shot at, so he shot at the robber, the office said.
However, he ended up striking a truck that happened to be driving by at the same time, killing 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez in the backseat, the district attorney’s office said.
Fuck America's gun culture..
ExOmo
Best Anarchist Ever
Seems like Kyle should have been there to protect public safety. He was apparently so very good at it...
Marty Gingras
Mid-range Anarchist
"The couple initially complied with the robber, handing over the check, cash and wallet, before the robber started to run away, the office said. Earls, who stepped out of the vehicle, said he heard gunshots and believed he was being shot at, so he shot at the robber, the office said."
"I got skeered so as I shot at 'im," said the robbery victim's husband, "He was running away, so it was tough shot and he got clean away. Too bad about the Mexican girl I killed."
Ease the sheet.
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Ease the sheet.
ignoring stupid people is easy
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I'm well aware of that. 20 miles east of here and it's a totally different universe.
Ease the sheet.
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Too close for comfort....
It's OK, we're usually upwind.
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Keith
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"The girl’s parents, Armando and Gwen Alvarez, told CNN affiliate KHOU in February that the family was driving to a Houston restaurant for Valentine’s Day dinner when Arlene was shot in the head."
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
Maybe they should have accused the shooter of having performed an abortion.
jzk
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Like Alec Baldwin?
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
Bus Driver
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Yeah. I can see why you want to draw an equivalence between these two scenarios.
In one case, we have an actor, using what he thought was a prop gun, to film a scene in a movie.
In the other case, we have a man who fired a gun with the intent to kill* a human being - but mistakenly killed a different one.
*Please don't embarrass yourself with some bullshit about him trying to wound his target.
fishingbobber
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I think in Rittenhouse America if you are being chased down by an armed crowd of arsonists and assaulted you can defend yourself....
a little different than what you are saying.
Shooting at a criminal that was running away and no longer posed an immediate threat. But, I guess you can get away with it.
