Texas man will NOT be charged for fatal shooting of sheriff's deputy who entered home

[mmntech]

I shot the Sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. Oh wait, I did shoot the deputy.

 

[akahoovy]

Good.

 

[Doppel]

I shot the Sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. Oh wait, I did shoot the deputy.

I laughed.

 

[WelshBloke]

Actually, it is. Learn to use a dictionary, it can be your friend, or at least keep you from looking like a dumbass, or more than you already are.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burglarize

bur·glar·ize:

verb
past tense: burglarized; past participle: burglarized

"Our summer house has been burglarized."

The word is burgled.

Burgled
Burglar
Burglary

Not

Burglarized
Burglarizer
Burglarizery

 

[Phoenix86]

Irony is that the police there are called "Peace Officers". Further irony is that the officer killed, Burleson County Sgt. Adam Sowders, was the person responsible for obtaining the no-knock warrant that resulted in his own death.

My opinion: Sowders wanted to play badass military-style tough guy, and rightfully paid the price. Good riddance.

That's a bit harsh no? I would place a much larger blame on the judges that sign these warrants, and even more so on the high judges that allowed the first ones setting precedence.

 

[Phoenix86]

The word is burgled.

Burgled
Burglar
Burglary

Not

Burglarized
Burglarizer
Burglarizery

While this seems cromulent you don't seem to allow for a living language.

 

[twinrider1]

Burglarization.

It's a reasonable defense. It's about what he believed at the time. I'm okay with no charges.
I'm not a big fan of raiding a house in general. I think it should be reserved for cases of imminent danger. And if you're going to do it, wear armor and hit them fast; shock and awe works.

 

[OCGuy]

So I am burgling a house? If someone ever said "burgled" to me I would think they were having a seizure.

 

[Arkaign]

The word is burgled.

Burgled
Burglar
Burglary

Not

Burglarized
Burglarizer
Burglarizery

All of the bold words are real words.

Just like colour and color, behavior and behaviour, etc.

From my perspective, burglarized sounds more appropriate for this use. It's perfect for the past-tense description of an occurance on a property. "My home was burglarized while I was at the store" sounds infinitely better than "My home was burgled while I was at the store".

 

[Arkaign]

That's a bit harsh no? I would place a much larger blame on the judges that sign these warrants, and even more so on the high judges that allowed the first ones setting precedence.

That would seem logical until you realize that the judges more or less have to churn these things out based on the word of the officers and departments involved. It's VERY much driven from the police agencies, and not from the judicial arena in actual practice.

While his assessment may seem cold, it's simply the truth.

 

[WelshBloke]

All of the bold words are real words.

I know you guys think that the last one is a real word but really you're not fooling anyone but yourselves.

 

[88keys]

I'm not really sure what to think here. I know there are numerous situations where law enforcements enters the home without following proper procedures or even entering the wrong home altogether causing accidents like this. Unfortunately in most cases, the civilian defending his family never wins against law enforcement regardless of how poorly they carried out their duties. In cases like this I think that when law enforcement fails to follow protocol hence making situations violent (because people might think their house is being robbed) or fucks up an invades the wrong house. Those officers should not receive legal protection as law enforcement, and they should be tried as intruders and be seen as such in the eyes of the law.

If the officers did follow procedures than I would side with the cops. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like any of this was caught on camera so who knows. Of course the cops will tell you that they did follow protocol.

This makes another case for recording all police activity.

 

[Lithium381]

Because, obviously, the government has no reason to ever search the premises without consent. Reasonable cause is just an excuse for a police state...

as we've seen "reasonable" is subjective.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-...dorner-manhunt-was-reasonable-mistake-da-says

 

[JulesMaximus]

Shoot first, ask questions later. It's the 'Murikan way.

 

[Kadarin]

as we've seen "reasonable" is subjective.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-...dorner-manhunt-was-reasonable-mistake-da-says

Reasonable, my ass. The police should NOT have the right to attempt to execute you just because you're driving a truck.

 

[Lithium381]

I'm not really sure what to think here. I know there are numerous situations where law enforcements enters the home without following proper procedures or even entering the wrong home altogether causing accidents like this. Unfortunately in most cases, the civilian defending his family never wins against law enforcement regardless of how poorly they carried out their duties. In cases like this I think that when law enforcement fails to follow protocol hence making situations violent (because people might think their house is being robbed) or fucks up an invades the wrong house. Those officers should not receive legal protection as law enforcement, and they should be tried as intruders and be seen as such in the eyes of the law.

If the officers did follow procedures than I would side with the cops. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like any of this was caught on camera so who knows. Of course the cops will tell you that they did follow protocol.

This makes another case for recording all police activity.

the drug war has caused some "need" to be excessivly violent. . . they can't wait outside for him later in the morning and nab him coming out of the house? oh he might see them and flush the evidence, that's worth a life! a little bit of pot. . . so sad..

 

[Gerle]

I know it's Texas where you can shoot anybody for pretty much any reason

I live here, no you can't. Troll.

 

[Doppel]

Burgled sounds like something you do to somebody's naughty parts.

 

[Dari]

All this over weed? Ricockulous.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Burgled sounds like something you do to somebody's naughty parts.

Burgle burgle burgle... :hmm::awe:

 

[Lithium381]

All this over weed? Ricockulous.

because weed turns children into terrorists. please think of the children.

 

[Perknose]

The word is burgled.

Burgled
Burglar
Burglary

Not

Burglarized
Burglarizer
Burglarizery

Burgled is as made-up as burglarized. Both are back formations of burglar, and they both came into usage around the same time:

Either is acceptable. Burglarized is much more common in the USA, although burgled is less cumbersome. Dictionary.com dates both burgle and burglarize from the 1870s. Burgle is a back-formation from burglar.

More specific answer as to why your exegesis is seriously flawed:

In fact, if you wanted to make an argument you might say that "burglarize" is more regular because -ize is the way you form verbs from nouns. "Burgle" is a corruption because the word "burglar" came first, and its -ar is not the agentive -er as in "writer", "toaster", etc. The presupposition that it is based on the previously nonexistent verb "burgle" would therefore be an error. If it were, "burglar" would have had the spelling "burgler", which it does not.

 

[unokitty]

I came to this thread expecting to find a discussion of felony use of a deadly weapon.

Instead, I find a discussion of felony use of grammar?

Chewbacca Defense anyone?

 

[Lonyo]

All of the bold words are real words.

Just like colour and color, behavior and behaviour, etc.

From my perspective, burglarized sounds more appropriate for this use. It's perfect for the past-tense description of an occurance on a property. "My home was burglarized while I was at the store" sounds infinitely better than "My home was burgled while I was at the store".

It sounds more appropriate because it's what you grew up with.
If you grew up in a country where they said burgled, you would think that sounds more appropriate.

Like if you say bonnet in the USA people would give you weird looks, and if you said hood in the UK people would give you weird looks.
It only sounds right because you're used to it.

 

[Paratus]

The word is burgled.

Turd Burgled
Turd Burglar
Turd Burglary

Not

Turd Burglarized
Turd Burglarizer
Turd Burglarizery

Turd Burglar. It's a funny name.