Travis County District Attorney José Garza won’t drag the three officers who took down the Austin shooter to a grand jury.
On Sunday, Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalized citizen from Senegal, opened fire in Austin. Three people have died, and two remain in critical condition.
Jorge Pederson, 30, was taken off life support on Monday.
Ryder Harrington, 19, and Savitha Shan, 21, also passed away.
I covered the story on Tuesday, explaining why Garza brings any officer who uses force to a grand jury. It’s disgusting and contains the usual suspects.
Garza dismissed the accusations.
“These officers are heroes, and it should go without saying that my office is not seeking any charges and would not seek charges,” Garza’s office said, according to KXAN. “The accounts to the contrary are false, intentionally false, and are being peddled for obvious political purposes.”
Oh, honey. As I wrote in my piece, Garza listens to the far-left group the Wren Collective, which has forced him to put officers who use force in front of a grand jury.
We also know it was a possibility because the police association asked lawyer Doug O’Connell to represent the officers.
“It’s my belief that the Wren Collective has directed the district attorney to review officer-involved cases this way,” O’Connell told Fox News. “It seems they’re very anti-law enforcement officers.”
Garza literally has had that policy since 2021. Last month, a grand jury refused to indict four officers involved in a 2024 fatal shooting.
“Every time an officer is dispatched to a violent criminal call, they’ve got to be thinking: ‘I could be killed, or, depending on how this goes, I could be indicted,'” O’Connell added.
Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock posted on X that the officers are not currently facing any charges and have not been referred to Garza’s office.
“However, the DA seems to still intend to put this before a grand jury where anything can happen as the DA controls that process and doesn’t allow APD involvement,” Bullock added.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the officers heroes.
“Whatever the DA does, I will have the final say in the fate of these police officers,” said Abbott.
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