Sweet.
I agree with the no-bill decision, and I also agree with your statement about “80 years ago.” But I’ll bet that a couple of “poverty pimps,” Jackson and Sharpton, are weighing whether to go down there and join their little brother Quannell Xcrement in his quest to stoke up the wards.
Ping.
It’s a shame the liberal idiots insisted that this had to go to a grand jury.
In Texas Grand Jury testimony is supposed to be kept secret, but I wonder if the undercover detective who witnessed the whole thing (and did nada) while sitting in his car was called to testify before the Grand Jury.
>>>the only debate would have been: why Horn’s case was even considered by the Grand Jury.
The same thing would have happened 80 years ago by way of Grand Jury or Coroner’s Inquest. Even the Gunfight at the OK Corral led to such an inquiry. It was essential the law consider and resolve the issue whether a crime occurred. The No-True Bill will help protect Horn from civil liability.
I haven’t seen this addressed, so I thought I’d bring it up for discussion. I’m 66 and I recall being told as a young child, that it was perfectly okay and legal for someone to put a “citizen’s arrest” on someone who was breaking the law. Not that I remember much about the concept, except that there could be times when the police were not at the scene, and an ordinary citizen could act as law enforcement and arrest someone.
The last 50 years, I haven’t heard much about this. In fact, the trend seems to be going in the other direction — that is, the ordinary citizen should be unarmed, silent, and look the other way when someone breaks the law.
50 years of this backward thinking has, perhaps, got us to where we are today. Hearing the 911 dispatcher telling Joe Horn NOT to take any action — tells me that the right of a citizen making a citizen’s arrest is a thing of the past.
All that this Harris County citizen was doing was trying to put a citizen’s arrest on these two burglars, and they resisted arrest. Resisting arrest can get one shot.
Any comments on this right to perform a citizen’s arrest? Is it still viable? Does it apply in this case in Pasadena, Texas?
Brilliant:
It’s a shame the liberal idiots insisted that this had to go to a grand jury.
Because homicide and murder have no statute of limitations. Under Texas law if a grand jury returns a "no-bill" (no indictment) a future district attorney would be prohibited from reopening the case unless there were new evidence. This protects people from being indicted by any politically ambitious but uncscrupulous prosecutor like a Spitzer reopening a case for no reason other than noteriety and self promotion. Also, the "no-bill" will protect Mr. Horn from civil suits along with the new "castle doctrine" law that became effective last year.
Good for Mr.Horn and the fine people of Texas.
Thanks!