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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums15 dead, 200 injured in Texas ... has there been an arrest?
Just saying.
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)LeftInTX
(25,383 posts)The owner is being sued.
Eddie Haskell
(1,628 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)The owner and/or manager of that place had a helluva lot of ammonium nitrate onsite.
They didn't report it to anyone and lied when asked directly about it.
People died because no one knew that a gigantic bomb was set to explode.
Somebody needs to go to jail for a long, long time.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)It would be a slam-dunk prosecution, only ideology is getting in the way of justice being meted out.
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)Before demanding prosecutions.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Nothing that was reported as part of the inventory could have caused that explosion.
A large quantity of ammonium nitrate would have caused such a crater.
We know that this facility housed over 20,000 tons of unreported ammonium nitrate during the course of 2012.
Yes, let's wait for the official word, but I think we all have a real good idea of happened.
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)But it is a long damn way between a "good idea what happened" and prosecutable criminal charges. They need time to gather enough evidence to prove which exact person did what, and when did they do it, and who knew. If the bases are not covered the case is over.
Eddie Haskell
(1,628 posts)When it's a corporate crime, a higher standard is required.
dems_rightnow
(1,956 posts)Given that there's no evidence of criminal activity.
There's likely to be some relatively severe civil repercussions.
Igel
(35,320 posts)They're outraged and want a vigilante government to punish the people they're outraged against. Their outrage entails that some criminal activity must be present on the part of the people they're outraged against.
Laws are meant for vengeance and satisfying outrage, not providing a set of enforceable and predictable rules for ordering society.
badtoworse
(5,957 posts)Without knowing the facts, how can you substantiate a criminal charge?
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aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)It was the #3 thing he couldn't remember at the debates and Ron Paul had to whisper it to him. He wants deregulation of business, no EPA, and then if people are injured or killed he wants so called "tort reform" to do away the ability of the victims to be made whole. Only big business counts not people.