A British woman who was shot dead by her father while visiting his home in Texas had argued with him about US President Donald Trump earlier that day, an inquest has heard.

Lucy Harrison, from Warrington in Cheshire, was shot in the chest on 10 January 2025 in Prosper, near Dallas.

Police in the town investigated the 23-year-old’s death as possible manslaughter but no criminal case was brought against Kris Harrison after a grand jury in Collin County declined to indict him.

An inquest into Lucy Harrison’s death opened earlier at Cheshire Coroner’s Court, where her boyfriend Sam Littler described the “big argument” about Trump, who was preparing to be inaugurated for his second term of office.

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    It really depends on the part. Austin and San Antonio are very art-focused, moderate/liberal cities in some of the most beautiful areas of the country, but everywhere in America has rural populations of utterly deranged hog-people.

    A place like Dallas you aren’t as likely to get shot, but you are more likely to face weird, old-money racism and discrimination.

    The problem with texas is it has some of the most vast areas of rural population, as the entire state is just this flat sprawl of land with isolated communities full of poor drug addicts who just stare at the flatness of it all before going insane.

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      San Antonio is a shit-hole full of rich white people who fucking LOVE jebus

      Edit: Oh and the “river” is a fucking concrete drainage ditch. Literally pathetic.

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        As someone who LIVES in San Antonio, bullshit. San Antonio is an awesome city.

        It also houses one of the chapters for the Democratic Socialists of America and is exceptionally purple in political spectrum.

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          I’ve been there a lot, I would definitely go back over any other city in Texas, the people there have been diverse and welcoming and the night-life is enjoyable if you’re a social person- which probably is why this whole “San Antonio is pretty okay” sentiment is getting shot down on Lemmy, one of the internet’s nests of asocial slacktivists and shut-ins who want to marry Linux.

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            I’ve visited many places both home and abroad and not participated in politics? What does that mean?

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              I mean if something goes wrong and you find yourself in court then you are still at the mercy of the politics of the state of Texas.

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        Relatable… I had an apartment in Studio City right on the LA River. It wasn’t even the cool part of the river you see in movies. I used to jokingly call it my waterfront property.

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          I think Lemmy is one of the problems honestly. I see some batshit crazy mental gymnastics on here.

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        Houston’s all right except for the sprawl and the terrible climate, that is. Well, that and a homicide rate 75% higher than that in Los Angeles.