[Marxism] Houston, Tex., is God’s city

[Ruthless Critic of All that Exists]

July 1, 2008
Grand Jury Clears Texan in the Killing of 2 Burglars

By ADAM B. ELLICK

HOUSTON — A grand jury on Monday refused to indict a 62-year-old man
who fatally shot two burglars last November as they fled his
neighbor's house.

In a case that raised questions of ethnic bias, self-defense and
property rights, the jury rejected charges against the man, Joe Horn,
who is white. Both victims were illegal immigrants from Colombia.

"Joe is not some wild cowboy," Mr. Horn's lawyer, Charles T.
Lambright, said at a news conference on Monday. "He was put in a place
where he didn't have any other choice."

But others reacted angrily to the decision. "There is not a
snowflake's chance in hell that an African-American man could do what
Joe Horn did and get away with it," said Quanell X, a local black
activist. "The message that Harris County sent to the entire world is
that Houston, Tex., is God's city. There is no longer a need for the
criminal justice system, police, judge or jury. You can be all of that
on your own." [...]

Full: <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/us/01texas.html?ref=us>