Comments on: Joe Horn Covered by New Texas Deadly Force Law

By: LBG1

LBG1 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:04:58 +0000

Robert said:

We have orderly society because we have the â€œrule of lawâ€. What Mr. Horn did was to shoot two unarmed, fleeing men who were no threat to him in the back. Iâ€™ve read the crime scene reports, Mr. Hornâ€™s statement and that of the witnessing officer. Have you?

Career criminals or â€œillegalsâ€ or not, these were human beings that did not to deserve to be shot in the back. Had he shot them in their fronts, Iâ€™d not have a problem, but he shot two men in the back as they ran away from him. Not to mention, they had dropped the loot from the neighborâ€™s house.

This has always been my contention, that Horn shot the two men in the back while they were fleeing. There was never any mention of any “threatening” action by the two men. As you said, “career criminals or “illegals” or not, these were two human beings that did not deserve to be shot in the back”. I agree.

Thank you for your comment.

LBG

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:52:58 +0000

We have orderly society because we have the “rule of law”. What Mr. Horn did was to shoot two unarmed, fleeing men who were no threat to him in the back. I’ve read the crime scene reports, Mr. Horn’s statement and that of the witnessing officer. Have you?

Career criminals or “illegals” or not, these were human beings that did not to deserve to be shot in the back. Had he shot them in their fronts, I’d not have a problem, but he shot two men in the back as they ran away from him. Not to mention, they had dropped the loot from the neighbor’s house.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:23:12 +0000

I wanted to talk to the CNN guy and tell him that this went beyond what it seemed. See, if the two guys had learned ENGLISH, they might have heard Joe Horn telling them to stop. Stupid is as stupid dies.

Illegal+Thieves+No regard for anything right=dead

By: Phokuz

Phokuz — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:15:53 +0000

If these people had any moral value’s or sense of logic they wouldn’t have commited the crime in the first place. But they did, and they had to expect the possibility that they might get shot, and quite possibly killed for their actions. And for that I say it’s their own fault. If they hadn’t taken that chance they would still be alive today. I don’t understand how someone can take those kind of chances with their life. Joe Horn did what he thought was right and I stand behind his decision. As someone who has been a victim of robbery before I probably would have done the same thing.

You say “It seems folks in Houston feel that property is now more valuable than human life.”

I say you are correct…the robbers thought that someone else’s property was more valuable to them than their own lives…and they paid the ultimate price for that choice.

I only hope that others like them take this as a lesson, that this can happen to you too. So think about your actions before you jeopardize your own life.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:02:35 +0000

got that right…I’d blow em all to hell and back then to hell again. This guy delivered more justice that the justice system could have never delivered in the last 50 years.
the justice system does nothing to appease the victims of crime what so ever. the only thing they are concerned with is pampering scumbag criminals with kid gloves and making sure that they are properly looked after.
i have nothing but absolute contempt for the justice system, the courts the judges and human rights lawyers. i don’t recognize any of them. they are just like the scumbags they try to defend. I’ve made one sworn promise in my life and on everything i believe in, i have a family and the day that anyone brings any harm to them, my daughter, my madam or my parents…..make no mistake….i will strike down upon who ever it is with great vengeance and viciousness and absolute brutality that it will make the hosts of heaven and hell shed a tear, my method and type of justice will know no limits and i will make sure that the ones who seek to defend the perp get a piece of it, even if it means violently ending my life in the process….that’s justice.
I’m sure if those two scumbags had killed that brave guy, those activist and the ones who opposed his actions would not have even farted on cotton balls and give his relatives to smell furthermore offered sympathy or voiced outrage.

A criminal is the scumbag equivalent to a terrorist and i think the war on crime should be fought along the same lines as the war on terror. there should be no distinction between the two, there should be no distinction between the methods involved in putting them down no mater how brutal and unconventional it may seem to so called “rule of law”.

By: Cedric

Cedric — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:24:33 +0000

Crazy idea: Don’t burgle other people’s houses.

By: sara

sara — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:45:00 +0000

A “famous” black muslim from Houston led a threatening march in Horn’s neighborhood – threating him for killing their skin deep “brothers.” Leave it to Texas. The men of the whole damn neighborhood met the black muslims at Horn’s house and shouted for them to leave. The black muslims could not play for the cameras because they could not be heard over the shouting of Horn’s neighbors. They considered Horn a hero for protecting the hood. There were way more neighbors than criminal supporters. It ws amazing to see. The black muslims slinked away…and the neighbors went on living and working.

There was no racism. It was pro-criminal against anti-criminal. Just beautiful to see.