Posted on 07/23/2014 9:10:13 AM PDT by Ken H
Yep...not the ‘attractive nuisance’ some claim, huh? :o)
A page out of the Lois Lerner playbook....
Same here. Its like the rest of the south, corrupt and happy about it. Only a people willing to be slaves would tolerate (and vote for) it. Southerns think the north is awful but they need only look to themselves and clean house before pointing fingers.
” I wonder if he spelled the charges correctly on the ticket.”
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Huh?
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Good for her. I’m not going down the whole “all cops are thugs” route, but there certainly are a lot of bad apples out there.
“The War On (Some) Drugs becomes less defensible every passing day.”
No it doesn’t. Just wait, there will be a whole crew of “Conservatives” show up shortly to defend it. Probably a few more to defend the cop too.
All 39 families? From 2000 through 2009, Estelline had the second highest traffic fine revenue per citizen in Texas.
Everyone knows you do not speed between Chillicothe and Memphis....
Don’t they?
“I say bring as many lawsuits as possible against crooked cops and police forces when warranted.”
Well, the trick is getting the judges to allow them.
I’ve been through that down about a dozen times on my way to Colorado. A radar detector is a must. It’s paid for it’s self several times over.
Until the ones that aren't stand up and speak out against the ones that are, they all are.
I am pretty shocked the driver was unaware of Estelline’s speed trap mentality and funding source. It’s legendary in Texas. They have a record to boot.
The speed limit drop to 35 from 75 was deemed
unreasonable, so they had to up it to 50 mph.
Estelline is a guaranteed no growth, one horse berg with a terrible reputation and that record.
“I can never figure out why Texas is considered such a bastion of freedom around here.”
Yes, and in my experience there are dozens of Estellines in Texas (and other Southern States for that matter). Little $hit hole “towns” that exist as parasites feeding off of those non-residents who venture through.
I'm not certain they'll have to write any.
From the excerpt: "When Dutton complained about the stolen money, the city did not investigate and all video tapes related to the arrest and the deposit of the money were "not saved." US District Judge Mary Lou Robinson reviewed the evidence and last month denied Officer Fry's assertion of immunity. She prepared the case to go to trial.
and "Realizing there was no chance of surviving before a jury, Officer Fry's lawyers decided to settle the case last week $77,500.
Looks like this was all on the officer, himself. Not the city.
Yeah, in federal court.
...The 64- year-old woman.
Hey, now. Just a minute!
Whoa there, potato chip! Where are your hat and cattle?
I’ve seen recruitment ads from Texas cities for police officers. The starting salaries were shockingly low. Almost a guarantee of recruiting the corrupt and the criminal into your police force IMO.
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