Welcome to Texas justice: You might beat the rap, but you won't beat the ride.
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- Blawg Wisdom
- Evan Smith, Editor-in-chief and publisher, The Texas Tribune
- The Austin Chronicle
- Emily Bazelon, Slate
- San Antonio Current
- Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
- Erica Grieder, The Economist
- Pamela Colloff, Texas Monthly
- Doug Berman, Sentencing Law & Policy
- Marie Gottschalk, author of 'Caught'
- DallasBlog
- Scott Medlock, Texas Civil Rights Project
- Solomon Moore, NY Times criminal justice correspondent
- Donald Lee, Texas Conference of Urban Counties
-Attorney Bob Mabry, Conroe
- Corey Yung, Sex Crimes Blog
Tommy Adkisson,
Bexar County Commissioner
- Dirty Third Streets
- Texas Public Policy Foundation
David Jennings, aka "Big Jolly"
John Bradley,
Former Williamson County District Attorney, now former Attorney General of Palau
- To the People
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2 comments:
Wouldn't it be funny if a cop, egged on by one of these overzealous prosecutors, tried to hassle a female legislator, minding her own business and LEGALLY carrying a gun in her car for the sake of protection? Murphy's law being what it is, I think it is inevitable that this stupid situation, a group of prosecutors opposing passed legislation, explode one day like the Tulia situation did. Texans have ALWAYS been pretty independent, gun liking, self defense oriented people. Then there's that pesky constitutional amendment about the right to bear arms. Throw that into the mix. Someone with testicles SHOULD legally carry a gun around in their car and challenge this situation to see what happens and air it out like dirty linen. I know that it's normal for the executive branch of the government to but heads with the legislative branch of the government, but the legislative branch has spoken and executive needs to get over it. Sort of like when Perry attempted to FORCE all young ladies to have the pappiloma virus vaccine.
Here's an even funnier scenario. What happens when a white, male, middle aged professional carrying a gun for law abiding purposes (maybe he's on the way to the bank to deposit cash from his legitimate business)gets pulled over by one of these cops egged on by a prosecutor that does not believe in the legislative process?
Texas is a HUGE state. I'm sure not all prosecutors fail to support the legislature's decision on the right to carry a weapon in your car for self defense.
What other laws are the DAs ignoring? What other laws are the police breaking?
Shameful, truly.
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