Beloved Texas detention officer dead after being assaulted by ‘pure evil’ inmate
By Associated Press
Published Dec. 17, 2024, 10:14 p.m. ET
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WAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man being held in jail fatally assaulted a detention officer who was returning him to his cell following the one hour he was allowed out of his lockup each day, a sheriff said Tuesday.
Isaiah Patrick Bias, a 28-year-old who worked at the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office for over six years, was assaulted Monday afternoon at the county jail in Waxahachie, south of Dallas.
Sheriff Brad Norman said during a Tuesday news conference that Arron Semeion Thompson, 45, from nearby Ennis, has been charged with capital murder in Bias’ death.
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Officials said Thompson has been in jail since last month on charges of assaulting a public servant, public intoxication and evading arrest.
Thompson’s bond in Bias’ death was set at $2 million. Jail records did not list an attorney for him.
Norman said the Texas Rangers will investigate.
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As a little L libertarian, I don’t think we should ever permit the Gooferment from using the “death penalty”. If we do, then political opponents are at risk from their adversaries.
The one exception that I make — every good rule has exceptions — is when the convict is too dangerous for the people we ask to guard them. This appears to be such a case.
As a species, we need to have firm rules of acceptable behavior. For our own survival, this should be one of them. “Kill a correction officer and forfeit your ‘right to life’.” Simple self-preservation.
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