https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/ci...reaction-to-fatal-protest-shooting-incendiary "It sounded to me, and seeing this [car] sort of plow into a crowd of people, really solidified for me what I clearly see as an act of intimidation," said Harper-Madison. "Just him marching down the street there's absolutely no reason for anything like that to happen, said Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday. "But if the story is true about him walking up on the car and he was pointing his rifle on him, I'm sorry, in this state everyone pretty much has a gun, and if you point a gun at someone bad things happen." https://www.statesman.com/news/2020...r-in-garrett-foster-killing-at-austin-protest Days after the shooting death of 28-year-old Garrett Foster at an Austin protest, details about what led to the incident remained elusive. But legal experts say it's possible no one will be criminally punished in Foster's death as Texas allows wide leeway in self-defense claims. Authorities say a driver turned onto a barricaded Congress Avenue, where a crowd of protesters against racial injustice had gathered, about 9:50 p.m. Saturday and honked his horn. Foster was carrying an assault-style rifle, which is legal in Texas under open carry laws, and approached the car. The driver told police that Foster pointed the rifle at him or her and the driver fired multiple shots, fatally wounding Foster. A third person then fired at the driver as he or she drove away. However, witnesses told the American-Statesman that the driver appeared to drive into the crowd and came to a stop when the vehicle hit a temporary barrier erected to block traffic from the street. Several protesters, including Foster, approached the car, they said, and Foster had his weapon pointed down. Authorities detained and later released both shooters, whose names were not released, with no charges. Asked why the driver was there, approaching the crowd of protesters, and what kind of police presence was at the scene before the incident, Austin Police Department officials said Monday that the investigation into the incident is ongoing and the department had no new information to share. "We’re encouraging anyone who might have information or video/photos to come forward," police officials said. The department did not immediately respond Monday to an American-Statesman request under the Texas Public Information Act for the incident report on the shooting. Avenues for self-defense claims in Texas are broad, according to Jennifer Laurin, a professor of criminal law and procedure at the University of Texas. "In terms of a doctrine of self-defense that permits an individual to continue to use deadly force even if they could retreat in safety, that doctrine is alive and well in Texas," she said. "It doesn’t matter if you’re in your car or your home, as long as you’re legally entitled to be in the place where you are." To establish self-defense, people must have reasonably believed that the use of deadly force was immediately necessary to protect against deadly force against them or violent assault against them, she said. The reasonableness of the deadly force used is presumed if people reasonably believed someone was attempting to enter their home or vehicle and use force against them. She said a slight majority of states have stand-your-ground laws that, like Texas’, don’t obligate an individual to retreat if possible. But Texas is in the minority of states that go farther, allowing for deadly force based on the perception that someone is under assault or to protect his or her property. The Texas approach, Laurin said, "leaves room for people to make mistakes, as long as they’re reasonable mistakes, that deadly force was necessary." But, she said, an "individual forfeits their right to use deadly force justifiably if they are the provoker of the situation." "And if it’s a situation in which the driver of a vehicle turned their vehicle into a deadly weapon, that itself might have justified someone actually threatening deadly force against that driver," Laurin said. As for the question of whether Foster had been pointing his gun at the driver, that might matter in further establishing reasonableness, she said. But even if Foster was pointing the gun at the ground, a driver might still reasonably think that someone approaching with an assault-style rifle was a threat. "You can’t say, ‘You got it wrong. He had peaceable intentions and was exercising his Second Amendment rights,’ " Laurin said. "That doesn’t resolve the matter if a person had a reasonable belief that deadly force was imminent or that a person was going to enter the vehicle in some way." "It strikes me that in a state where there’s legal conceal carry and open carry, it’s an interesting question how a jury — if it comes before a jury — thinks about the question of when it’s reasonable to think someone walking up to you with a gun in their hand is threatening you," she said. "The police haven’t forfeited any option," she said.
update: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aus...-on-felony-murder-aggravated-assault-charges/ Man accused of shooting and killing Austin protester indicted on felony murder, aggravated assault charges USTIN (KXAN) — A man who previously said he shot and killed a protester out of self defense in downtown Austin in July 2020 has been indicted on felony charges of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor charge of deadly conduct, according to a statement from his lawyer. The lawyer says Daniel Perry posted a $300,000 bond and has been released from custody. Perry “will vigorously fight all of these charges,” the lawyer says. Police identified the man killed in the July 25, 2020 shooting as Garrett Foster. According to APD’s description of the incident, a car turned on Congress Avenue near 4th Street at 9:51 p.m. into where a group of protesters was marching against police violence. Protesters surrounded the car. Foster was armed with an assault-style weapon and was one of the protesters who surrounded the car. Former Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said that’s when the driver fired five shots from inside the vehicle, hitting Foster multiple times. Foster never fired a shot. Another protester then shot at the car three times but did not hit anyone. Everything we know about Daniel Perry Manley says officers detained both shooters but later released both men, including the driver they say shot and killed Foster. Perry’s indictment says one of his charges relates to Perry endangering a second person for driving his car into the crowd of protesters. The other two charges are in relation to Foster’s death. The Travis County District Attorney’s Office held a press conference at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to discuss Perry’s new indictments. DA José Garza said evidence presented to the grand jury in the case included more than 150 exhibits and testimonies from 22 witnesses over the span of three weeks. “We take our responsibility to present all of the evidence in any given case to a grand jury very seriously, and in this case in particular, we presented an extensive collection of evidence for the grand jury’s consideration,” Garza said. He also clarified his office was in contact with Perry’s attorney throughout the process, and Perry was given the opportunity to testify in front of the grand jury, which he turned down. Garza also said Perry’s attorney was able to provide information the defense gathered to be included in the presentation to the grand jury, and most of that information was used. “He presented a packet to our office, our office reviewed the packet, and the overwhelming majority of information in that packet was presented to a grand jury for their consideration,” Garza explained. Angelica Cogliano, the attorney of Whitney Mitchell, Foster’s fiancée, released this statement to KXAN Thursday: “We are grateful for the hard work of the District Attorney’s Office in prosecuting the senseless killing of Garrett, who was a loving, supportive partner to Whitney. This is the first step in a long process that we hope and trust will yield a just result.”
Baldheaded fatfuck wants to be a comedian now... Ohio police chief resigns after he's caught placing KKK sign — along with mock hood and robe — on Black officer's desk A white police chief in Ohio has resigned after placing a "Ku Klux Klan" sign on a Black officer's desk, in what he claimed was a prank. Sheffield Lake police chief Anthony Campo, who had been with the department for 33 years, stepped down Tuesday after city officials got wind of the incident that occurred last Friday, according to Cleveland.com. A surveillance video from inside the police station shows the chief printing out the sign, before placing it on top of a yellow jacket laid out to resemble a KKK hood and robe. When the Black officer discovers the sign, he appears to smile before engaging in conversation with the chief, but there is no audio. The officer later told the mayor he smiled because he was taken aback and didn't know what to do.
MAGAtard found guilty of murder. Good Verdict. Your move Paxton/Abbott. Go ahead, just pardon murderers. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/c...dict/269-b554d558-6f17-4607-86af-dbcc9d246a83