An arrest has been made in the bludgeoning murder of Mitchell Batie.
FORT WORTH — A 32-year-old man faces a murder charge in the death of a 30-year-old co-worker whose body was found in the front yard of an Arlington Heights home Sunday. Thomas Zakra Jackson, who was arrested Thursday afternoon, remained in the Mansfield Jail on Friday with bail set at $100,000. Investigators say Jackson beat Mitchell Batie with a pipe during an argument that began inside Batie’s home in the 5600 block of Birchman Avenue. Homicide Sgt. J.D. Thornton said the two men, both part-time musicians who had worked together in a warehouse, had been drinking together. The fight reportedly started after Batie insulted Jackson’s rapping, Thornton said.— Deanna Boyd
This seems to confirm the statement made by Tamyka in the comments on the post.
Tamyka said...
I'm a close friend of Mitchell Batie. The man in the 'non-firearm' story. He was killed by a man he knew and recently hooked the guy up with a job where he worked. They were hanging out all day Saturday. At some point saturday night they got into a fight and Mitchell did a number on the guy. So in retiliation the guy came back with a friend and jumped Mitchell. Beating him in the head with a pipe and left him for dead. He leaves behind two boys ages 5 and 3. Our kids are the same age and played together all the time. It was my stepfather that found his body around 1am sunday morning. He was a close friend of the family and will be greatly missed. Great father and good all around person. He always tried to see the good in people no matter how screwed up they may be.
Have you noticed how the media isn't calling it a "pipe violence" incident....or a "drinking violence" incident.
I am glad the suspect has been caught, I hope that he will have a speedy and fair trial . And if convicted receives a long prison sentence to think about how took the life of another person.
Should the previous fight be a mitigating factor for the defense or should it be used to point out how the assailant planned revenge and that makes it an aggravated offense?
Would this murder be any more tragic, any more or less of a crime if the assailant had used a firearms?
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I was going to start a blog that did nothing but report non-gun violence, but the research made me sick. In our area an upper-middle-income guy recently decided that his failures were the fault of the world so he killed himself, his wife, and one child... with a gasoline fueled fire (two kids escaped the flames).
You bring up a great point and the reality that few want to recognize; guns, knives, pipes, ropes, clubs, and gasoline don't cause violence.
James,
I have never understood the mentality of those who blame the tool.
Gas doesn't start itself, guns don't shoot themselves, knives don't stab people....so let's focus on controlling those instead of the dangerous, violent -- usually previously convicted person behind those tools.
I couldn't imagine doing a blog dedicated to non-firearm violence. The gore factor and my imagination would keep me awake for all night.
Thanks
"I have never understood the mentality of those who blame the tool."
It's because they hold the violence as a red herring.
Anybody who uses the term "Gun Violence" while ignoring "Violence" simply doesn't care about non-gun violence. Same with people who lament suicide by gun, they don't care about suicide.
All they care about is GUNS and controlling people, and they use the blood to lubricate the gears of their political machine.
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