tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2448382101906455487..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: As jarring #SandraBland news arrives, Texas House will consider limiting arrests for fine-only traffic offensesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2993473667312298402019-05-07T11:23:28.849-05:002019-05-07T11:23:28.849-05:00@11:34, you misunderstand the bill. These are not ...@11:34, you misunderstand the bill. These are not arrests for outstanding warrants. These are people pulled over and arrested for a Class C, usually the underlying traffic offense.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-59567747232845027602019-05-06T11:34:55.267-05:002019-05-06T11:34:55.267-05:00One very good reason is that the Judge, who ordere...One very good reason is that the Judge, who ordered the fine paid, has issued a warrant for failure to pay, or because the defendant never showed up for court on the ticket in the first place. <br /><br />Unless the fine can be enforced with a hammer, it is soon learned there is no reason to pay the fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87598257772358088012019-05-06T11:12:37.848-05:002019-05-06T11:12:37.848-05:00If anyone thinks that police unions are above corr...If anyone thinks that police unions are above corruption, just look at HPOU (Houston) and their leader.<br /><br />It's always amazed me how republicans chant about "right-to-work" and much other anti-union rhetoric, however give police unions just about anything that they want.<br /><br />That has to stop.<br /><br />I doubt any police officer could give anyone including our legislators a logical reason (key word here "logical") for jailing anyone for a fine only offense. One the down side, this legislation would give incentives to bad cops to "upcharge" offenses in order to jail a suspect.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54941081589278706772019-05-05T15:09:48.248-05:002019-05-05T15:09:48.248-05:00Whatever happened to the Just Liberty requests to ...Whatever happened to the Just Liberty requests to email my legislators in Texas when votes like this were upcoming? You'd link and I could type short email that would be sent to my legislators. Were these found to be a waste of time? Too costly in some way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com