Texas Church Shooter: What No One is Saying About the Insanity of His Prior Conviction

By Jon Rappoport

Devin Kelley, the Texas church shooter, was convicted of crimes by a military court in 2012.

Mainstream press outlets are reporting this fact to show he never should have been allowed to purchase a gun after his release from prison—except the Army failed to enter his criminal record in a national database that would have red-flagged him, when he tried to buy several weapons.

But there is another issue.

In 2012, while stationed at Holloman Air Force base, Kelley “pleaded guilty to two charges of assault and battery on his then-wife and aggravated assault on his infant stepson. Five other charges that included multiple incidents in which he allegedly aimed either a loaded or unloaded firearm at his wife were withdrawn as part of the plea deal.” (ABC News)

Kelley kicked and choked his wife a number of times. He fractured his infant stepson’s skull. The Air Force stated Kelley used enough force to kill his stepson or at least cause “grievous bodily harm.” In his plea deal, Kelley admitted he struck his stepson intentionally.

Here is the payoff, from ABC News: “A mixed jury of officers and enlisted personnel sentenced him [Kelley] to a year’s confinement and a reduction in two ranks from an airman first-class (A1C) to airman basic. He also received a bad conduct discharge.”

That sentence is a crime compounded on Kelley’s crimes.

A year’s confinement?

How about 50 years in prison?

What kind of plea deal did the Air Force allow, and why? Who is investigating THAT?

With any sort of reasonable sentence, Kelley would never have shown up at the Texas church.

Over the years, I’ve looked into numerous crimes of repeat offenders. I’m sure you’ve read reports as well. So-and-so robbed a store and shot the manager. At the time, he was serving probation after a conviction of assault on two teenagers…

What?!

In Kelley’s case, there is obviously some degree of political correctness at work. “Well, he didn’t actually kill anybody, so let’s confine him for a year and demote him…”

As my readers know, I investigate and report on many high-level corporate and government crimes—and the failure to adequately prosecute the offenders. But the same lunacy applies to street-level felonies.

Instead of, “Well, Bob is one of our own, a pillar of the community, so what if he’s poisoning thousands of people with his company’s medical drugs, let’s fine him and let him off with a promise to mend his ways,” it’s: “Well, this fellow had a very tough childhood, his father was a drunk and beat him and his mother, and the neighborhood was dangerous and everyone was in a gang, so let’s give him two years in jail for putting a girl into a coma…”

On the other hand, “Let’s see, this man committed two petty unarmed robberies and then he stole a candy bar from a traveling circus, so that’s three strikes and he goes away for life without parole…”

Devin Kelley should never have been near that Texas church. He should have been in a lockup, after assaulting his wife many times and fracturing his infant stepson’s skull.

The press doesn’t appear to have noticed this, or if they have, they’ve declined to mention it, because, in their view, prison is some kind of illegitimate institution. It’s wrong, it shouldn’t exist. It’s “unfashionable” to demand tougher prison sentences for any street-level crime.

Fine. In that case, how about an island blocked off from escape by sea? Devin Kelley and those like him, at every level of society, can share roots and tubers, build huts, and try to share their new lives.

And the know-nothings, who reject all punishment for crimes committed against human beings, can swab the decks of ships stationed offshore to prevent the prisoners’ exit from their island paradise.

I wonder how well Devin Kelley’s jury members, from 2012, are sleeping at night.

The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free NoMoreFakeNews emails here or his free OutsideTheRealityMachine emails here.


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9 Comments on "Texas Church Shooter: What No One is Saying About the Insanity of His Prior Conviction"

  1. “No women, no children.”

  2. For the totality of each offense he should have received not less then 10 years confinement at hard labor to be served consecutively, with the total number of offenses that he was charged with he should have been sitting at the US Military Disciplinary Barracks Fort Leavenworth KS for at least 70 years and received a Dishonorable Discharge for the Air Force. Yes for the snowflakes and such that sounds harsh, but guess what if that was you sister, or daughter or grand son would you feel the same way, you might sit in the comfort of you home and lie to your self but guess what do not try lieing to me or anyone else. Years ago before the entrance of Political Correctness got into the Military that is exactly what he would have gotten bet on it.

  3. Prison cells are for non-violent people of color who get busted for drugs, not for violent white folks. Don’t you know?

  4. I read the other day that the Air Force forgot to notified the BATF of this guy record. So he could buy anything

  5. “How about 50 years in prison?” Any prison sentence over 20 years should be reserved for the eventual imprisonment of America’s elite war criminals and Wall Street fraudsters who do far more damage. Criminal justice should be proportional and fair. Focus should be on why peons get five times the normal punishment compared to the elite criminals (Bushes, Clintons, Obama) receive no penalty and in fact, they profit from their earlier crimes. It is time for a moratorium on sadistic sentences handed to common criminals until the elites are fully prosecuted and imprisoned (or worse) via a court of law.

    • two months ago, national geographic (didn’t they used to have a mandate to bring science to the common masses – now all propaganda) had a special on, regarding 9/11.
      one of the blurbs in the montage used as a trailer (i refused on principal to watch the show) was GW saying “justice will be done!”
      i had an issue (maybe more than one) – Colin Powell was still walking free, GWH Bush and his son GW Bush were not behind bars where they belonged. WJB Clinton III was also still out and about making a nuisance of himself (to women and just normal people as a whole), Al Gore was spouting on about inconvenient UNtruths
      the saudi regime was still in place
      and wonder of wonders – Osama Bin Laden – the alleged mastermind was… where the F$%^ was he, US Navy SEALs had presumably killed him, but they were the only ones who ever saw him, and suddenly that SEAL team started suffering losses – i.e. there was no independent provable witness of the event (not even CNN)
      next time, whether it is Lee Harvey Oswald, Stephen Paddock, Devin Kelly or Osama Bin Laden, keep him alive, put him in a court room – and if you don’t (or he is dead) no one will believe your version of the events, the US government has already proven itself not worthy of trust FAAAAAAAAAAR too many times now
      Mr George W Bush, when the F%^& will justice be done? we are still waiting!!!

  6. Dr Jimmy T (Gunny) LaBaume | November 8, 2017 at 11:44 am |

    Nit picking…it was the Air Force and not the Army.

  7. Prison, prison, prison. Wouldn’t be spending billions on prisons if we brought back effective punishment, ie stocks, pillories, whipping posts, public hangings, have “school” field trips to show kids what happens to miscreants. But no, hide them away and generate evermore business for the prosecutor/probation/parole/prison industries.

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