Texas Ranger Crimes - A History of Texas

Much of said violence aided and abetted, if not directly, perpetrated by the rangers. Political like hobby made sure that any serious investigation of ranger crimes through official legal channels would be doomed to failure. The dead were portrayed as bandits and criminals. And heavily armed rangers would pose for photographs with their bodies. By 19 19, the sheer scale of the violence anforced a state legislative hearing on extra judicial killings by the ranger. This hearing resulted in no formal charges, and the detailed record of the texas rangers mass murder spree was sealed for 50 years so as to not hones their record as texan heroes.