Absolutely insane!
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/03/texas-racist-laws-drinking-while-brown
"They say everything's bigger in Texas, and that includes absurdity in law enforcement. Most states and towns have public intoxication laws that allow peace officers to pick up the drunk and disorderly. But in the Lone Star State, the nation's broadest PI law lets cops go virtually anywhere and arrest anyone for drunkenness—even if they're quietly nursing a beer in a bar."
I was a bouncer in college. My senior year the cops decided to raid the bars to see if they could find underage drinkers. They sent the vice squad.
Ok... I get it... underage drinking is illegal and they had every right to see if we were doing our jobs keeping the minors out. The bar I worked out held about 400 people at max capacity (which we were certainly at that night).
the night of the year the cops chose...... Halloween. The hardest friggin night of the year to be a bouncer at a college bar. Everyone who was a minor (at least the smart ones) had gobs of makeup (or facepaint)/dyed hair etc.....
The cops that night found 12 minors in our bar. They were proud. They busted those minors. Had them cuffed. Were lecturing us on how to do a better job etc.... Then they led the 12 outside. A nice big crowd had gathered.... all of which were chanting one mans name.... over and over again... all you could hear outside was 'Dahmer! .... Dahmer!..... Dahmer!'
for you see, this is the same vice squad that thought it was a good idea to let a teenage boy who was bleeding out of his rectum go back with a certain Jeffrey Dahmer just a couple years prior. That boy of course was killed (and likely eaten) by good old Jeffrey.
Needless to say, the vice squad was PISSED. Also needless to say... the students didn't care that the cops were pissed.
Bottom line... within any profession you can find bone headed and/or corrupt individuals that make their profession look stupid. Mine has Madoff, Jaime Dimon, Blankfein etc....
The cops have situations like the one I mentioned and the one from your article.
It is the duty of the public to hold them accountable.... and if possible... taunt them relentlessly with one of their most shameful moments.
