Death of trailblazing deputy raises difficult, familiar questions
By Scott Henson
Grits for Breakfast
October 1, 2019
The tragic shooting death of a Harris County Sheriff's deputy - a trail blazing figure who was the first Sikh to work in Harris County law enforcement - raises familiar questions with no satisfying answers.
The alleged killer is a severely schizophrenic parolee who had gone off his meds and heard voices telling him to kill people.
Is the criminal-justice system the best way to deal with people whose offenses are rooted in severe mental illness? How did this convicted felon and parolee get a firearm? He already was the subject of a warrant for violating his parole, should more resources be allocated to search for high-risk parole violators?
His family had told officials he was dangerous and off his meds: Are there "red flag" laws that could have allowed them to act sooner?
The circumstances surrounding this awful episode will provide fodder for these and many other debates in coming years. The public dialogue would have been easier, in a sense, if this had turned out to be a hate crime.
The issues surrounding mental illness and the politics of gun proliferation are much more complex and difficult to deal with.
EDITOR’S NOTE Mental illness and the politics of gun proliferation my ass! That worthless piece of shit Robert Solis needs to be dispatched to hell in the Huntsville death chamber … and the sooner, the better!
Since he frequently posts anti-police rants and won’ refute outrageous comments like “I've seen countless outright murders by them on people who hadn't even committed a crime but they took offense to. They have become a murderous lot,” I’m surprised Henson did not blame Deputy Dhaliwal for causing his own death by interfering with the driving of a poor mentally ill Robert Solis.
And if uber-liberal DA Kim Ogg doesn't seek the death penalty, the cops should run her out of town!
7 comments:
Sounds like bark can't handle the truth...
Howie, why would you post anything this cop hater writes? Shame on you.
Shame on me because I read what the enemy has to say and post it when he makes a point?
Personally I don't give a shit whether Solis was mentally ill or not or whether or not he stopped taking his meds. The turd was a career criminal and functioned well in between his contact with the cops. Here is what Scott Henson needs to get in his cop hating brain - Solis killed Deputy Dhaliwal because he knew the officer would find out there was a blue warrant against him. Mental illness had nothing to do with it!
Ah, I see we've picked up one of Scott's followers. Welcome aboard Anon.
Anonymous, Take off your hood so we can see who you really are.
I'm sorry..I didn't know one had to identify themselves in this country when expressing free speech? Did something change since I last posted? Are the facistss in charge now? More importantly, why would you need to know my name? Are you planning on doing a background check on me? Maybe some internet stalking as well? If you don't like people anonymously post on the site then I am sure there is a easy way to fix that right?
Anon, if we knew your identity, you wouldn't get hassled. I'm sure Trey Rusk, like me, is only concerned that by remaining anonymous, people can make all kinds of unsubstantiated charges and outrageous claims on the internet. This particularly true of Scott Henson's many police-hating followers.
Please continue to make your comments on BarkGrowlBite because I appreciate all comments, even those that are very critical of me.
By the way, Anon, I can handle the truth! It's the fake news that I have a problem with.
I think anon is Al Sharpton.
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