How has this not been posted yet? (SIAP) Firefighter kills neighbor

[TexasEd]

Ruth told jurors he was on his knees building a fence when Rodriguez approached him and pointed a rifle at his face. He said Rodriguez then hit him between the eyes with the barrel.

"I felt he had some psychological issues," Ruth said. "He was violent."

Ruth said he took the gun away from Rodriguez and hit him with it. Although police intervened, no charges were filed.

WTF?

The police in that jurisdiction are negligent. They should have filed charges for assault with a deadly weapon. (IIRC Second Degree Felony) At the time of the murder he should not have been able to legally own a firearm.

Did they let him off/preferential treatment because he was a firefighter?

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand]

Did they let him off/preferential treatment because he was a firefighter?

that's the second thing i thought of after "wtf?"

[TexasEd]

that's the second thing i thought of after "wtf?"

What was the first?

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand]

"wft?"

[TexasEd]

You said it was the second thing you thought AFTER WTF.

So chronology is
1. WTF
2. First thing after WTF
3. Second thing after WTF

awww $#@! it.
I'll just assume it was Monica Fulco.

[Chewbacca]

Did they let him off/preferential treatment because he was a firefighter?

I would lay money on it. Firefighters might as well be pseudo-cops with the $#@! they get away with.

[Steel Shank]

I smell a lawsuit.

[iamthepush]

What was the first?

high horses

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand]

i can't math.

[tx 3 putt]

Gregory Ruth is better than I. Danaher would still be alive if I were Gregory Ruth. I'd have been on trial.

if ruth was able to hit him with the rifle, im curious why he stopped hitting him ?

[Armybrat]

Being voted out of the fire fighter's union speaks volumes about this piece of $#@!.

That would be a very telling indicator of this guy's character.

[Snacks]

if ruth was able to hit him with the rifle, im curious why he stopped hitting him ?

because he is a better man than i am.

groverat knows this is true.

[pevodog]

He was sentenced to 40yrs.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te...ed-3666967.php

[juz]

good, just saw on the local news that his family got up and left the court room when the victim impact statements began ...

[Steel Shank]

Dude's an $#@!. Try being a tough guy in Huntsville.

[tx 3 putt]

he needs to die in that prison

[Leander Horn]

Hopefully other fools won't try the same thing (Stand My Ground), now that they see what this idoit got.

[wildcat09]

$#@! should have gotten the needle. I'm sick of gun owners like this making us all look like crazy $#@!s. As a CHL holder, I wouldn't have a problem making sentences for crimes committed by CHL holders in possession of their handgun stricter than for non-CHL holders. Maybe heightened legal responsibility will work for those who don't understand that they have a heightened moral responsibility to refrain from encouraging dangerous situations just so they can play cowboy.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand]

I'm sick of gun owners like this making us all look like crazy $#@!s.

these guys aren't helping either.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/n...,1924086.story

still don't know how this guy was allowed to carry after pulling a gun on his neighbor.