Seriously, they're arguing "stand your ground" as the reason he was pardoned? JFC.You know, stand your ground, in that moving car you're directing toward people to murder them
Abbot is a sack of shit, but so is the parole board.
Seriously, they're arguing "stand your ground" as the reason he was pardoned? JFC.The crowd could easily make the "stand your ground" law their justification for dealing with the person who crashed into them.
Abbot is a sack of shit, but so is the parole board.
The crowd could easily make the "stand your ground" law their justification for dealing with the person who crashed into them.Ideally, yes.
In a rational society this would end Greg Abbott's political career. (Not that a bunch of things shouldn't have already done so.)Political career? In a rational society he'd be stripped of power and arrested for abusing it
Feds need to start doing something about these red states. They're basically building their own gestapos. Sadly they won't and the whole country is eventually going to become a fascist hellhole. It could be stopped, but no.no, democrats doing anything about this would be mean and that's bad
no, democrats doing anything about this would be mean and that's badThe optics! Think of the optics!
no, democrats doing anything about this would be mean and that's bad
The optics! Think of the optics!
Why do the people of Texas stand for this?
Twenty twenty fucking four and people are still getting away with killing black people without consequence. What the fuck.It's worse than that because the legal system actually worked properly but the governor of the state is so racist he basically said "Nah it's okay to kill black people"
Garland needs to grow some balls and indict Abbott.
Did he give a reason for doing this or just let everyone assume it's some white supremacy shit?Because the protestors were "dangerous" and he was just defending himself. Which is bullshit.
"Texas has one of the strongest Stand Your Ground laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney."