As someone who knows Kim Ogg personally, what do you think of the odds of this guy beating the rap?
none - he should have said ‘hey you’ so the guy turned around and took some chest shots instead of shooting him in the back. When dude was down on the ground, standing over him and headshotting was also a bad idea. Stopping a criminal and restraining him for the cops is one thing; summary execution is crossing the Rubicon. imo
I don’t think there’s much chance of a Harris County grand jury indicting him regardless of what the DA wants, and I’ll be surprised if Ogg pushes for an indictment.
After seeing the unedited video for the first time today, though, I can see why the cops want to talk to him. It does look like he delivered a coup de grace to the robber after he’s down and unarmed. I’m not complaining, though, and grand juries in Harris County have no-billed for far more questionable uses of force. (See Joe Horn or the guy who beat the child molester to death).
A couple personal notes: 1. I had a case against the lawyer they interviewed at the link. 5th year lawyer and a weird duck. He must be friends with the reporter, because I’m not sure why else he was consulted. He was generally right, though.
2. Funny coincidence that you pinged me about Ogg, because I ran into her when I was out with my 4-year-old today. We happened to be somewhere with the trifecta of no-carry signs (30.05, 30.06, and 30.07) and I was carrying a government-frame 1911 that was printing badly through my golf shirt. So of course the DA spots me there and comes over to give me a hug. If she noticed she didn’t say anything.