tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post116982802367900655..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: La Mordida in Houston?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1169905907474118492007-01-27T07:51:00.000-06:002007-01-27T07:51:00.000-06:00Good question, Jason.The converse question is how ...Good question, Jason.<BR/><BR/>The converse question is how many officers do this who aren't targeted for "stings"? And its corollary: What happens in departments without HPD's resources to investigate?<BR/><BR/>I don't know the answer to any of those questions. I don't think this happens near as often here as in Mexico, but neither is this the first such case I've seen in Texas, either. Quien sabe?Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1169862239856249102007-01-26T19:44:00.000-06:002007-01-26T19:44:00.000-06:00How many Mexican cops face the trial this Houston ...How many Mexican cops face the trial this Houston officer is going to face? We take our integrity just a little bit more seriously.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351350773188711876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1169833560515097942007-01-26T11:46:00.000-06:002007-01-26T11:46:00.000-06:00Even US law (the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) ma...Even US law (the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) makes a distinction between a "facilitating payment" (e.g. slipping a clerk $20 to process a form where no discretion or judgment is involved) and an actual bribe where a decision is to be influenced or an act illegal in and of itself is suborned (like in the Houston case).<BR/><BR/>"Facilitating payments" are part and parcel of the mordida, and US law countenances them when done by US citizens in foreign countries, though in large part that's simply out of a recognition of the reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com