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The local DA is the person to look to here. Cops don't persecute cases. Clearly the cops started this stupid ball rolling, but anyone at the local attorneys of
by mox1 4y ago
The local DA is the person to look to here. Cops don't persecute cases.
Clearly the cops started this stupid ball rolling, but anyone at the local attorneys office could have just chosen not to persecute. Instead they offered the plea deal.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoCops don’t prosecute cases, they definitely persecute though.
- josefresco 4y agoCurrent DA looks to be Barry Johnson: https://www.co.mclennan.tx.us/282/District-Attorney https://www.co.mclennan.tx.us/282/District-Attorney Not sure if he was the DA for this case. *Yes I'm fully comfortable publishing a public link for a public official.
- demilicious 4y agoDAs don't have cases to prosecute if cops don't make the arrest.
- vidanay 4y agoCops do a lot of persecution. They don't do prosecution though (unless they decide to be judge, jury, and executioner that day.)
- bhelkey 4y ago> The local DA is the person to look to here. Cops don't persecute cases. More than one person can be at fault. I would place some of the blame on the neighbor, the police officers, the District Attorney, and the CPS case worker for this.
- mindslight 4y agoThe blame is on the DA and the cops. Even if the DA had dropped the charges, the cops still kidnapped the mother and traumatized the children. And sure, the ideal DA would have charged the cops for the kidnapping and child abuse. But we're quite far from reforming the system so that cops are actually bound by the law, and focusing blame on both is needed to move us there.