The Dallas Morning News has a story on Vampire Prosecutors. Here are some quotes from Greg Davis, a Collin County ADA. Police officers will fax paperwork for the search warrants to a judge who will be on call to review the requests, said Greg Davis, Collin County first district attorney.…
Ken Sparks, from the Colorado County DA’s office was kind enough to quickly respond to my open records request (Thanks, Ken!). Although I may disagree with my prosecutor colleagues on the issues, it is more often than not that we can work together. If only City Attorneys were as cooperative…
The TDCAA thread on forced blood draws is becoming a self congratulatory orgy. What is missing in this discussion is whether these forced blood draws are being used merely to convict, or if justice is being done. Barring an injury accident, Texans have the right to refuse blood/breath testing. These…
As free people, the contents of our veins should not be subject to a search warrant. However, the tyranny of good intentions that is MADD/DWI prosecution has convinced the public that forced DWI blood draws will keep us safe. Ergo, forced blood draws are becomming a sadly common practice. The…
Prohibition will never work. The War on Drugs will always be a failure. There is no clearer signal than the continued prescence of narcotics in prison. If we can not keep our prisons drug free, there is no hope for a free (or formerly free) society. A mature perspective would…
Many of you want to know more about Texas Open Records. My open records 101 details the process I use to get open records. In an effort to further educate the public, and train more citizens to pursue open records, I have cut and pasted this FAQ from the Texas…
To recap- I filed an open records request for any local DWI enforcement materials developed or used by Wylie PD. At trial two officers testified these materials did not exist. Through an open records request I learned that not only do such materials exists, but the City tried to withold…
The City of Austin finally turned over their records on the Austin PD/Austin Energy Warrantless surveillance program. To recap, Austin PD has a deal with Austin that gives Austin PD access to customer electricity usage information. I filed an open records request for information on the program. Austin PD fought…
The Harris County DA is in turmoil for a number of recent events. One being an email that mentioned problematic “Canadian” jurors. This email was sent between Prosecutors. “Canadians” being a code work for African Americans. I filed an open records request to the Dallas District Attorney’s office to see…
Terrell is the most recent Texas city to adopt red light cameras. I filed an open records request to learn more about this revenue generation scheme. “Life and Death Realities” Government PR 101- To quash dissent about more taxes/less freedom, talk about saving lives. Check out the “warning letter” that…