Texas grand jury declines to bring charges against a man who shot and killed a 9-year-old

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Earls then got out and shot at the fleeing suspect and a pickup truck that he thought the person was getting into, police said.

But the pickup was not the suspect’s getaway car. Instead, Arlene and her family were inside.

So, he fired a gun into a random car and killed someone inside the car. A car and person that were not involved in any interaction with him at all.

Earls was arrested and charged with aggravated assault but with the grand jury’s decision, his case cannot be presented again, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.

“The grand jury, a random group of ordinary people in Harris County who answered their jury summons, heard the evidence in this case as presented by our prosecutors, heard all of the possible charges – from murder to manslaughter to aggravated assault to criminally-negligent homicide. That grand jury also heard possible defenses,” Ogg said, explaining that deadly force can be excused including under defense of property cases.

I am unable to comprehend how firing into a random car can be considered “defense” of anything.

This is the society that many seem to want to live in. One where the only law is the gun you carry. Where every interaction or simply venturing outside comes with the possibility of being shot by someone. I’m also unable to comprehend how anyone can support and want a government or politicians where this is the goal. Yet, it’s clearly the goal many campaign on.