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Originally posted by rburg:

Whoops, I see I made kind of an error.
This was Texas, so while my comment that he needed to die was technically correct, maybe it would have been better stated as "he needed killin' ".

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Originally posted by 220-9er:
Hopefully a favorable ruling by the Grand jury will create a little more reluctance by the area felons to reconsider where they ply their trade.

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Doubtful the turds follow grand jury rulings.

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The police started a stakeout squad placing SWAT cops in the coolers that would briefly challenge and them end the robbery by shooting a few misguided "youts".

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Houston activists call for arrest of armed taqueria diner who shot, killed robbery suspect

The activists say the shooter when from being a law-abiding citizen to a lawbreaker when he continued to fire despite there being no threat

Louis Casiano
By Louis Casiano | Fox News

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."

The shooter fired a total of nine shots as Washington was leaving the restaurant. Washington was shot as he was on the restaurant floor after he had been disarmed, Fox Houston reported. 

"I'm hoping the grand jury does something because if they don't, the message that will be sent will be the wild wild west," Quanell X said. "He should be charged with something," saying the man left the scene before authorities arrived and fired even after Washington was unarmed. 

He noted that he doesn't condone Washington's actions and that he deserved to be punished, but not killed. He also said the shooter dumped a drink on Washington as he was leaving the restaurant and threw a cup at him. 

At the least, it's called abuse of a corpse, that's a misdemeanor crime in Harris County," he said. 

Washington's mother, Corine Goodman, said the shooter should have stopped firing as soon as there was no longer a threat. 

"If you had to kill him, I can deal with that. I can come to grips with that. He did something wrong, I understand that," she said. "But for him to be shot four times in the back leaving and when he falls down and he shoots him four more times. He abused him."

A grand jury is weighing whether the shooter will face charges.

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WTH is a Quanell X

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For decades, Quanell X Abdul Farrakhan, 51, has been considered by many as the standard-bearer of social consciousness in Houston. He cultivated a reputation that many consider well-earned. He fought for those who suffered police violence, unfair evictions and racial discrimination in the workplace.

But a Houston Chronicle investigation — which included a review of hundreds of court documents, copies of contracts and cashed checks, as well as interviews with dozens of individuals and former close allies of Quanell — found the activist repeatedly accepted cash in exchange for advocacy, then didn’t fulfill his promises.

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"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.

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Originally posted by vthoky:

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WTH is a Quanell X

According to the Wiki... "Quanell X is an activist and leader of the New Black Panther Nation in Houston, Texas."

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
It’s funny. The typical rats are coming out of the woodwork over a thug that got what he asked for who clearly didn’t learn his lesson the last time he went to prison for the same exact crime.

Quanell X? Wth is a Quanell X?

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
Quanell X? Wth is a Quanell X?

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The DV saw him ROR’d.