Houston police: 4 officers wounded, 2 of 3 suspects dead

[leVieux]

They might not have gotten everybody, but a lot of people went down for this. Even the neighbor who made false 911 calls and statements (which is what really put them on the cops radar in the first place) got 40 months in prison.

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There can be no ‘’righting’’ of wrongs this diabolical & horrendous.

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[Polkwright]

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There can be no ‘’righting’’ of wrongs this diabolical & horrendous.

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Agreed. It cannot be undone or compensated for regardless of how many people they put in jail, execute, or pay. I remember when it happened. It smelled then. But that's all they can do.

 

[DoubleDuty]

This type of stuff deserves capital punishment.

You kill a police officer it's capital murder, they murder you it should be the same.

 

[leVieux]

You kill a police officer it's capital murder, they murder you it should be the same.

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So, none of those awful events were ‘accidental” or even unintentional ?

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[DoubleDuty]

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So, none of those awful events were ‘accidental” or even unintentional ?

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So, none of those awful events were ‘accidental” or even unintentional ?

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The context should always be taken into account when available

 

[leVieux]

I was previously unfamiliar with this issue.

 

[toddnjoyce]

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So, none of those awful events were ‘accidental” or even unintentional ?

Nope. Goines more than lied his ass off to get a warrant; without that he never would have been there.

 

[MountainGirl]

60 years.

Jury sentences ex-Houston cop Gerald Goines to 60 years in prison for 2019 murders

Goines was found guilty of the shooting deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas during a botched drug raid in their Harding Street home.

www.khou.com

 

[baboon]

60 years.

Jury sentences ex-Houston cop Gerald Goines to 60 years in prison for 2019 murders

Goines was found guilty of the shooting deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas during a botched drug raid in their Harding Street home.

www.khou.com

Now with the conviction the lawsuit against HPD will be easy peasy

 

[cbp210]

60 years.

Jury sentences ex-Houston cop Gerald Goines to 60 years in prison for 2019 murders

Goines was found guilty of the shooting deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas during a botched drug raid in their Harding Street home.

www.khou.com

He will not live half of those years. He will most likely be housed in a special unit usually meant for high risk prisoners such as ex cops or politicians.

 

[MountainGirl]

He will not live half of those years. He will most likely be housed in a special unit usually meant for high risk prisoners such as ex cops or politicians.

Maybe he could have Epstein's cell.

 

[cbp210]

Maybe he could have Epstein's cell.

It might happen especially if he is keeping silent on his higher ups. Just remember Serpico Incident of NYPD.

 

[leVieux]

60 years.

Jury sentences ex-Houston cop Gerald Goines to 60 years in prison for 2019 murders

Goines was found guilty of the shooting deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas during a botched drug raid in their Harding Street home.

www.khou.com

Tragic

 

[MountainGirl]

Tragic

Agree. A death sentence would have been better.

 

[leVieux]

Agree. A death sentence would have been better.

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Thinking of all the others he harmed.

Can it all ever be undone ?

I feel for all of them. I was once falsely accused by a Cop, too. And he knew it & did it on purpose.

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[striker55]

Falsely accused, my wife going through that now, ongoing for a year now.

 

[Sasquatch]

Agree. A death sentence would have been better.

You would think - but his sentence means he'll die in prison. IIRC he's got to serve 2/3 of his term before he'd be eligible to parole out due to the nature of his crimes. It'll also save the tax payers money by housing him "normally" versus putting him to death and paying for all his appeals.

 

[benenglish]

...his sentence means he'll die in prison...

I wish I were sure of that. AFAIK, there are some really bad folks who get special dispensation to get released late in life on "humanitarian grounds" i.e. they're really sick and prison becomes a level of punishment that approaches the sadistic. Also afaik, those releases are often grounded in the fact that the state doesn't want to spend the money required for end of life care.

OTOH, I've also heard about prison guards who have the odd duty of watching prisoners in hospitals who are all so sick they can't get out of bed and are waiting to die.

So I don't know how this works in practice.

Anyone around here with inside-the-system knowledge of the way the TDCJ handles end-of-life situations?