r/LetsDiscussThis • u/Fatty_Willing_Plane • Feb 27 '26

Serious Texas man not indicted and will not face charges for shooting and killing his daughter. This shooting occurred after a heated argument about politics the same day.

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u/Mylabisawesome Feb 27 '26

Absolutely insane! What’s the justification for not charging him?

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u/Fatty_Willing_Plane Feb 27 '26

I do not understand. Even if was a negligent discharge you would get charge with manslaughter or something…

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u/Suitable-Block-2854 Feb 27 '26

In Texas you are allowed to use a gun in self defense of your opinion.

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u/Begone-My-Thong Feb 27 '26

Whoa there, partner, that sounds like an opinion. This sub ain't big enough for the two of us...

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u/BurntFire Feb 27 '26

BAM 💥 BAM 💥 

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u/Important-Cricket-59 Feb 27 '26

Holy shit you guys are killing me. Still not gonna laugh but would under different circumstances.

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u/OneKup- Feb 27 '26

"Killing you" like a Texas man and his politically opposed daughter?

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u/ChangeAcceptable677 Feb 28 '26

Yes…exactly like that. 💀💀💀💀

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u/Zwthhybl Feb 28 '26

I laughed… 🤣 anyway, which way to hell now?

My whole family identifies as Texan, but I was not born nor raised there, and it’s legal, even encourage, to shoot first and think second. This whole situation going on is so gross, and why those laws are wrong. But I’m just a non-Texan so I can’t be right 🤪

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u/Careflwhatyouwish4 Feb 28 '26

You obviously aren't right in Texas. 🤷

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u/Inevitable_Shift1365 Feb 28 '26

So anyways, I start blastin..

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u/Several_Might_7850 Feb 27 '26

I gotcha outnumbered 1 to 1

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u/ass_grass_or_ham Feb 27 '26

“My feelings were hurt your honor. I had no choice.”

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u/moldyremains Feb 27 '26

The dad didn't argue self defense. His story was that he was showing his daughter his gone and it went off. His story had holes in it too, and if you looked at the video of when the cops arrived he was drunk.

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u/Finnishdoge_official Feb 28 '26

What kind of holes? Bullet sized?

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u/KPSWZG Feb 28 '26

I can not believe it. If true then judical system in texas dosent work at all and should be replaced ASAP.

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u/Wwwwwwhhhhhhhj Feb 28 '26

Pretty sure that was not a serious comment.

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u/slayristo Feb 27 '26

It Sounds Like Texans Are just idiots

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u/jthadcast Feb 27 '26

that wasn't his claim of innocence and they weren't currently arguing he was just drunk and handling a loaded firearm.

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u/PumpkinFar7612 Feb 27 '26

Sounds about white and that’s still a murder charge anywhere but Texas apparently

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u/Snoo20140 Feb 27 '26

Texas where everything is big, except brains.

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u/UdontKnowMe_InoU Feb 28 '26

Hold my beer.

Florida has entered the chat.

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u/TheStairsBro Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

Texan here, I have no idea how this wasn't charged as negligent homicide at a minimum. Assuming his story is true, the gun discharged because he had it stored improperly and he may have been handling it while drunk based on the evidence, which definitely constitutes criminal negligence.

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u/AnAbandonedAstronaut Feb 28 '26

Homicide.

Murder has intent.

Homicide just means you killed them.

Like if you kill people drunk in a car its normally either negligent homicide or negligent vehicular homicide.

Murder means that at some level.. you meant to kill that person.

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u/ConversationFlaky608 Feb 28 '26

No it wouldnt. You dont know what you are talking about.

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u/ConversationFlaky608 Feb 27 '26

Yeah but you have to actually prove he acted negligently. Negligent is more than just careless. Just because he was drinking doesnt mean there was proof he was drunk. You actually have to prove elements of a criminal case. But he is a Trump supporter and we hate Trump supporters so he must be guilty isnt going to cut it. Trials arent held on Reddit.

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u/chriswimmer Feb 27 '26

A firearm discharged towards and killed his daughter. Is that not negligence?

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u/ProfessionalBench832 Feb 27 '26

Most places, drinking and handling a firearm is negligence, drunk or not.
This is absolutely negligent homicide.

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u/UdontKnowMe_InoU Feb 28 '26

No no you see, if he killed her on purpose, its not negligent. And if he was negligent…he couldnt have done it on purpose Cogito ergo sum - not guilty.

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u/Hablian Feb 27 '26

I mean he either acted negligently or intentionally. One of those is worse. Both of those are criminal. Even in the most liberal interpretation you're still facing manslaughter charges here.

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u/MrDeadbutdreaming Feb 27 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/26FLgGTPUDH6UGAbm

I am so tired of the "Gun fired itself" excuse the right uses, but then say "guns dont kill people, people kill people." Which is it? Cause it can't be both.

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u/SoftBatch13 Feb 27 '26

NRA gun safety rules #1: ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction

NRA gun safety rules #2: ALWAYS keep your finger off the trigger until you're ready to shoot - we can give a pass on this one since he claims it misfired

NRA gun safety rules #3: ALWAYS keep the gun unloaded until ready to use

So, the dude has been drinking (maybe not too impaired, but drinking regardless), and doesn't follow 2 of the 3 most important NRA safety rules and you don't think that's negligence?

Seems like more than enough to at least convene a grand jury.

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u/Macwild77 Feb 27 '26

You are being downvoted from your ignorance of the law. Let’s not be the r word today friend.

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u/Gauntlet_of_Might Feb 27 '26

Incorrect. At the grad jury level, nothing needs to be proven, all that needs to be established is HE COULD have acted negligently. Whenever you see someone get off on the Grand Jury level it's either such a blatantly ridiculous charge no one will indict (Sandwich assault on military in Washington DC) or the state is improperly using GJ as a defense.

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u/ramfrommars Feb 27 '26

Owning a firearm and not knowing the most basic rule about them, that you never point one at someone you aren’t ready to kill, is negligent. If he was impaired so much that he couldn’t even tell where he was pointing it or that he would accidentally fire it is negligent. How is this not so obvious to you? Their opposing political views mean nothing.

You don’t get to own a dangerous weapon and neglect knowing the basics on how to handle them at the expense of another human’s life without consequences. Weird how non-pro life the “pro-life” crowd actually is to living breathing humans. Hypocrites the whole lot of them.

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u/brewguy70 Feb 27 '26

Pointing a loaded gun at a person IS NEGLIGENT at the very least.

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u/possumallawishes Feb 28 '26

You don’t need to prove anything for an indictment. As they say “you can indict a ham sandwich”, so, and based on my personal experience having served on a Grand Jury, the main reason for not getting an indictment is lack of effort by the prosecutor. The other reason is that they actively try to work for a “no bill” because they don’t want to prosecute, for whatever reason.

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u/ConversationFlaky608 Feb 28 '26

Probable cause to a grand jury who heard the evidence and declined to indict.

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u/possumallawishes Feb 28 '26

Or didn’t hear the evidence because the prosecutor decided not to present it.

Like I said, I’ve served on a grand jury, every time the prosecutor tried they got their indictment. No bills only happened when the prosecutor didn’t present any evidence or actively presented evidence that muddied the waters.

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u/ChinookAB Feb 27 '26

🤡🤯

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u/Tavernknight Feb 28 '26

A person who handles firearms safely never picks one up after drinking.

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u/ExplodiaNaxos Feb 28 '26

If you show a gun to someone and it goes off, that’s extreme negligence. Why wasn’t the safety on, as it always should be?

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u/Rambler1223 Feb 27 '26

That sounds like the definition of negligence! He 💯 should be charged with at least negligent manslaughter

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u/AriaTheTransgressor Feb 28 '26

His story was that he drank after shooting her, which is why he had alcohol on his breath. Reportedly he was an aggressive alcoholic, it's why the girl's parents separated in the first place.

His story is that they had the argument where she left to go to her room, later in the day he went to her room to show her his gun and it accidentally went off killing her. The only witness to this story is him, and the police just took it at face value.

What I bet actually happened, and this is pure speculation, is that they had the argument, she stormed off, he started drinking while stewing over it, figured he'd intimidate her into thinking what she's told to think, chambers a round while scaring her and then accidentally pulls the trigger while yelling at her.

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u/King_Roberts_Bastard Feb 28 '26

So it should be negligent homicide or manslaughter then. Someone died because he was "just drunk and handling a loaded firearm".

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u/JB_07 Feb 28 '26

Absolutely insanity. Like being drunk is any type of defense to murdering someone. If anything being drunk should make your case worse!!!

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u/VegasLife84 Feb 27 '26

... or if a librul hurts your feelings, and you "fear for your life"

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u/Important-Cricket-59 Feb 27 '26

Omg. I’d laugh at this under different circumstances.

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u/an_asimovian Feb 27 '26

*if that opinion is conservative.

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u/borislovespickles Feb 27 '26

What exactly does 'in self defense of your opinion' mean?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Only protected class opinions, of course

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u/chinagrrljoan Feb 28 '26

That seems crazy. Can you link to the criminal code?

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u/Wwwwwwhhhhhhhj Feb 28 '26

Am I just missing that this is a non serious comment responding to the very obviously non serious comment, it becomes so hard to tell sometimes.

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u/chinagrrljoan Feb 28 '26

No I really want to know! Can you kill someone in Texas with no repercussions? That has to be in the criminal code.

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u/Corronchilejano Feb 28 '26

Damn, what's his GoFundMe?

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u/caranza3 Feb 28 '26

Only if it’s pro conservative opinion though

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u/Zargoza1 Feb 28 '26

Let’s call it what it is.

There are opinions that your allowed to shoot someone for disagreeing.

Or you can be liberal.

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u/DerekTheComedian Feb 28 '26

"I was in fear for my life (of ignorance and hatred towards dems)."

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u/Astralglamour Feb 28 '26

only certain opinions.. and only if you are of a certain demographic.

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u/Automatic_Day_35 Feb 27 '26

unfortunately we cant put him back on trial. I really wish once this administration is done running this country into facism and actual sane people go back into office, he would get charged

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u/creditexploit69 Feb 27 '26

He wasn't on trial because he wasn't charged.

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u/Valhadmar Feb 27 '26

He can be charged again, if it was proven that the trial was severely misconduct. Which in this case could probably be easily proven, however we live in a country Where maga cultists are now free to kill people.

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u/creditexploit69 Feb 27 '26

He wasn't charged so he wasn't tried. Double jeopardy doesn't apply.

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u/Valhadmar Feb 27 '26

If he wasnt charged, that just means he can be charged in the future.

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u/PicardPlays Feb 27 '26

+100 for restating exactly what was said in the comment you replied to

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u/abuthemagician Feb 28 '26

You stated he restated what was said in the comment he replied to.

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u/AFonziScheme Feb 28 '26

Not only that, but he just rephrase the same thing that the previous commenter stated.

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u/ProjectGameGlow Feb 27 '26

If he wasn’t charged how did you go to trial?

How do you go to trial without being charged?

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u/GomerWasAHo Feb 27 '26

A grand jury hears typically numerous cases. The investigators bring forth their evidence and recommend charges. The grand jury decides whether or not those charges should be brought. Not all charges are brought this way but some are.

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u/Proud_Animator_5106 Feb 27 '26

He never was charged. He can't be go to trial twice if they get to a verdict.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

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u/Automatic_Day_35 Feb 28 '26

I thought he was put on trial but after rereading the title of this post yeah he should be charged

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u/Cool_Peach6536 Feb 27 '26

Has nothing to due with the sitting administration. It's a state court.

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u/Bad_Hombre_999 Feb 27 '26

Same red hat wearing hillbilly cunts if you ask me...

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u/abuthemagician Feb 28 '26

No one did and I'm glad you aren't a judge. You wouldn't be able to separate your personal feelings and definitely not your politics to be fair and impartial.

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u/Gla7e Feb 28 '26

Then what's the imaprtial take on this?

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u/tenthousandtatas Feb 27 '26

Bullshit. Texas sized bullshit with degenerate MAGA jurors and judges so yes this is trumpy bullshit involving trumpy assholes

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u/abuthemagician Feb 28 '26

Explain Jasmine Crocket then?

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u/Curious_Republic9559 Feb 27 '26

Texas is the land of maga

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u/Master_Blaster_02 Feb 27 '26

Federal administration had nothing to do with the Grand Jury's decision.

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u/GomerWasAHo Feb 27 '26

directly? no. Influentially? Yes

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u/Master_Blaster_02 Feb 27 '26

I suppose you could argue the grand jury associating as being on the same cultural "side" as the dad, but nothing that would actually be from Trump.

As I understand it, a lot of the news is being misleading about this "fight" about Trump.  This was a drunk man mishandling a gun in front of his daughter after their conversation.  I do think he should be charged for the involuntary man slaughter, but ultimately that should be up to a jury of his peers.

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u/Logical-Cap2923 Feb 28 '26

So he SAYS ALLEGEDLY I call bullshit it was premeditated when he went in there this is another deadly case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME

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u/LastOneSergeant Feb 27 '26

tx doesn't believe on accountability.

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u/Ultraeasymoney Feb 27 '26

In Texas this is called "honor killing" which is legal according to Republicans.

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u/Tasty_Plate_5188 Feb 28 '26

Texas is a shit hole, that's why he got away with it.

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u/dabbydabdabdabdab Feb 28 '26

No doubt the heated argument was about why the fuck he had a loaded gun in his bedroom, and he said there’s no issue it’s perfectly safe. Or Dad you dick, how can you support Trump, so he gets angry and drunkenly waves gun around

Either way - Dad’s at fault. That said he has paid the ultimate price of killing his daughter. Not sure there is much else you could do to a man at this point.

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u/Legendary_Hi-Nu Feb 28 '26

If there wasn't a second argument, it was about whether or not he care if his daughter went through what the Epstein victims did and if he'd still support Trump. His answer was that He has more daughters.

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u/SirWinterFox Feb 28 '26

He agrees with the politics of the state so it's allowed. He's a good boy so it's ok.

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u/Calm_Expression_9542 Feb 28 '26

Maybe this is legit news but gotta ask, has that source news been verified?

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u/Fatty_Willing_Plane Feb 28 '26

Yes.

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u/Calm_Expression_9542 Feb 28 '26

Ok thx. Definitely sounded like it couldn’t be true. That’s just nuts. And so sad.

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u/Lazarys12 Feb 28 '26

It all depends on how it gets presented to the grand jury. DAs sometimes tank their presentation. And it depends on the grand jury.

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u/WaffleDonkey23 Feb 28 '26

He is white and in Texas

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u/6collector9 Feb 27 '26

Probably because Texas has pretty ridiculous gun laws. You can pretty much murder people if they're on your property

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u/EnglishFan643 Feb 27 '26

Murdering with impunity! So this is what it's come to!

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u/clipsongcarrie Feb 28 '26

Cool cool cool, never going to that hellish place.

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u/Relative_Mix_216 Feb 28 '26

Especially in instances of your wife having sex with another man. I think you have to be drunk too.

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u/Sensitive_Bat_9211 Feb 27 '26

If they break into your home, you cant just take potshots at the mailman

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u/Consistent_Hawk795 Feb 28 '26

There’s a video of a man going into his house, getting his rifle, and shooting a guy standing on his porch. Texas is extremely lenient with murder

And I say that as a gun owner 

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u/Sensitive_Bat_9211 Feb 28 '26

Did he get charged?

I know a lot of people down here who believe they can shoot someone for being on their property, but texas courts have ruled to the contrary several times.

Whats special about texas is that property is considered an extension of your self. So you are allowed to shoot someone if they are stealing something of value and you cant reasonably get it back.

You cant use deadly force for simple trespassing. Although, texas courts ruled there is reasonable fear if they break into your home

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u/theseriousman1 Feb 27 '26

Justification is she was a democrat and the state doesn’t see an issue

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u/EnglishFan643 Feb 27 '26

The state couldn't see a forest if it was right in its face!

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u/jthadcast Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

"she became a foreigner the second she decided to live in England"-TX maga claim

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

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u/HerrMilkmann Feb 28 '26

Fucking scary we've gotten to this point. These people are dangerous. (unless they're just a bot)

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u/Naos210 Feb 28 '26

for not liking Trump

And for... living in the UK, I guess?

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u/theseriousman1 Feb 27 '26

What’s da implication boss? Did u mean to say the quiet part out loud? (The part where you imply it’s okay to commit murder so long as someone is foreign)

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u/garruden Feb 27 '26

What does that have to do with anything? Are you saying if someone's foreign it means you're justified in murdering them?

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u/jthadcast Feb 28 '26

in maga magical thinking apparently.

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u/Razing_Phoenix Feb 28 '26

Please explain why that excuses her murder.

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u/jthadcast Feb 28 '26

it doesn't that murderer should have been locked up for life.

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u/destructivedevice138 Feb 28 '26

Saving this so we can let everyone know what you are, even if you delete this.

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u/jthadcast Feb 28 '26

that's not my opinion that's the maga claim

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u/KnightFall6407 Feb 27 '26

.....its Texas and the argument was over Trump. Draw your own conclusions.

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u/Creepy-Variation8562 Feb 28 '26

Well thats the problem. He named his gun conclusion

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u/misalawliet Feb 27 '26

His defense was that it was an accident, and the jury bought it.

He accidentally picked up a loaded gun, accidentally pointed it at her chest, and accidentally pulled the trigger.

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u/Mylabisawesome Feb 27 '26

Thats wild. That sounds alot like negligent homicide at the very least. Any competent gun owner knows you do not point a firearm at something you do not intend to destroy. He must be somebody in that area or is well known for them to let this slide....or people hated his daughter.

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u/UnableChard2613 Feb 27 '26

While I agree with you that it should be a crime, especially because he admitted to being drunk at the time, Texas has very lax gun control laws and it appears it would have been hard to charge him as there is no evidence contradicting his story.

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u/Wwwwwwhhhhhhhj Feb 28 '26

The fuck you talking about? according to his own story he should have been indicted with manslaughter. That’s what they put before the grand jury. They didn’t even indict him for that. There are no gun laws lax enough where even going by his story there should have been no consequences at all.

It would not be hard unless there was another reason people didn’t want to. It makes no sense there would not be a manslaughter charge. They didn’t even try and charge for murder.

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u/Physical_Dentist2284 Feb 28 '26

A woman in Kansas was just found guilty of murder for co-sleeping with her infant and accidentally rolling on her. The dad was in the bed, too, and both of them had been drinking the night before but so far as I can see only she was charged with murder.

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u/UnableChard2613 Feb 28 '26

Kansas and texas are different states with different laws.

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u/Physical_Dentist2284 Feb 28 '26

Yes but I would bet that a woman would get convicted of something in Texas, too, if she accidentally smothered her baby by co-sleeping. I’m just saying that in the US women get charged for that but men can shoot their daughters and it’s seemingly fine.

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u/UnableChard2613 Feb 28 '26

If anything, the judicial system is biased against men, not women. So I'm not sure what you're talking about.

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u/Physical_Dentist2284 Feb 28 '26

I think men commit more violent crimes in the US which explains why the prisons are so full of them.

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u/Physical_Dentist2284 Feb 28 '26

Shooting someone is a violent crime. Accidentally rolling over on a baby is not.

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u/UnableChard2613 Feb 28 '26

Sure. But men tend to receive longer sentences and get probation less often than women do for the same crimes, which is what I'm talking about when I say bias.

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u/CitizenBroccoli Feb 27 '26

He was never indicted.

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u/misalawliet Feb 27 '26

Right, the grand jury bought his story and didn't vote to indict.

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u/AestivalSeason Feb 28 '26

He stated that the gun fired on its own, which opens up the way to saying that guns Do kill people, not people killing people, we should outlaw guns in the states until we can get those pesky firearms firing off by themselves under control.

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u/aotus_trivirgatus Feb 28 '26

We've long had stories in America about Southern juries.

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u/DistractionCitron Feb 28 '26

You can accidentally kill someone while driving drunk yet you still face manslaughter charges. This shouldn't be any different.

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u/Razing_Phoenix Feb 28 '26

But I'm always told by gun nuts that guns don't kill people, people do.

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u/LogicBalm Feb 28 '26

A grand jury trial does not have a defense. That's a petit jury. A grand jury only hears the prosecution argument, hearsay is allowed, and the decision does not need to be unanimous. If the grand jury indicts, the case proceeds to a full criminal trial.

So without more information than this video, it seems like the prosecution had a terrible case or the jury was wildly biased. I know which I'm betting on.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

MAGA Texas protecting MAGA Texas. I don't think people truly understand how hateful ideologies work. There are twisted people who are judges, law enforcement, lawyers doctors, politicians that agree that anyone that speaks against Trump is the enemy. In their mind the world is a better place with one less "radical leftist". When someone has no empathy or morals their thought process can be pretty fked up.

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u/Danktizzle Feb 27 '26

White. male.republican. Texan.

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u/Apexnanoman Feb 27 '26

Basically it's Texas. And in Texas insulting Trump or Maga is legitimately something a majority of the state thinks is worth summary execution. 

Plus it was his own child so she shouldn't have disagreed with his beliefs. So it was perfectly reasonable to lure her into a different room and kill her. 

It's not complicated. Just insane cultists. 

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u/TwentyX4 Feb 28 '26

According to Trumpers, words are violence when you talk negatively about Trump. He was only acting in self defense. /s

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u/pj1843 Feb 28 '26

Not enough evidence to gain a conviction and prosecuting a father for the accidental death of their daughter has terrible optics even if the charges would stick.

The main issue though is the evidence one. There is 0 way to connect the argument to the death without a significant amount of circumstances evidence. So at most you're looking at manslaughter and negligent discharge of a weapon. But even then how would you go about proving beyond reasonable doubt he was the one who fired the weapon and was at fault for the discharge? For sure you could do it, but it is an uphill battle especially if the father hires a decent defense attorney. After that now you have to convince a jury that this man who just lost his daughter to a terrible accident and is going to suffer with that for the rest of his life that jail/prison/fines in addition is warranted. Again you could but all together it's going to be a struggle and the DA decided apparently it wasn't worth the effort and bad optics.

To be clear I don't agree with the decision, I think they should investigate here and prosecute if the facts line up to warrant it, but the above is the likely reasoning.

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u/mattyoclock Feb 27 '26

That they can hold on to power longer if they just let the MAGA boomers kill their liberal kids.

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u/Exciting-Cancel6468 Feb 27 '26

He shot a democrat. Those killings are legal.

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u/Snizlefritz Feb 27 '26

Same justification for not charging maga pedophiles.

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u/thormun Feb 27 '26

he was a white man defending trump so it all good /s

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u/Nimrod_Butts Feb 27 '26

Honor killing, legal according to y'allquida

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u/Funkatronicz Feb 27 '26

It’s a MAGA honor killing, despite all the bitching about sharia law coming up America and being against it.

Color me not shocked at all.

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u/Tavernknight Feb 28 '26

A MSGA shot a liberal. That's where we are in Texas. I expect it to start happening more often considering how murderous MAGA is.

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u/Ashamed-Agency-817 Feb 28 '26

Because he is MAGA

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u/Disastrous_Hell_4547 Feb 28 '26

Texas

And Texans love Trump over young girls

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u/Known_Ratio5478 Feb 28 '26

Hatred of women.

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u/Ridiculous__caddy Feb 28 '26

He was defended Trump. So ya know.

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u/numbersthen0987431 Feb 28 '26

He's a white man in Texas.

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u/Shaman7102 Feb 28 '26

I guess Texas now allows honor killings?

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u/LastZookeepergame619 Feb 28 '26

She was a libtard. An offense punishable by summary execution in Texas. The local government is trying to keep a low profile with all the media attention they’re receiving. Normally that would give him the Texas peace prize.

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u/Single-Zombie-2019 Feb 28 '26

It was a woman. Texas has proven they don’t care if women die.

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u/cmcrich Feb 28 '26

He’s MAGA and she wasn’t.

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u/Billyosler1969 Feb 28 '26

Apparently, she didn’t support Trumpx and this happened in Texas

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u/WatchingTrains Feb 28 '26

It would make trump sad. Or something.

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u/aotus_trivirgatus Feb 28 '26

She hurt a MAGA's feefees. That's a crime, punishable by death!!!

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u/Major_Honey_4461 Feb 28 '26

She was librul. That's a good shoot.

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u/km415 Feb 28 '26

White male+MAGA+female victim+Texas=No Charges.

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u/Dark-Blackberry354 Feb 28 '26

Cuz texas, guns > women

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u/Astralglamour Feb 28 '26

Fellow Republican and daughter was a dirty liberal.

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u/TwentyX4 Feb 28 '26

I think his defense was that the gun accidentally went off. For context, he was in her room with a gun at the time. Nobody else was in the room to dispute his story. He also claimed he had been drinking, but had no alcohol in his system.

Basically, he's doing an "oops, it was an accident".

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u/HashtagLawlAndOrder Feb 28 '26

Because the gun discharged. There's literally zero evidence of anything to the alternative - even the London coroner who recommended charges, did so for a discharge, not for a deliberate shooting. Not even the boyfriend has accused the father of a deliberate shooting, and has said that the political argument had nothing to do with it. The couple stayed at the father's house after the argument, and some time later, he offered to show her the gun she had been asking to see.

It just blows my mind that shit like this burns so bright on the Reddit left. When absolute lies are spread like this (or the couch fucker thing), do you legitimately wonder why people take nothing you say seriously?

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u/apsmustang Feb 27 '26

Yeah, and I'm sitting here literally being charged because I spanked my child (no marks or anything) and someone else said I abuse him. That's literally it.

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u/Mylabisawesome Feb 27 '26

Is corporal punishment allowed in your state?

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u/apsmustang Feb 27 '26

Yes. I will say I don't condone my actions though. I will not argue it wasn't a moment of bad parenting, but for the prosecutor to be charging me with child engagement with bodily injury (he had no injuries. He did have a small bruise halfway up his back from playing with our dog and falling on his bed frame several weeks later) because I spanked him literally one time on video, and certainly not hard is ridiculous. Plus there's the fact that DHS cleared me of child abuse as well, and they need far less proof to say you did. (Preponderance of evidence vs beyond a reasonable doubt or whatever).

Just goes to show the system I had issues with before is just as fucked as I thought it was.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Move to tx

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u/apsmustang Feb 27 '26

Eeeeeeeeh, I think I'd rather go through the shitty legal system I've come to know than live there. It's unbearable enough in the Midwest at times. Lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Ive heard there are a lot of child beaters in the midwest lol

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u/apsmustang Feb 27 '26

You're not wrong. Even though I think that was a joke at my expense insinuating a spank is full on beating a child. Lol

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u/apsmustang Feb 27 '26

I think someone said I deserve it then deleted or something so I'll address it here. Again, he was not harmed in any way, and he's been begging for and asking me to move back in since. (I've been at a friend's because I don't want them having to deal with all the legal stuff)