{"id":1800104,"date":"2023-01-09T13:48:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T18:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1800104"},"modified":"2023-01-09T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T18:49:21","slug":"when-leaders-wont-crack-down-on-crime-citizens-like-the-texas-taco-guy-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-leaders-wont-crack-down-on-crime-citizens-like-the-texas-taco-guy-will\/","title":{"rendered":"When Leaders Won\u2019t Crack Down On Crime, Citizens Like The Texas Taco Guy Will"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhen-leaders-wont-crack-down-on-crime-citizens-like-the-texas-taco-guy-will%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1800104&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>For years now, cities have failed to combat rising violent crime. Citizens are fed up and, as a result, are taking action. Such was the case in Houston this weekend when a customer at a taqueria shot and killed an armed robber.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage of the late-night stick-up shows an armed man, clothed in a black ski mask, demanding wallets from diners. As the robber makes his rounds, a male customer in one of the booths can be seen reaching for his concealed handgun before firing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joshuajered\/status\/1611864541436203013?s=20&#038;t=X_UmAD3DzPR8VVLg0tzeaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nine times<\/a> into the criminal\u2019s back. Once he ensured the robber was disarmed of what was later reported to be an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GMA\/status\/1612425742088040449?s=20&#038;t=X_UmAD3DzPR8VVLg0tzeaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">airsoft gun<\/a>, the customer returned the other patrons\u2019 stolen goods.<\/p>\n<p>The mysterious vigilante disappeared from the taco shop before law enforcement could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/crime\/taqueria-shooter-houston-police-talk\/285-789f268b-531c-4211-abd4-451ca0a03a1e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">question him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/PE\/htm\/PE.9.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas law<\/a> allows for the use of deadly force against a person committing or trying to commit robbery, aggravated robbery, and attempted murder, among other things. Whether the unnamed customer will be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/houstonpolice\/status\/1611382092209815552?s=20&#038;t=X_UmAD3DzPR8VVLg0tzeaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged with a crime<\/a> for stopping one, however \u2014 something Twitter users <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1612073242461671424?s=20&#038;t=X_UmAD3DzPR8VVLg0tzeaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hotly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1611773005260103681?s=20&#038;t=X_UmAD3DzPR8VVLg0tzeaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debated<\/a> over the weekend \u2014 remains to be seen. <\/p>\n<p>This shooting, regardless of legality, is what happens when cities don\u2019t crack down on crime. <\/p>\n<p>Like many other urban, Democrat-controlled hubs, Houston is governed by soft-on-crime politicians and policies that let criminals back onto the streets instead of keeping them behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>Following the death of George Floyd in 2020, Houston was one of many U.S. cities that sought to make <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/george-floyd-banning-chokeholds-ban-houston-funeral\/6239315\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fundamental<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2020\/06\/19\/houston-police-sylvester-turner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">changes<\/a> to its policing and criminal justice system in the name of so-called racial equity. As a result, Texas\u2019 biggest city is in the middle of a rapid uptick in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/amp\/downtown-houston-robberies-business-break-in-suspect-released-crime\/12667836\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brazen break-ins<\/a>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/amp\/article\/news\/crime\/woman-stabbed-to-death\/285-437d4c1f-6228-4989-8049-29a1175337db\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stabbings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/crime\/teen-shot-heading-home\/285-070f0c8b-2f5d-4547-a132-b35297d13a4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shootings<\/a>, road rage fights-turned-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/amp\/article\/news\/crime\/road-rage-shooting-houston\/285-b9033754-e34d-41c5-99d1-8b766c75ce92\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fatal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-man-jailed-allegedly-beating-starving-bumble-date-released-bond-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kidnappings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/crime\/houston-copper-wire-thefts\/285-f4b8e0cb-a558-4bae-a1d2-1cf4f896d4c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thefts<\/a>, and other violent crimes. <\/p>\n<p>In 2022 alone, the Houston Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/abc13-neighborhood-safety-tracker-crime-near-me-houston-police-department-rates\/12629169\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> at least 73,410 thefts, 14,256 burglaries (a weekly average of 325), and 420 homicides (averaging roughly eight per week). Last year\u2019s homicides may have been slightly down from 2021, when law enforcement clocked 433 murders, but are still much higher than in previous years. <\/p>\n<p>The Houston homicide rate is so high right now that the local Crime Stoppers chapter had to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/houston-crime-stoppers-ends-annual-reading-murder-victim-names\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cease reading the names of murder victims<\/a> at its annual \u201cDay of Remembrance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Families of Houston murder victims <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221125054623\/https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/politics\/houston\/article\/houston-victim-families-blast-democrat-judges-17533083.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blame<\/a> the city\u2019s Democrat judges for the \u201crevolving courthouse doors.\u201d Local law enforcement personnel and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott say those same judges played roles in<a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/haris-county-budget-defunding-law-enforcement-funding-in-flux\/12158980\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> reducing critical funding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Harris County\u2019s plan to defund law enforcement shows a complete disregard for the safety &#038; security of the Texans they\u2019re sworn to protect.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll always ensure our officers have the resources necessary to keep our communities safe.<\/p>\n<p>Texas defunds cities who defund our police. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yGcGgYQ8wF\">pic.twitter.com\/yGcGgYQ8wF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1562173808441806849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2022<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Houstonians\u2019 tax dollars are supposed to go to programs and people who give them security. Instead of punishing criminals to the fullest extent of the law, those tax dollars are diverted to so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstontx.gov\/mayor\/press\/2022\/combat-violent-crime-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outreach workers and violence<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When city leaders won\u2019t act, citizens like the armed customer at the Texas taco place take matters into their own hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":1800107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4538,7271,7204,6919,4358,5061,11453,3694,4324],"class_list":["post-1800104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-citizens","tag-crack","tag-crime","tag-federalist","tag-guy","tag-leaders","tag-taco","tag-texas","tag-wont"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1800104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1800107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1800104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1800104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1800104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}