No Justice for David Morales

A guilty man walks free instead of to prison after being acquitted of manslaughter charges downgraded to aggravated assault, which carry a 20 year sentence the same as manslaughter. The jury recommends 10 years probation for Kurtiss Colvin who has been serving time in Travis County jail since July 2007 for a state jail felony charge of theft from a person. After causing bodily harm to his victim, Kurtiss Colvin took his victim’s wallet and used the money inside. Now, he sits in the courthouse trying to convince the public eye he is remorseful and shouldn’t serve anymore time for a crime according to him, he didn’t commit. Despite the fact that his intended victim, David Morales, is lying in a 6ft grave, decomposing, and now a memory of senseless crime; a Travis county jury handed down a verdict for Kurttis Colvin, 22 & Samuel Byrd, 16, who received eight years probation, that spits on the face of humanity and those aiding in the defense of the helpless and outnumbered. Kurtiss Colvin and Samuel Byrd still able to breathe see their loved ones and live their life with aspirations while David Morales’s family resides near the crime scene where their brother was brutally murdered.

On Junteenth 2007, a scene of racism, poverty, disorganized police protection, resulted to the injustices served to David Morales’s life here on earth. It’s a sad day. Murders and instigators of a heinous crime on another man are being characterized as co defendants protecting themselves. It’s amazing how the truth is distorted to justify the motives of those involved. More than two dozen people witnessed the crime, yet no one stepped in to aid David Morales. A hero could have emerged but instead cowards stood in awe.

May God have mercy on our souls. Let this incident serve as precedent that a man’s hands can be used as a deadly weapon, the combination of alcohol, egoism, and slander of ethnicity result in tragedy. Regardless of race, there are good and bad people. It’s unfortunate that LULAC and other self proclaimed Hispanic/Latin American/Mexican organizations are not at the defense and uproar of injustices surrounding the investigation and punishment of this incident in Austin, Texas, Travis County.

Travis Co. District Attorney’s office did NOT do their job in persuading a jury to set an example of this incident and I wonder should another “riot” break out, will APD have an entry/exit strategy, one that does not interfere with relatives or bystanders willing and able to assist victims to be able to do so, instead of standing on the sidelines watching in horror as a man dies in front of them?

In history, there are martyrs that serve as an example for future generations, many at the expense of their own life. David Morales served as a martyr on June 19, 2007 in East Austin. You will always be remembered, David Morales.