Posted on 10/13/2015 5:43:10 PM PDT by BBell
Always say, “It’s comin’ right for us!”
Find the shooter guilty and give them a one-dollar fine.
I am only surprised they didn’t charge her sooner. No one likes property crime, but it isn’t something to shoot over when the suspects are fleeing.
Bad shoot. The threat was no longer present (it was fleeing), and thus the shoot was unjustified. And even if he hadn’t been fleeing shooting a shoplifter is not shooting a direct physical threat, and will get the shooter in trouble big time.
Now, if the bad guy was running away with the woman’s child, then the shoot would have been justified.
Why are federal prosecutors involved with this if it’s a misdemeanor, or was that an error by the “reporters”?
Don’t completely agree (although I would not do it because I wouldn’t want the lawsuit) and shooting someone with your stuff, or even your neighbors stuff, is legal in Texas. I love Texas.
But - you know she had no backstop. And it certainly wasn’t legal where she was. Won’t bother me if she goes to jail.
Can’t shoot at someone if they are fleeing for a non-felony theft crime. Even it it was a felony theft, you have to give them a warning first. See Garner v. Tennessee, 471 U.S. 1 (1985)
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