It all started when Saenz was taken to a local hospital after exhibiting strange behavior at a supermarket. At the hospital, he allegedly attacked an off-duty officer and was arrested.

The video speaks for itself.  Yes, you can tell there was a struggle and that Saenz was being beligerant.  But shooting and killing a guy in handcuffs!?  Flores and another unidentified officer were struggling to take the handcuffed Saenz from the El Paso County Jail to a hospital for treatment after repeatedly banging his head against a doorway inside the jail. It ended with Flores pulling out his gun and firing a single shot – killing Saenz.

Saenz died later at a local hospital.

The Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas struggled to justify the shooting, only saying that officers had used their tasers on Saenz with little or no effect, as if that somehow justified Flores opting for his firearm.

A grand jury declined to indict Flores in the shootings because of “the totality of the circumstances, which include the long sequence of events that came before the shooting itself.”

More piss poor justification for the shooting was also released – the deceased criminal history, having been previously arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, family violence and assault of the elderly.

If they keep this up I will have to create a special category for police murders.  Sheesh.  Despicable.

For a law enforcement officer to be convicted by a Texas jury in an officer involved shooting incident is VERY RARE.  I liken it to finding Sasquatch riding a unicorn.  Today is a good day for justice.

Science was not on Blackwelder’s side. His story was never going to hold water – it was physically impossible for him to have gotten into a struggle and discharged his firearm in the back of the young teen’s head.   Regardless, huge victory today for civil rights and for the memory of a young man.

Finally a jury in Texas has reached the conclusion that the police are not immune from criminal conviction.  They have to follow the law just like everybody else.  I understand why the prosecution only went for manslaughter and not murder – so they could get a conviction.  But the truth is, this guy should have been convicted of murder.