http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/2009-04-12-reality-dna_N.htm?csp=34
Personally I think the city of Dallas simply wants to avoid the embarrassment of the world finding out the extent of corruption within their Law Enforcement and Judicial System. What is your take on it? Is there any real "ethics" issue? As a separate issue or tid bit of info......... I've always found Dallas to be quite backward with strict southern baptist controls in place. Texas laws concerning alcoholic sales are determined by each individual locality. And by locality the law means that each precinct (a tiny political subdivision) determines this for itself. The result is that you can cross the street in Dallas and find you have entered a "dry" precinct where alcohol sales are prohibited 24/7. Dallas was the only city that was actually arresting people based on a 2006 controversial Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission (TABC) program that allows for "public intoxication" arrests in any public area or business establishment, including hotel lounges. The arrests drew national attention because of an unfortunate incident where people staying in a hotel were arrested for being intoxicated in that hotel's lounge. Fortunately, there has been enough negative feedback from the public regarding the TABC program that it has been suspended for review. Texas Penal Code Section 49.02. PUBLIC INTOXICATION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person appears in a public place while intoxicated to the degree that the person may endanger the person or another. Imagine a fat red neck sheriff coming into your hotel lounge and arresting you for public intoxication, while the real criminals are out there in the streets having a field day? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
