After Peeping Tom DRT Thread, Trooper Says Hold My Beer

[Renegade]

No-Billed

Even has video of shooting!

Fort Worth Man Who Shot State Trooper Faces No Charges

A Fort Worth man who shot a Texas State Trooper is facing no charges after learning a plainclothes man outside his front door, and who had followed him home in what he thought was an act of road rage, was a law enforcement officer.

www.nbcdfw.com

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Good.

 

[MTA]

Good for him but I dknt think Id shoot until someone came through the door or window. That was one power hungry cop

 

[skfullgun]

Yep. One bad apple with a hard-on...

 

[Sasquatch]

Jesus. That trooper probably needs to find a new job. Hopefully its a lesson learned and he cools whatever hot headed behavior lead to this.

 

[Axxe55]

Since they are declining on giving a press release or official statement of the event at this time, pending an ongoing investigation, it's quite likely they might end up firing the trooper, or ask him to resign. I think much of what could, or might happen to the trooper might very well hinge on his past performance and history as a LE officer and whether similar incidents or complaints have been filed against him in the past.

He's damned lucky he was only wounded. No badge or ID as to being a LE officer at all. Even had the homeowner heard him say he was a LE officer, doesn't mean a person is just suppose to accept that as fact, especially given incident that happened prior to them getting home. Someone follows you home under such circumstances, and no badge or identification, sure is a good way to end up getting shot.

 

[DoubleDuty]

Cop acts like an asshole then break checks the wrong vehicle. suffers the consequences.

 

[benenglish]

As the old saying goes, some people just need to be shot. It shouldn't surprise anyone that a few of those people are LEOs.

 

[Dawico]

Lucky he just got hit in the shoulder.

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[Grey Pilgrim]

Thank God for the good people of Texas. I trust a jury (or grand jury) of my peers here far more than I would in most places. Proves that there’s more than just the law to think about.

Also makes you wonder what the prosecutor was thinking though. They really thought they had a case?

 

[Eli]

What the hell was this trooper thinking?
I suspect DPS is trying to get rid of him, they aren't releasing anything but don't seem to be defending him, either.

Eli

 

[BBL]

Shooting through a door is a big no-no.
Shooting a person who says "police" with no identification is a jury-flipper.
But I guess the grand jury in that county is full of cop-haters so good for the home-owner, he's free to go. This could have been ugly, like Sgt. Perry's manufactured murder case in commie Austin.

 

[Grey Pilgrim]

Shooting through a door is a big no-no.

Yeah for safety reasons #1. Also hard to justify reasonable self defense if you can’t see the attacker. But apparently it can be done. Without the video and the aggressive driving, probably not.

But I guess the grand jury in that county is full of cop-haters so good for the home-owner, he's free to go. This could have been ugly, like Sgt. Perry's manufactured murder case in commie Austin.

Could be. Fort Worth was controlling protests/riots over the past year, in ways some people didn’t like. But I am associating the cop-haters as progressives.

Anyone think it’s possible the DPS hates this guy and just wasn’t really looking for a conviction here?

 

[benenglish]

Anyone think it’s possible the DPS hates this guy and just wasn’t really looking for a conviction here?

That's a part of the (probably) 20 scenarios I can imagine that would produce this outcome. As of now, all of it would be just wild guesses.

 

[Aus_Schwaben]

What the hell was this trooper thinking?
I suspect DPS is trying to get rid of him, they aren't releasing anything but don't seem to be defending him, either.

Eli

Probably waiting for a reasonable amount of time before "your two weeks notice of leaving the DPS has been accepted. Please submit it NOW!"

The problem is, he might not have learned his lesson. If the DPS does not work to get his TCOLE certifications revoked or rescinded, not only might he do it again, but next time he might hurt someone.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Shooting through a door is a big no-no.
Shooting a person who says "police" with no identification is a jury-flipper.
But I guess the grand jury in that county is full of cop-haters so good for the home-owner, he's free to go. This could have been ugly, like Sgt. Perry's manufactured murder case in commie Austin.

Hard to have absolutes.

I can think of a several viable reasons I can justifiably employ deadly force through a barrier. Just because you say Police, doesn’t get you a pass, especially when not in uniform and not in a marked vehicle. Where’s your creds (not just badge, but agency creds)?

Don’t have to be cop-haters, but given the elements of TPC 9, I would have no-billed this with only what I know from the article. Is it reasonable to believe, given the the totality of the evidence known to the accused at the time, to justify use of force? Yes. Use of deadly force? Yes.

 

[Hoji]

Shooting through a door is a big no-no.

Tons of precedent in Texas that disagrees with this.

 

[Renegade]

Shooting through a door is a big no-no.
Shooting a person who says "police" with no identification is a jury-flipper.
But I guess the grand jury in that county is full of cop-haters so good for the home-owner, he's free to go. This could have been ugly, like Sgt. Perry's manufactured murder case in commie Austin.

His status as a cop is irrelevant.

He acted like a thug, he got shot like one.

Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes.

 

[Renegade]

Shooting through a door is a big no-no.

Perfectly legal to shoot through the door. Lots of cases of this. Carter Albrecht for example.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

While it is perfectly legal to shoot through your door in some circumstances, I am not sure this circumstance would be included there. The grand jury does not agree with me in this case and that is fine. I think it could easily have gone the other way. It didn't and I am glad for the shooter. That the shootee was a trooper is really irrelevant. That he shouted police is irrelevant. Anybody can should police and bad guys often do.

The problem with shooting through the door is not knowing where the bullet will go.

The trooper handled the situation WRONG.