Posted on 07/23/2014 9:10:13 AM PDT by Ken H
Who do these people think they are, the federal government?
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men [and women, apparently] to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke
I can never figure out why Texas is considered such a bastion of freedom around here.
Corrupt law enforcement and governments are no better than terrorists. They are supposed to protect us, not oppress us.
It is all PR. Other States have better laws but you’ll hear the Texas PR come out and proclaim Texas better.
The War On (Some) Drugs becomes less defensible every passing day.
Macks Creek, Missouri was once funded almost totally by speed trap fines.
Today, the town has been unincorporated.
Texas has just as many cowboy cops as any other state. Probably more.
In this case the idiot cop who knows nothing about the law arrested a woman for “money laundering” with absolutely no evidence. I wonder if he spelled the charges correctly on the ticket.
I wonder just how many more traffic tickets they’ll have to write to ‘get back’ the money they lost at trial?
3 words: Sheila Jackson Lee
Apparently, everything IS bigger in Texas. Including the morons. Texas? No thanks.
The cops aren’t “sorry”...the local taxpayers picked-up the tab.
I am so glad this woman fought back. She had the financial resources to do so.
How many others can’t fight back? Many of these corrupt law enforcement groups know this and take good advantage of it.
Now if I could only convince the illegal aliens.
Exactly. Where were the prosecutions of violations of civil rights? The cops needs to be in jail as do others that participated.
This is code for "the LEO had a mortgage payment to make - and it WAS just cash, after all."
“I can never figure out why Texas is considered such a bastion of freedom around here.”
Compared to elsewhere, it is. Don’t judge a whole state by a few bad people. Texas is overall one of the most conservative states around, excluding the welfare class in the bigger cities.
I used to live in a town where the police chief made cops stand on left turn lane islands at intersections and hand out tickets for not wearing seat belts. They had a quota before they were allowed to return to the cop shop. Seeing them stand out there for five to six hours was just too funny. The officers became angry at motorists for wearing seat belts!
The tax payers will eventually get sick of bailing out the police forces and kick the wannabe tyrants out of their cities. I say bring as many lawsuits as possible against crooked cops and police forces when warranted.
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