Shootings

In the past 2 days there have been 2 shootings. One in Texas at Fort Hood, and one in Florida. The shooter in Texas was shot by an officer and wounded. But the thing that I find funny is this guy is the "alleged shooter". It took 4 bullets from the female officer to stop the guy. But because the nutjob didn't die, he is "alleged." If the nutjob had died, he would be the "slain gunman."

Yes, everyone is "presumed innocent until proven guilty", but this is pretty cut and dried. However, if the news were to call the wackjob a "gunman" without the "alleged" part, lawyers would try some legal bullshit to have the case dismissed or moved because the jury pool is tainted. Well, the jury pool is tainted because the guy lived. The jury pool is tainted because he killed 12 people and wounded 31 and did not die when the cop shot him.

My advice for his lawyers, plead out. This is Texas, pal, they love to kill people there. And you just shot up a bunch of patroitic volunteers. There isn't a whole lot of chance you can get out of this. You can try to plead insanity, but when you shout, "Allahu Akbar" before you pull the trigger, you become a terrorist.