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| U.S. Attorney Files Federal Charges Against Houston Cop Killer, HPD Chief "We Aren't The Immigration Police" |
| 2020-10-22 |
| [HotAir] The U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick filed federal charges against Elmer Rolando Manzano-Martinez, the illegal immigrant who killed Sgt. Harold Preston Tuesday morning. Patrick was concerned that local charges against the felon cop killer would not be enough to hold him after his release from the hospital. Wednesday evening, the U.S. Attorney posted a thread on Twitter to update his actions in this case. Patrick explains that the local authorities had not filed any charges against Elmer Manzano as of Wednesday morning. He concluded that rather than wait and hope that local officials do their job he went ahead and took action himself. He notes that “many times” last summer charges were filed on “capital murder defendants who were realized with few conditions and were still a threat to safety or those with new law violations who were left on bond.” Ah, yes. The threats to public safety that have arisen due to the Democrats’ “reform” of bail and the result that dangerous criminals end up right back out on the streets after an arrest under the guise that the bail reforms only affect misdemeanor charges. More charges could be added as the investigation continues. So far, Patrick has filed felony firearm charges. Manzano was officially charged with capital murder and attempted capital murder on Wednesday. The other charges by the U.S. Attorney’s office should act as insurance that he isn’t released out into the public again. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 Uhhh, no? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-22 18:50 |
| #3 Let's not judge Chief Acevedo too quickly. I mean, if you thought Donald J. Trump was *literally* Hitler and you could stop him by releasing murderers and rapists back into the community where they would afflict your citizens, wouldn't you do it? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-10-22 18:18 |
| #2 HPD Chief Acevedo. Diversity is our strength. Manzano is in Texas illegally from El Salvador. He has been in Texas since 1989. He has a long criminal record. The reporting says that he threatened his wife will reporting her as an illegal immigrant if she left him with their son. Naturally. BTW, I couldn't help but notice that this Hot Air story failed to give the chief's name within the story text. It appears on his badge in the photos, but otherwise you'd have to search his name online to find it. Whatever happened to the basic "Who, what, when, where"s of journalism? I especially notice this when "conservative" outlets give out just enough info to inspire rage-clicks, but only the barest minimum of "actionable intelligence". |
| Posted by: charger 2020-10-22 13:32 |
| #1 Re sidebar in the link: I never noticed before how much Twitter Jack looks like Joseph Seed from Far Cry 5. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-10-22 12:41 |