This kind of thing happens when everyone involved is extremely stupid, maybe even moronic.
So, they returned the book late. Now, they owe $570 in late fees. That's excessive for one book. Either there's more to the story, or Texas libraries don't have a cap on late fees.
Many homeschool families borrow books from the library. Late fees can add up quickly. I knew a family who paid about $100 in late fees. At one point, I owed about $50 after I returned some books late (?). I forgot about that $50 fee, until I received a letter from lawyers representing the library.
Seinfeld really wasn't too far-fetched.
Is the judge named Barnelia Fife?
The judge got angry and threw the book at her.
Metaphorically.
I think the woman should have been fined and it should have been a painful amount for her. Say $50.00.
But, arresting her over a damn book is ludicrous and PURE selective prosecution.
Put the President of the United States in handcuffs. Put Holder in prison. Put Hillary in prison. Put Hunter in Prison. Put Jim Biden in Prison. Put Obama in prison. Put Pelosi and Schiff in prison. Put the SOB that shot Ashleigh Babbitt in prison. Put Comey in prison. I could go on and on and on endlessly...........literally endlessly!
The Democrats have destroyed the Rule of Law in America lead by Holder and Obama/Biden and now Garland/Wray. But, let a struggling lady with 5 kids not return a Fn Library Book and the Democrats put her in prison. No incident illustrates better than this one how F’d up America is right now due to marxist lefty voters, crooked judges and lying legislators.
Now if she had “JUST” murdered all her kids by drowning them she would have been released after doing one (1) day in the city jail.
Then been told how brave she was to sacrifice her children on the alter of global warming!
Notably, even though advocates for such measures treat them as cost free for government, they do in fact impose costs and burdens on the public to support a large clerical enforcement bureaucracy and generate revenue. In addition, the system generates ill will from the public that tends to simmer and broadly delegitimate government.
That was one of the little appreciated aspects of the Ferguson, Missouri riots after the death of Michael Brown. More so than in most places, the poor and minorities there were burdened and bedeviled by various fines for traffic and code enforcement actions from a complicated array of local governments and bureaucracies. Defenses in court were inconvenient, expensive, and rarely successful. When the Michael Brown death came along, it popped the cork and offered an opportunity to vent through riots and arson.