CHENEY IS CLEARED OF ALL CHARGES????

[im10ashus]

Authorities have cleared Cheney of wrongdoing in the accidental shooting of Whittington, but questions remain around the incident.

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. No proof of inebriation, no crime?

?

[Maru Kitteh]

15. Not true, somebody had an excellent link about a hispanic ranch hand

Who accidentally shot an undocumented alien in the brush believing him to be a feral pig. The ranch hand was cleared of foul play but charged with manslaughter, reckless manslaughter if I remember right. There was a quote from the Texas sheriff that said something like "There is nothing to indicate this was anything other than an accident but he shot a human being and that cannot go excused".

Nice huh?

[enid602]

21. pigs

That could be Cheney's excuse as well; he thought the victim was a feral pig. They ALL could pass for feral pigs, after all.

[Silverhair]

28. Stop insulting the pigs, damnit !!

Yeah, I know it was predictable joke, but somebody had to say it.

[MsUnderstood]

23. not to confuse pigs and . . .cheney

But if it was manslaughter that means the man mistaken for a pig was killed.

In this case, the man cheney accidently shot is not dead so they can't charge him with manslaughter.


Now if charges were to be filed it could be for obstruction of justice or not reporting a crime something along those lines since he didn't report the crime or speak to police. ..but it is all in what the prosecution thinks they can charge and they know they aint gonna get the VP of the Texan president.

[Maru Kitteh]

30. Reckless endangerment?

I'll bet other people in Texas have been charges with something after accidentaly shooting someone in the face, drunk or not.

[badgolfer]

2. Cheney song

http://cheneyplaysfolsom.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

[MADem]

13. That is a hoot! n/t

[bullimiami]

3. rich white mans justice. quick and clean.

[JuniperLea]

4. Gosh! I guess that means it's "hunting partner" season!

I wonder what the charges were for "regular guys" who shot their hunting partner...

[im10ashus]

5. I guess so.

Time to "harvest" another lawyer.

[Initech]

6. I call bullshit on this one!

I mean think about it - if John Edwards were the vice president and the guy who shot Wellington in the face, that would be all the repukes need to not only call an impeachment charge against him but he'd probably face time in a federal prison for it.

This reeks of bullshit.

[shain from kane]

20. Little Napoleon shot Wellington at the Western Waterloo.

I'm sorry, I'm trying to make a joke, since the victim's name is actually Whittington.
Around here, we refer to him as The Unwitting One.

[Katherine Brengle]

7. if "questions remain" how can he be cleared? n/t

[JuniperLea]

8. Found a site that lists hunting accidents/criminal charges...

Site:

http://www.all-creatures.org/cash/accident-center.html


One example:

http://www.all-creatures.org/cash/taah-sh-20051207.html

[im10ashus]

9. If he's been cleared, can they change their mind later?

I mean, if he wasn't put on trial or anything, couldn't the charge him eventually?

[Solly Mack]

12. If the man dies, yes - they can charge Cheney

but the question is "Will they?"

and the death is attributed to the shooting

[im10ashus]

16. Will they is the question indeed.

They will attribute his death to his "weak heart."

[Solly Mack]

19. Yeah - weakened by foreign matter embedded in the muscles

but well, it is Cheney - and he's above the law (it would seem)

Course, Texas is welcomed to prove me wrong.

[bobthedrummer]

10. That includes poaching?

[MadMaddie]

11. If this were an Average Joe or minority....

Do you think that they would be cleared of all charges? It hasn't been, what 5 days and he has been cleared!!

Is the American public getting pissed yet?

:shrug:

[Nikki Stone 1]

14. Exactly

Anytime this crowd talks about "special rights", we gotta bring up this special right to shoot people without arrest.

[Burried News]

17. So it's ok if Whittington takes a turn for the worse and dies now.

Man ain't nowheres justice is swifter than Texas.

[central scrutinizer]

18. What message does this send to the children?

That if you are a rich white guy, you can shoot your friend in the face and it's OK. Might be just a teensy bit more serious than the message that consensual oral sex is OK. Unless Whittington consented to being shot in the face, then I guess they are about equal.

[Julius Civitatus]

25. If you are a white, powerful, connected, good ol' boy, you can do anything

That's the message

[im10ashus]

26. That's the message I am getting.

I just can't believe the crap they get away with.

[hellothere]

22. Call the Texas attorney general NOW!!!!

This is bullshit!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=430017&mesg_id=430017

[Julius Civitatus]

24. Texas justice, people, Texas justice

Please Texan DU'ers, don't take it personally, but I wonder how anyone else not WHITE, REPUBLICAN, POWERFUL, CONNECTED, GOOD OLD BOY would have fared in a similar incident.

[against all enemies]

27. Come on it's Texas, they redistricted the Dems right out of the House

of Representatives. Giving Cheney a break is easy oats.

[Rocknrule]

29. If everyone was a Republican, we would have total anarchy

since the law doesn't apply to them.

They should make a South Park or Simpsons depicting such a situation

[rucky]

31. Linky-poo, por favor?

[im10ashus]

32. Ooops!!!!

Sorry.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060215/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_19