Hello !!! It's over,get over it, get on with it. She did nothing wrong. Yes, she was a little aggressive, It is what it is.
Rebecca was fair and she asked the tough questions that needed to be asked. The guy killed two people in two weeks. It doesn't matter how old he is or if his actions were legal. A rational person wants to know if there's more to the story, and luckily Rebecca wasn't afraid to ask.
You people who are outraged over this are nuts. A perfectly normal story, asking him the questions I wanted asked, and asking them in a respectful way. This is what reporters do.
I suspected it before, but now that I've seen the report I'm really starting to think that Fox must have had some other reason for firing her and they are just using this as a pretext. Yes, there is a fringe element that found her report offensive
Originally Posted by Rebecca Aguilar
"I don't know if I'll survive without a blemish," she says. "Every time you Google my name now it's like 'Aguilar, suspension or ambush.' Before it was 'Aguilar, award-winner.' It's changed in a week."
Perry signs 'castle doctrine' bill
06:51 PM CDT on Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Associated Press
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry signed into law Tuesday a bill that gives Texans a stronger legal right to defend themselves with deadly force in their homes, cars and workplaces.
Both chambers of the Legislature overwhelmingly approved the measure earlier this month. The bill, backed by the National Rifle Association, states that a person has no duty to retreat from an intruder before using deadly force.
"The right to defend oneself from an imminent act of harm should not only be clearly defined in Texas law, but it is intuitive to human nature. You ought to be able to protect yourself," Perry said, surrounded by lawmakers who pushed for the law.
This is the first bill-signing this legislative session by the Republican governor. The law takes effect Sept. 1.
"This is reasonable legislation," Perry said.
The building or vehicle must be occupied at the time for the deadly force provision to apply, and the person using force cannot provoke the attacker or be involved in criminal activity at the time.
Some refer to the measure as the "castle doctrine," drawing from the idea that a man's home is his castle and that he should have the right to defend it.
Fifteen other states have passed similar laws. Texas is the first state to pass such a law this year, said Rep. Joe Driver, a Garland Republican who sponsored the measure.
Sen. Jeff Wentworth, a San Antonio Republican who pressed the issue in his chamber, said the law changes previous Texas law that in some cases requires a person to retreat from an intruder.
The new law will also provide civil immunity for a person who lawfully uses deadly force in any of the circumstances spelled out in the bill. Police and prosecutors can still press charges if they feel deadly force was illegally used, legislative sponsors said.
Sorry to be a Johnny-come-lately but is there a working link to the interview? (I have checked ALL the links in the preceding posts and all are yanked).
In comments to the press afterwards, Ms. Aguilar blamed the verdict on an insufficient number of minorities on the jury.
I don't see any minority angle in this case. It wouldn't have mattered if the jury was all minority, verdict would have been the same. Miss Aguilar is an individual good or bad, her character does not in any way define her minority group. Its very hard if not impossible to find any group minority or not, who would show much sympathy for a predator and tolerate harassing the victim after the fact. Most of the time yopu get controversial taking of sides, its plainly because there were gray facts in an incident, and someone's identity may then affect their views, but that also cuts both ways. Glad justice was served in this case.People tend to want to blame anyone but themselves. Having more minorities on the jury would not have mattered. It was a very quick unanimous decision.
The station did her no wrong. After the incident, they put on her paid leave until her contract ran out and simply opted not to renew the contract.
I don't see any minority angle in this case.
She tryed to be a Big Shot Get'em Reporter and it bit her in the Rear!