Comments on: Memo to: Liberty County, Texas police

By: mojo

mojo — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:15:27 +0000

Yeah, I’d pay cash money to see that affidavit.

By: leafs004

leafs004 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:44:46 +0000

Bill, I don’t believe that the issue is that the police looked into the complaint, more of, the police probably shouldn’t have invited the media to come along on the excecution of the warrant.

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:29:46 +0000

To be fair, while reliance on the psychic qua psychic is absurd, police who receive a tip from a psychic do have some obligation to investigate the report because the psychic may have real information acquired by natural means. He or she may be the perpetrator or may be a witness who does not wish to disclose the fact. In other words, tips from psychics should be treated like other uncorroborated tips, not dismissed out of hand.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:17:33 +0000

@David Eggers: Liberty County has its clone in Bradford Co., Florida. I’m not sure about the WalMart, but everything else matches up. It has the only speed traps that even the AAA finds notorious enough to post signs.

By: shg

shg — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:10:26 +0000

@ David Schwartz, exactly. If only I could have gotten my hands on the warrant affidavit, if would have been spectacular either way.

By: David Schwartz

David Schwartz — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:15:09 +0000

Which is worse — if the judge read the warrant or if the judge didn’t read the warrant?

By: David Eggers

David Eggers — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:49:10 +0000

Yep, pretty much describes Liberty County. If you like an area with an authoritarian police force, overrun with meth heads, some of the worst speed traps in the US, a good KKK following, and WalMarts full of morbidly obese people hauling themselves around on scooters, Liberty County’s for you.