Posted on 01/17/2023 3:17:47 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Community activists in Houston are calling for a restaurant patron who shot and killed a robbery suspect during a holdup to be arrested, saying he went beyond self-defense despite many calling him a hero.
Customers were eating inside a local taqueria when 30-year-old Eric Eugene Washington entered and pointed a pistol at them and demanded cash. As he gathered the cash, an armed patron can be seen on surveillance video getting up from the booth he was sitting in and shooting his pistol at Washington multiple times.
"He was within the law when he fired the first initial shots," said activist Quanell X in a news conference in front of the establishment. "But we believe he went from being a law-abiding citizen to a lawbreaker."
Washington ultimately fell to the ground and died. The unidentified shooter has not been charged and has cooperated with authorities.
The man's attorney released a statement saying: "In Texas, a shooting is justified in self-defense, defense of others, and defense of property."
The armed diner has been hailed a hero by many but local activists said he went beyond self-defense when he fired several more times than needed to neutralize the threat posed by Washington, who was holding a fake gun.
"You do not go and shoot someone over and over when they are no longer a threat," said Candace Matthews of the New Black Panther Nation. "He was actually in the clear for a justified kill by shooting him like he did the first time when he was no longer a threat."
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Not gonna name names, but I saw at least one user on here agreeing with Mr Quanell X
The activists should be shot. In a decent society the shooter would be being congratulated by the mayor.
He needs a medal, the key to the city, and a new truck.
[He needs a medal, the key to the city, and a new truck.]
So just like the mother of this dead perp, the biggest gripe among these “activists” seems to me that this guy was shot too many times? Who gives a flip? The perp put himself in this position. I don’t care if ended up like Swiss effing cheese.
Defending yourself and others against a black thug is racist.
So to prosecute, even according to the “activists”, they are going to have to know, beyond the shadow of a doubt, which of the shots actually killed him. If the robber was already dead for the last several shots, what crime is the shooter committing?
Not a popular opinion. Some people on this forum have a problem with the shoot although I don’t know why.
Ghetto believe they have the right to rob, rape and murder you.
Ghetto believe they have the right to rob, rape and murder you.
They misspelled “agitators”.
Community activists.
Seems to be lost on brain-dead activists. You do the crime, you do the time. Or, you never get to do the crime again.
Normal people call for the arrest and public whipping of those calling for the protector’s Constitutional Rights to be violated.
We really need to start treating the crybullies as the enemy they so obviously are.
The oath is ALL enemy, foreign and domestic.
And these domestic enemy are, in fact, dancing to the tunes called and paid for by foreign enemy.
“He didn’t have to shoot him so many times!”
If every shot was on target, perhaps, but the armed diner didn’t have time to ask the perp, “Are you dead yet?”
You win the argument if the diner shoots the perp again ten minutes later, how’s that for compromise?
Only the shooter’s thought process matters. If he felt threatened, in any way shape or form, keep shooting.
Dude could still be alive with a gun under him. This isn’t a deer or moose where you can kick them and know they are dead.
And no, I am not suggesting there should be a formal hunting season on thugs.
Defending yourself and others against a black thug is racist.
Well, of course, it is. “Shoulda knowed that gun wasn’t real”. Without even asking.
Three black kids have been shot/ killed by other black kids in DFW to in the last week. No marches, no protests, no self reflection.
Just black mothers asking whitey to “do something!”
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