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!
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