tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2239995129743186359..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: The Trials of Eroy BrownGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82003871080453592112012-01-22T10:39:14.444-06:002012-01-22T10:39:14.444-06:00Chapter 1. McDuff.
Chapter 2. Brown.
Chapter 3...Chapter 1. McDuff. <br />Chapter 2. Brown.<br />Chapter 3. Galveston County Jurors.<br />Each chapter depicting criminal injustice at it's best!<br /><br />Retired 2004Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58258723806116996752012-01-21T06:46:34.357-06:002012-01-21T06:46:34.357-06:0010:54, why don't you read the book before labe...10:54, why don't you read the book before labeling its author "deceptive"? From what I've heard, actually, it's supposed to be a first-rate piece of reporting.<br /><br />And to 9:03, you're so clueless you're hardly worth addressing, but just to say it, there are three acquittals to consider in addition to whatever is in the book - the jurors who looked at the case much more closely than you or me all said "not guilty."<br /><br />Also, Brown is not profiting from this book to my knowledge. It was written by a journalist/academic and published by University of Texas Press.<br /><br />7:42, I've never been one to lionize Craig Washington. Back when I was an associate editor at the Texas Observer, I had sigificant conflicts with the publishers (then still a for-profit, it was Ronnie Dugger and Geoff Ripps, at the time) for writing critical stories about Washington and his water carrying for American General insurance company. But his colorful history aside, you can't deny it was an impressive piece of lawyering. Washington's a fascinating figure in his own right - deeply flawed, but on his best days he has been a very talented lawyer and legislator. This has always been a state where our best and worst politicians are often the same people, and IMO Craig Washington fits that mold.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31608829908657079132012-01-20T22:54:00.376-06:002012-01-20T22:54:00.376-06:00They said:
"Brown is serving 90 years as a h...They said: <br />"Brown is serving 90 years as a habitual criminal for robbing a Waco convenience store of $12 and some candy bars." <br /><br />Most of these stories are completely deceptive. They tell us only what they want us to know. Only the parts that support their spin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-66050687839576681402012-01-20T21:03:18.257-06:002012-01-20T21:03:18.257-06:00Amazing. Read a book and that alone means the inm...Amazing. Read a book and that alone means the inmate is innocent. Two men dead and the third the only one alive to tell his tale. He makes a fortune off a book and society labels him a hero. Shame Shame Shame! Who should we murder next to be labeled a hero?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84047432003615542102012-01-19T21:55:29.519-06:002012-01-19T21:55:29.519-06:00WE grew up together and went to school together. G...WE grew up together and went to school together. Growing up together.He never was a violent person. This is why I knew it had to be self defense when the incident occured. It was a miracle that he lived to tell his story,not along getting acquitted. Everyone knew that the last robbery he was convicted of was a set up.I'm quite sure that if he had'nt been in the prior incident. He never would have been still incarsirated.A true example of racial injustice.David Davisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33401610411283960382012-01-19T20:47:24.978-06:002012-01-19T20:47:24.978-06:00Thank you for posting this story.
-Clint Dolenz i...Thank you for posting this story. <br />-Clint Dolenz in Austin, TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79131129451791527472012-01-19T19:42:46.523-06:002012-01-19T19:42:46.523-06:00Speaking of epic tales. Here's one about Craig...Speaking of epic tales. Here's one about Craig Washington.<br /><br />July 20, 2009 | JUAN A. LOZANO <br /><br />HOUSTON — A former Houston congressman accused of firing a gun<br /><br />A former Houston congressman accused of firing a gun at two teens in a car avoided going to trial Monday after working out a deal with prosecutors that would result in the charge against him being dropped at a later date.<br /><br />Craig Washington agreed to settle his case through something known as pretrial diversion, which is similar to probation but does not involve him having to change his not guilty plea.<br /><br />Under pretrial diversion, the case is postponed for two years and if he meets conditions set by the court, including finishing 60 hours of community service, the charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon he faces is dropped.<br /><br />The agreement came as jury selection in Washington's trial was to begin.<br /><br />"You have to have faith in the system," Washington said. "I still believe in the system."<br /><br />The two teens in the incident, Taylor Brooks and Evan McAnulty, said they were unhappy with the agreement and called it a slap on the wrist for Washington.<br /><br />"The fact he is getting off without what I would see as justice is very unnerving," said McAnulty, 19.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33469000238833454662012-01-19T15:47:38.365-06:002012-01-19T15:47:38.365-06:00Hero is not the right word for Brown, for sure, bu...Hero is not the right word for Brown, for sure, but it's certainly an epic tale. Three trials, three acquittals - especially for THAT offense - indicates both an amazing piece of lawyering and, likely somewhere in the story, "bad facts," as the lawyers say, for the prosecution's case. I'll have to read the book and see, though the stack in front of it is pretty big.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88852843838224438052012-01-19T13:22:55.607-06:002012-01-19T13:22:55.607-06:00Sounds like he was making his circuit - Waco, Bell...Sounds like he was making his circuit - Waco, Bell County, Fort Worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68758659145604654662012-01-19T12:57:16.192-06:002012-01-19T12:57:16.192-06:00A life of crime.
Brown has spent most of his adul...A life of crime.<br /><br />Brown has spent most of his adult life in prison. At 17, he was sent away for two years for a Waco burglary. <br /><br />He was soon back with a six-year sentence for a burglary in nearby Bell County. <br /><br />Paroled for that crime in 1976, he returned to prison just over a year later for a Fort Worth robbery that netted him a 12-year sentence.<br /><br />In a report filed with federal prison officials in South Carolina, Habern said Brown "grew up under the worst possible circumstances" — his mother went to prison for murder; his father was absent during his childhood; he eventually got hooked on heroin and other drugs.<br /><br />"Eroy has been a junkie almost since his childhood," the attorney said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24609198907901852752012-01-19T08:39:07.346-06:002012-01-19T08:39:07.346-06:00Eroy Brown is a true hero. We should rename a few ...Eroy Brown is a true hero. We should rename a few Texas buildings after him. And he should be set free immediately for what he was put through, after all, being forced to kill useless scumbags can be emotionally traumatizing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-65596872349318275502012-01-18T21:00:50.823-06:002012-01-18T21:00:50.823-06:00Scott, you need to read the book. It is great, and...Scott, you need to read the book. It is great, and a wonderful tribute to the work of Craig Washington and Bill Habern.Alex Buninnoreply@blogger.com