Melee at an execution. Texas style.

[underpants]

Death-row inmate says cryptic last words before fight breaks out at execution

Although what Coble meant by the cyptic remark was unclear, it was likely a reference to his nickname, "$5 Bill," according to the Dallas Morning News.

As Coble was finishing his statement, his son, a friend and a daughter-in-law became emotional and violent. They were yelling obscenities, throwing fists and kicking at others in the death chamber witness area.

His son, Gordon Coble, pounded on the execution chamber windows and shouted "no" as his father was executed, the Houston Chronicle reported. Another son Dalton joined his brother, the report said. Officers stepped in and say the witnesses continued to resist. They were eventually moved to a courtyard and the two men were handcuffed.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jeremy Desel said the two men were arrested on a charge of resisting arrest and taken to the Walker County Jail.


https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-man-executed-for-killing-estranged-wifes-family-nearly-30-years-ago

[Chuuku Davis]

1. That doesn't sound like a melee

To me

[underpants]

8. Borrowed that word from the Dallas paper that was the source

me·leeDictionary result for melee
/ˈmāˌlā,māˈlā/Submit
noun
a confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle.
"several people were hurt in the melee"
synonyms: tumult, disturbance, rumpus, commotion, disorder; More
a confused mass of people.
"the melee of people that was always thronging the streets"

[Ilsa]

2. I'm not sure adult children should be witnessing the

Execution of a parent. Let them meet in person, say their goodbyes. But watching a loved one die can be very traumatic.

[Lochloosa]

3. I don't get that either.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. I m not sure anyone should be witnessing an execution.

It’s a pointless brutal exercise that offers no real closure and should be done away with.

[hlthe2b]

9. Me, either... with the exception of an independent person or two to document that it was carried out

humanely--and those people should have some training (and not be compelled to do so).

And given that I have been staunchly anti-death penalty since my early teens and never waivered, obviously, I'd prefer NO ONE have to witness.

[ZZenith]

7. Sister Helen Prejean probably said it best:

“I want the last face you see in this world to be the face of love, so you look at me when they do this thing. I'll be the face of love for you.”

Doesn’t always work out so well, but that’s probably the thinking behind it.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. We shouldn't be executing people in the first place.

[Ilsa]

14. Agreed.

Executions and the accompanying blooslust are not rare enough.

[irisblue]

4. Sounds like a long form story in the Atlantic or the New Yorker

Will be written in the near future.

[HopeAgain]

5. No surprise with this barbaric practice...

What would one expect?

[WeekiWater]

11. No parent should be killed in this manner.

No one should be killed in this manner.

End the death penalty.

[Iggo]

12. Capital punishment goes wrong again. Sur-fucking-prise.

[USALiberal]

13. Amazing the USA still thinks the DP is helpful. Nt