Because I'm at work, I'm answering without playing the video and basing my response on what I read about the case in this morning's
Metro newspaper, which, admittedly, wasn't much.
With those caveats, I think it was a mistake not to indict him. I'm not against people using force to defend their homes, families, and property, but this wasn't
his home, family, or property.
According to the newspaper story, he actually told the 911 dispatcher that he was going to kill the alleged burglars.
Were thes guys armed? Did he shoot them in the back?
The paper doesn't say whether they were armed, but it does say that he shot them both in the back.
The brief story in the paper makes him sound like somebody who was just itchin' for an opportunity to shoot somebody. He should have stopped at making the 911 call, or perhaps at most firing warning shots to try to hold the burglars for the police. I think he should have been indicted and tried for something like voluntary manslaughter, if Texas has that category of a crime.