• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    It’s extremely strange that no details have been released in this case. I kinda doubt it’s actual full-bore corruption, that’s still fairly rare here, but man for a case involving a foreign citizen it’s sure suspicious they’re so quiet about it. And even in texas there’s so few situations where a fatal shooting doesn’t merit charges. It seems a little far fetched for her to have, say, been mugging someone who then shot her in self-defense. Was she shot by some kind of trained combat armadillo? A senile centenarian who passed away during the investigation? A very small child? (actually those last two are feasible, though in both cases the owner of the firearm they got ahold of would probably have been charged, though it’s texas so that isn’t 100%). Those are the only sort of examples where this might be justified, but lets be honest it was probably the cops.

    Just fucking weird. Her poor family.

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        11 hours ago

        There would be something leaked from the 5 witnesses or someone briefed on the case like the grand jury. It’s something sad like a kid or someone with dementia near death.

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        18 hours ago

        Even then it must have been really abnormal, normally they just don’t release the officer’s name and give them a month of paid time off. What the hell…

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            18 hours ago

            For the sake of her family’s closure, I hope we find out. I can’t imagine what it’s like to have speculation like this about something so horrible.

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      18 hours ago

      And it happened January 10th. It’s been months and there were 5 witnesses who haven’t spoken to reporters. The most likely outcomes are all really sad.

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        18 hours ago

        Yeah, all of my real guesses are too bleak for me to want to type them up. This is just awful.