Remember this officer-involved shooting? The reaction from LULAC and the robber’s own mother were typical knee-jerk reactions without digesting all of the facts. Remember, the officer shot this guy as he ran towards him with a weapon. After the shooting, a gun, and property taken from the robbery victims were found near the suspect’s body. He also had been pointed out as the robber. Citizens are tired of being victims, yet LULAC seems to care nothing about the law abiding community. Well, not surprisingly, the grand jury declined to indict the officer. Yet, when you compare KPRC’s story with the Chronicle’s, you’ll notice an important detail was missed by the paper. Remember HPD released the surveillance video from the shooting which the grand jury had. The suspect’s mother said her son was just trying to run away. However she’s trying to repress the fact that her son was a robber and a coward trying to get away. Make no mistake, he would have continued to prey on innocent citizens. For whatever reason, the Chronicle missed something that KPRC covered:
But on Thursday, LULAC District Director Jose Jimenez said the officer had to protect himself and residents of the apartment complex.
“The Police Department opened up and showed us the videos, especially the video before the shooting and after the shooting, to show us there were children around. This is a very difficult situation and we’re going to have to support the grand jury’s decision on this,” Jimenez said.
Uh oh. I bet Mr. Jimenez had to grind his teeth while making that statement. There was no way that LULAC could exploit this into a ethnic-divisive issue to further its agendas and expand its treasury. When shown the obvious danger this robber posed to innocent citizens (children included) even LULAC has to see the light, even if only once. Why did the Chronicle miss this? Did the reporter not run to LULAC just this time? Or did the Chronicle not want to embarrass LULAC?
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