THE REAL TRUTH SURROUNDING JOE HORN AND THE TWO BURGLARS HE SHOT

By Paul Cappadona

July 13, 2008
NewsWithViews.com

Yes Joe Horn, 62, saw a robbery in progress from his home in Pasadena, Texas. He saw two men brake into his neighbor’s home and carry away stolen property. The thieves that were shot during their escape Hernando Riascos Torres, 38, and Diego Ortiz, 30, were unemployed illegal immigrants from Colombia.

The shootings last November touched off protests from civil rights activists who said Horn's actions were racially motivated. Horn's supporters said he was protecting himself and being a good neighbor to a homeowner who was out of town.

"I understand the concerns of some in the community regarding Mr. Horn's conduct," said Harris County District Attorney Kenneth Magidson, it’s funny but this writer doesn’t.

Does the case raised questions of ethnic bias, self-defense and property rights? Read on. Joe Horn, who is light brown with red highlights, (also called white for some reason) shot both perpetrators. The deceased were darker brown with red highlights, (also called people of color for some reason). Was color a factor? Quanell X, a local black activist thinks so. “There is not a snowflake’s chance in hell that an African-American man could do what Joe Horn did and get away with it,â€