by John Cassidy. Reduced to tax collectors with badges. Two new technologies and one failed state program could make highway travel perilous for Texans traveling between San Antonio, Austin and Houston. Law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over I-10 east of San
Antonio and I-35 between San Antonio and Austin have signed contracts ... MORE
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Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Texas Police Turning Into Mobile Debt Collectors
by John Cassidy. Reduced to tax collectors with badges. Two new technologies and one failed state program could make highway travel perilous for Texans traveling between San Antonio, Austin and Houston. Law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over I-10 east of San
Antonio and I-35 between San Antonio and Austin have signed contracts ... MORERalph Lopez: Does Jade Helm Violate Posse Comitatus?
A truly great analysis and conclusion. Obscured by Jon Stewart’s well-publicized mockery
of Texans’ reaction to Jade Helm 15—the US Army’s two-month-long
exercise across nine states scheduled to begin in July—is the fact that
the criticisms may not all be deranged droolings. The Daily Show‘s Stewart made headlines earlier in May when he ... MORETexas Sees First Bill To Fully Repeal Marijuana Prohibition
by Mark Wiggins. A Northeast Texas lawmaker says it's time to end the state's nearly century-old prohibition on marijuana, and has filed the first bill to do so in at least 50 years. State Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) filed House Bill 2165 Monday, which would strike all references to marijuana from Texas statues. Digital records ... MOREPaul Flahive: Civil Forfeiture Laws Under Fire
The police department's license to steal. "When it comes to civil forfeiture laws in Texas, you have no property rights." That headline, from last month's Texas Observer, sums up a lot of criticism surrounding civil forfeiture, the law that allows police to seize property that was used to commit a felony. The language of the statute has been called ... MORECops In Texas Seize Millions By 'Policing for Profit'
by Nick Siblia. Texas law enforcement are continuing to enrich themselves using a
little-known legal doctrine known as civil forfeiture, according to a
new series of investigative reports. Under civil forfeiture, property
can be forfeited even if its owner has never been charged with a crime.
In these proceedings, accused criminals have more rights ... MOREStates Consider A More Libertarian Approach To Crime
by Steven Greenhut. Leaders in the nation’s two most populous states have waged a rhetorical grudge match over their respective political approaches. In California, dominant Democrats are proud of their efforts to pioneer social and environmental policy. In Texas, majority Republicans boast about their commitment to business ... MORE
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