I think these guys are going to be munchin on baloney sandwiches behind bars a while!
Call in the INS too.
Who is going to clean up this mess?
The SEIU has a lot of bread, and these out of town protestors have no connection to the area.
This bail seems a bit excessive to insure that these suspects make it to trial, but a substantial bail is certainly in order.
Don't mess with Texas, esp Houston, who is still dealing with their last bunch of guests.
This is freakin' outrageous.
Can they sue the DA?
Houston workers are paid an average of $20 a day, with no health insurance for part-time work.
Somebody needs a raise to $888,888 an hour....
The DA needs to do the same thing the next time the illegals take to the streets.
I have to respectfully disagree. Even if this group did not have any required permits to assemble the bail set is outrageous. Remember how the RICO lawsand buffer zones have been used to silence anti-abortion protestors. Remember how speech codes are used to quell conservative opinions on campuses. Remember how peaceful protest helped this nation realize such things as the wrongs of racial segregation.
I have no argument with arresting these people if they were disobeying the law or ignored a peace officers order to disperse. If there were illegals in the crowd by all means INS should be contacted, with the view they should be deproted.
However the American citizens arrested should not be subject to a bail that is far in excess of that for assault, murder and other crimes against person and property. Our laws and courts should never be used as political weapons to stifle peaceful dissent or protest.
Civil disobedience.....is still disobediance.
"More than 5,300 Houston janitors are paid $20 a day with no health insurance, among the lowest wages and benefits of any workers in America"
Maybe these people should get real jobs.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
— The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The bail is excessive. Period.
Civil disobedience is, well.....civil disobedience and it's AGAINST THE LAW! I'm sure the marches around the country where illegals demanded equal rights are still on the mind of most Americans. This little act of civil disobedience no doubt reminded the officials of what we all saw where millions of them took to the streets. The law is the law, and when people break the law, they go to jail and ultimately end up before a judge. He sets the bail for what he deems appropriate for the crime. Too bad if they don't like it.
I call bullsh**.
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They're also among the the least skilled and least educated workers in America. Losers.
Here's another article from the Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/4338684.html
And yet another:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/conws/4340071.html
Good for this Judge. We do not need to continue with this type of activity week after week. Good Grief...give me an effin' break.
I saw them blocking cars and pounding on them.
I would roll on and if they were run over tough shit.
If they broke the window then it makes for a clear shot.
They need to go to the womyn and boys in HR not screw up the streets.
Perhaps they could spend this time off of work to get a skill?
The thing that non-Texans will never understand is that Texans don't care what non-Texans think about a Texan problem.