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Subject: Guadalupe Acosta

  • Get Shot By A Metro Cop, You'll Get A Grilling Instead Of An Apology

    We weren't really surprised to learn that the saga of The Great Metro Shooting is once again grabbing headlines, this time with the news that the bystander who was shot now plans on suing Metro. Guadalupe Acosta, a nanny, told the Chron she was shot in the shoulder as she was pushing the toddler she cared for around the Rice University jogging path. And she said no one from Metro ever apologized or expressed sympathy. Since Metro ain't talking, Hair Balls can only speculate that that was a legal

    June 19, 2009
  • Metro Cop No-Billed In Shooting; Agency's Top Cop Says He Did Apologize To Victim

    Photo by Craig Malisow A Harris County grand jury on Monday no-billed the Metro officer who shot and killed a knife-weilding man who had threatened at least one Metro passenger. Accidentally shot in the May 5 incident was Guadalupe Acosta, who subsequently sued Metro. Metro Police Chief Tom Lambert revealed the grand jury's decision not to indict Officer R.L. Harrington at a press conference today. "We're confident that Officer Harrington did exactly what he was suppo

    June 23, 2009