Capitol Hill Blue Forums Thread Like Summary - Texas hostages

I’m sure some of you will be willing to answer this, but please be aware I’m looking for a legal or moral answer, rather than “just because. “

From the AP article I read, it appears that the Texas hostage taker was killed shortly after the last hostage was released. I don’t understand why he was killed. Clearly I’m not defending anything he did. And I do understand that he was armed.

Still, it seems as though all too often in this country we tend to shoot first and ask questions later. This guy was killed when most of the danger was over. And apparently the cops aren’t saying anything about who actually shot him.

"Accurate and complete reporting would be useful too"

Sure would. The newspapers do a pretty good job, the TV not so much. The TV Newsies seem to be more interested in making the news than reporting the news and its a bit offsetting to watch them do that. They seem to dote on the how and why more than all five. The problem is that when they cover the how and why its usually reporting their own druthers rather than fact. One could go on and on about this one but I am going to resist.

Oh, almost forgot. It also seems to me that women 'TV reporters' seem to be more inclined than the men reporters in this regard. I think that the ones that tend to squint when they thenk they are making the news are, for me, the very worst.

Just saying...............

The early reports after the end of the event simply stated that the man was dead, with no indication of how he had died. Some reports weren’t even clear that he was armed. I also saw some speculation that he wanted to die.

I’m used to seeing this information in reporting and it was quite obviously missing.

Facts “on the ground” seemed scarce early on and remain scarce now.

The man was clearly violent, clearly mentally disturbed, and clearly a danger to self and others; he was also armed.


I really do think the death of suspects prior to arrest, BLM and others like them, need to be investigated no matter how straightforward they seem. The right to a fair trial is a cornerstone of our nation, and it needs to be preserved. (Accurate and complete reporting would be useful too.)