Bay Area Houston

Leave it to the Fox News.

The Fox News headline was bad. Real bad. Almost as bad as Trump’s debate performance. Ok, not that bad, but bad nevertheless. “Harris County Justice of the Peace Court Judge throws out all outstanding warrants”. Of course this headline created a frenzy of fake outrage such as “It’s exactly what shouldn’t happen by a judge in the 21st Century,” and “My reaction was this is nuts,”. (White wing MAGAt Senator Paul Bettencourt) The best display of fake outrage was from Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg:

“We only recently were made aware of Judge Duble’s inexplicable decision to grant fugitives a free pass in his courtroom. This decision can endanger the lives of the public and of our law-enforcement officers.”

So….what is the rest of the story? Well the Judge issued a detailed response which can be read here. Let me summarize. The warrants are for Class C MISDEMEANORS such as bad checks, traffic violations, and evictions. These cases would result in fines not to exceed $500. Now I have to agree with Chris Tritico when he said “I’ve never seen this happen in the 37 years I’ve been doing this,”. He is right. It is strange but….

The execution of the warrants would require several police officers to be pulled off the streets to make the arrest of the bad check writers instead of fighting real crime. They would have to take the time to book the individual. The fugitive would be put in jail then released once bail is made. All for what? A $500 fine? The Judge continues in his explanation that most of these individuals are making arrangements to pay the fine, some are struggling with the payment.

And to top it off, not one, not one single individual had their charges dismissed. They are still required to pay their fines. They will still be held accountable. And none of them will endanger the lives of law enforcement. None. Zero. Zip. Nada.

So. Learn how to read past the headlines before acting like an uninformed idiot.

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