Sam Lowry said:I think the guy's text messages and social media posts hurt him a lot. He was basically telling his friends he was going out to hunt libs.Mothra said:
Have a really hard time with this one. No doubt the Travis County DA is as bad as they come. He truly is as incompetent DA as any in the United States, and his decision not to prosecute criminals has made Austin unsafe.
But this man was tried by a jury of his peers, who believed he did something wrong. And believe it or not, Travis County juries aren't the bastion of liberals that people think they are. They are very diverse in both race and politics.
I haven't seen all the evidence, but I suspect there is a lot more to this story.
So Facebook posts can now get you convicted.
We have a word for that "thought crime"…and the USSR specialized in that kind of prosecution.
A liberal jury and DA in Austin was unwilling to set aside their personal political views and judge the case. A mob surrounded a man's car and a thug ran up and pointed an AK at him.
Those were the only relevant facts that mattered…not Facebook posts or social media history.