Comments on: “In Houston alone, about 300,000 sex trafficking cases are prosecuted each year.”

By: Police and prosecution roundup - Overlawyered

Police and prosecution roundup - Overlawyered — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 04:15:11 +0000

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By: The Spiral of Absurdity | The Honest Courtesan

The Spiral of Absurdity | The Honest Courtesan — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 10:01:44 +0000

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By: Over 200,000 Innocent Defendants In Houston Prisons | Simple Justice

Over 200,000 Innocent Defendants In Houston Prisons | Simple Justice — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:06:21 +0000

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By: Alan K. Henderson

Alan K. Henderson — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:07:09 +0000

Does anyone seriously believe that 1 out of every 7 Houstonians are involved in sex trafficking?

That’s assuming no repeat offenders. But still, that comes to 5,769 sex trafficking cases per WEEK. I have a hard time believing Houston seats that many *jurors* per week.

By: Tex Judge

Tex Judge — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:41:24 +0000

Houston is my home town and its population is about 2.2 million people. Does anyone seriously believe that 1 out of every 7 Houstonians are involved in sex trafficking? This just another in a series of lies propagated by the left and printed without verification by their dupes in the New York dominated media. Remember homeless activist Mitch Snyder’s claims of 3 million homeless in the 1980s that was widely spread by the media even though the Department of HHS own stats said there were 600,000? How about the various claims of radical feminists whose totally unverified claims that over 25% of American females are sexually assaulted are never fact-checked but are blindly accepted and printed?

By: Anonymous Attorney

Anonymous Attorney — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:25:04 +0000

That would be 842 cases a day. But of course, B.S. detectors are only turned on for supposed information that would interfere with the preferred narrative. With a claim that “300,000 illegal immigrants commit homicide by vehicle every year in Houston alone”, you can bet the editors would flag it.

By: JTW

JTW — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:48:15 +0000

but, IT’S FOR THE CHILDREN.
That’s good enough to excuse any lie coming from a politician these days…

By: Alan K. Henderson

Alan K. Henderson — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 04:49:06 +0000

Not even Texas has an economy booming enough to support that much sex trafficking.

By: Dallas Morning News’ Credulity = Incredibility » Defending People

Dallas Morning News’ Credulity = Incredibility » Defending People — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 16:22:58 +0000

[…] obvious nonsense that anyone who gave it any serious thought would decry it. (Amy Alkon and Walter Olson got there before me.) But the DMN blithely published it […]