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It is that way because it is hard in an appeals case to address every one of 100 different variables. The courts are reluctant to issue Bright-Line Rules although they do in some cases. In BLR they issue a, this is the rule and that’s that!! Typically cases are based at the local level (trial court) and depend on phrases such as totality of the circumstances, beyond a reasonable doubt, reasonable suspicion and objective reasonableness. Those are for a jury or a judge to determine. That is why we typically have 12 jurors on felony cases and they all have to agree on guilt. At some point humans have to make the determination and we generally err on the side of caution. In most cases that is the problem with BLR. There are simply too many variables to issue a hard and fast rules in most cases. Even three strike rules which might seem fair for some people, might be very unfair. In Texas for example, any three prior theft convictions can be tried as a felony. So a person at 17 years old might be caught stealing something for $2. Later that year he does the same thing. When he turns 18 he had again gets caught stealing something for a couple of dollars. Then for the next 40 years he realizes the stupidity of his teenage years and leads a productive life. He breaks no laws whatsoever. He does not even get a speeding ticket. Then in a moment of stupidity in his late 50s, he takes a pack of gum from the convenient store. Does this guy deserve 10 years in prison for that pack of gum? While some people might say, he should have known the law, does the punishment fit the crime? That is a problem with hard and fast rules. Even though the law allows Texas to file a felony case, would a DA do so in such a case and if so, would a jury sentence a person to the maximum for a pack of gum? Compare that to a 30 year old being convicted of 15 misdemeanor thefts but the DA has allowed a plea deal for the misdemeanor. Finally tired of these $1,500 thefts (less than $2,500 in TX is a misdemeanor), the DA uses that same three strike rule. This guy steals the same pack of gum but has stolen over $30,000 worth of property in the last few years but has never been caught taking something over that $2,500 threshold for a felony. Same punishment deserved? I will give an example of a BLR. If you invoke your right to remain silent or your right to an attorney after being arrested, the Supreme Court has stated, not so long ago, that the right does not remain forever. In other words if you get arrested and say you want an attorney, the Police cannot legally ask you questions and in fact cannot even ask you if you change your mind. If five years later the police ask you, do you want to talk about that crime from five years ago and you confess, is that legal? After all, you told them you wanted an attorney. The Supreme Court has issued a BLR that if you have been out of jail for 14 days, your invoking of your rights goes away. It is not like you can say I wish to speak with an attorney when you’re 18 years old and then when you are 50 the police still can’t talk to you. In that case the Supreme Court came up with a BLR of 14 days. Even in the discussion of the rule (if I remember correctly) The Supreme Court said we have to give the police something to work with. So they came up with the arbitrary rule of 14 days saying that after 14 days from being released, the personnel basically returned to normal life. The basic shock of the arrest is over. That is an ironclad rule or a BLR. Let’s say you go to jail and you invoke your right to remain silent and then get out seven days later. The day you get out the police come to talk to you and you sign a full confession. That will be thrown out unless your attorney was present and they got permission from him to ask (which will not happen). There is no debate on whether you were aware of what you were doing, etc. The Supreme Court set a rule that you have to wait 14 days before you can speak with a person again and that is that. So yes there are places for a hard and fast rules however much is left up to human discretion within certain parameters. The appeals court and ultimately the Supreme Court of the United States, sets those guidelines that we go by. in my opinion..

I don’t think every white is racists. I’ll tell you this I live in a different world than most whites I have a different reality than most whites I have many white fiends that keep me even minded. But I have been called the n word with a strong r many times I have be mistreated by the police enough times I’ve had friends who have to give me the .. so my dad or grandpa is kinda racist talk before visits. Some milk it some don’t. I know my reality is truth. People love bringing up slavery was so long ago. But just recently in the 60s people was bombing churches hanging folks refusing to let blacks dine in restaurants. I say recently as the 60s because my mom was born in the 60s making it only one generation away from that. What do you think them folks taught there kids. And even then in the 60s it was blacks just complain to much.

There was big talk about that haul to Hempstead.

On the Evadale website they have the AD job in with a high school history job! Who in their right mind would go teach a full load and be AD?! They also have both principals listed and the super. Nowhere does it say baseball. Guess they don't want a new Baseball coach. Pretty sure there's only 3 boys coaches over there right now. They only have the AD/History listed. They had 7 last year. Guess the board thinks 4 is enough lol. Talk about politics.

I’m sorry. I didn’t want to leave you hanging. I do have strong opinions on this, but I typically don’t frequent or post in the political forum. My strong opinion would do nothing but rub the MAGA folks the wrong way. Don’t want that to interfere with some good ol sports talk starting in the fall. 😁😁🤷🏾‍♂️

Kapertwit is the true traitor. Anyone who would turn their back on the flag or kneel for the anthem….that is a traitorous action. Kap even said he wouldn’t kneel anymore if a NFL team picked him up. This makes him a traitor to his “cause”. Of course you will forgive them by saying they have rights guaranteed by the 1st amendment. I can see that to a point and agree they have the right to peaceful protests. But as tvc has pointed out, there are limitations to all of our rights. We don’t have the right “to do anything” and hide behind self expression or freedom of speech. Even you know that, and so does everyone else. You simply want to have your way, like the rioting, looting, and burning that was considered “peaceful protests”. Then you have your future whore of a VP bailing these traitorous felons out of jail. You really think that is right? Really??? Carry a sign, write your congressman, put an add in the paper. Express your concerns without spitting all over rest of us. I notice you make it a white/black thing. How foolish of you. My boss is black and so is the other man I work alongside. We talk about sensitive subjects such as this and neither of them agree with disgracing our flag or anthem. Of course this won’t sway your opinion in any way, shape, or form, but at least I gave an honest answer, which is way more than I have ever heard from you. Ok, you can get back to your pot stirring and choosing of sides……then complain about divisiveness. Such is a troll’s life. You don’t really want answers. You want chaos.

When is everyone going to realize that racism talks just go round and round forever until someone just stops talking...... Racism seems to be worse on Social media than in real life. About 6 years ago I worked in Lumberton and of my 6 employee's, 2 where black females. They never complained of any racial issues while working there. I was asked to transfer to the Vidor location and help with improving their performance. I agreed and one of the black females asked if she could transfer to one of the open positions. I was her first boss and she wanted to stay with me. I was humbled but was like, you know about Vidor's reputation right? She did, but knew I would not let anything happen to her, but admitted her Mom would not come visit her in Vidor. About 2-3 months go by and she never said a word about how the customers treated her. So, I asked and she had this to say. She said that she was treated differently in Vidor than Lumberton. She said both places were nice to her, but they actually TALK to her in Vidor, treat her like a PERSON. I was more than shocked by that response, based on Vidor's reputation. I can only comment on my life experiences and those around me. In my eyes Vidor is not what its reputation had it, and in general, for the most part, people of all races are nice to each other......Social media gives everyone a platform to create an agenda.....

I’m a critic of our country....but I will always stand and recognize the flag. Let me ask you what is she accomplish ing by doing that.....other than getting some attention. Pathetic and sad. it does NOTHING. If you want change get out in the community...talk with local and state officials so on and so forth. turning your back on the flag is divisive plain and simple.

We had a great postman for a long time. He liked to stop and talk you're head off. When obviously you were waiting on something. But the new carrier, and I use that term loosely, is horrible. 5 times in the last six months, the USPS has allowed me to meet more of my neighbors. Either I get their mail, or they get mine. Wonder how many times they've just kept it. I switch to as much "paperless" as possible, but it still happens.

Yes, we could what if all kinds of scenarios. What if he said, yes I have a bill of sale here for 50 cars and they’re going to be trucked back to South Carolina? Here is a number you can call to confirm. Having worked in that position I would suspect it did not quite go like that. Of course the guy can shut his mouth and not answer any questions whatsoever and he has that right. My guess is that he opened his mouth and they easily were able to prove or suspected that he was lying. I have made some of my best arrest by people who agree to talk and it is not usually hard to prove that someone is lying even the side of the street. If there are two people and they agree to talk it is so simple to discover a lie, it’s almost like cheating. I was riding with a couple of Beaumont PD officers one time and they made an interdiction stop. A white male with Georgia license plates was heading eastbound in a pick up. The pick up was registered in his name. He agreed to talk and he gave some story about he left a week ago to go visit a friend in Houston and he was on the way back home. Then they start asking what his friends name was and all of a sudden he did not remember. They asked him where the friend lived so they can send Houston PD by the check and he did not remember that either. The officers would take turns talking to him while he was outside of his truck. He would talk freely with a little nervousness but every time an officer got near the tailgate he would lock up stiff as a board and shut up. It was almost comical. Walk a few feet away and he would loosen up and start talking again. Then the big question, do you mind us looking around your truck? The answer was no, I don’t mind. One of the officers looked under the truck and saw that the spare tire was brand new. It had no mud on it whatsoever and looked like it had just been mounted the day before. So then the follow up question. How long have you had this truck? He might’ve said two or three years. Have you had any flats? No. Are all of your tires original including a spare? Yes. Hmmmm…… Well……. The officer took the spare out from under the truck and rolled it down the side of the shoulder. For some reason it rolled faster at some spots and slower at some spots like there was something heavy inside. Then the tire was bounced a few times and we noticed part of the tire was more stiff in the other parts. The pickup was take him to the city garage about 3 miles away. The spare tire was opened and 6 kilos of marijuana popped out. If a person opens his mouth he decides to lie, it is not usually very hard to figure it out. At the Police Academy I have a allowed two cadets to go outside and make up any story that they wished. The premise was that they had just robbed someplace but they had time to get their stories together. I would give them as much time as I needed to make up the story. They could even write it down on paper if they wanted to. I would then bring one back in the class and question him. I would then have him leave the class and bring the other person in and question him in front of the other cadets. It was almost comical how quickly it was discovered that they were lying. It is because you cannot anticipate all the questions that will be asked. A person has the right to remain silent. If he gives up that write anything he says can and will be used against him in a court of law. I suspect in this case and going by the article, the guy decided he would talk, probably believing he could give a reasonable explanation to whatever they ask.

I know plenty of people who sold marijuana during my university years.. they never sold crack, starting pimping hoes, or did whatever crazy nonsense y’all talk about on here.. they’re all in relationships or married, have kids, work corporate jobs, etc etc.. a decade plus later Y’all need to go outside and stop believing everything the media tells you

"Men and boys are dying by the hundreds," Hagar, it's black on black murder, you're not supposed to talk about it...

I just found the screenshots... My take...Sometimes people have valid points, but they get lost in the delivery BECAUSE of biases. As someone who typically doesn't have a problem criticizing anybody regardless of the color of their skin, it SEEMS like the Dr. is speaking from a place of bias. I think that he hit upon some points that are valid, but whenever you start painting people with a broad brush, you're making a mistake. That's the kind of talk that I used to hear when I was younger from older people. It's okay to criticize Audwin Samuel.... He's not a good leader in my opinion. It's okay to criticize Mouton as well... especially when the only real attribute that I've heard anybody express is that she's "the first black female mayor." That's not exactly a ringing endorsement, and I don't even care because I don't know if West is any better. But anybody that ran out and voted for "the old white guy" is equally ignorant as the person who ran out and voted for "the black woman." The fact of the matter is that a LOT of the black community DOES believe that they are owed something. Call it reparations, 40 acres and a mule, a living wage, "rights" like a free cell phone, healthcare, housing, food, etc.. and the Dr. isn't wrong. But he is wrong in that a lot of people who AREN'T black have the same beliefs. It's not surprising to see someone who emigrated here 40 years ago and went on to become a doctor being less than impressed with people who have no interest in rising above, except by means of having their entitlements expanded. But if he can't recognize that people of all races have those same flaws, not just young black people, then the statements are indeed racist. In my opinon, for what it's worth.

Your comments are spot on, I was just relating what I felt was the Lefts end game. They knew I would be challenged unless it magically turned into a tax, which it did. During the time they were trying to passing the bill, I had a 2 hour commute each day from Spring to the Astrodome/South 610 area. Listened to a lot of talk radio which turned into reading what parts of the bill you could find on line. It was made to fail...

Talk about a one-sided confrontation. Be like a one armed man going up against Ali during his prime. Expect Biden to come out of this like a whipped puppy. [Hidden Content]

Agreed. I’ve seen some talk about ethics and rights, but I don’t care how they get rapists and murderers off the streets.

Some of the power plants in Texas are offline. Talk about bad timing. Entergy, our local monopoly here in the triangle, is not part of ERCOT. [Hidden Content]

I came up with the idea for this forum several days ago when there were a bunch of interesting local stories, and there wasn’t really anywhere to talk about them. This is a place for local news discussion. I think we’ll have some really interesting conversations in here.

It appears London was taking a mound visit to talk, not realizing how many trips he had taken and was forced to pull their pitcher. Next batter, E5 Bases loaded 1 out

See you couldn't just scroll on by you had to add the word ALL, to get a rise out of me when that was never said, "so called christian hypocrites". So nice try but fail... "doesn't approve of judging" Who did I judge? I just shared quotes from the Bible that talk about judging Also a fail.

I apologize if I've mischaracterized you... I talk with a lot different posters here and sometimes I can't keep straight who all says whatever. There are multiple posters here who are incapable of thinking outside their own "box." I have looked into critical race theory a little and am totally opposed to it as well.

Had a meme for a while. Has an US Flag on top & a Texas Flag underneath. And in the middle a black square with the words: I WISH AMERICANS LOVED AMERICA LIKE TEXANS LOVE TEXAS There’s more than humor there. I wish it was true. Listening to a radio talk show & they had an owner of a Flag store on. She said there were more Texas Flags sold than the other 49 States combined. Think about that. Yes, I wish Americans loved America as much as Texans love Texas.

it probably should be June 13, not the 15th. That’s when the actual battle started with the shelling. Just as important is debatable as it was a continued steppingstone. This was unlike the invasion of Normandy where it was the beginning but certainly it was very important. I think the biggest by far accomplishment of the turkey shoot was the forward air bases and allowing to B29’s to basically level Japan. I read a book many years ago (before the Internet) I believe called, A Torch To The Enemy by Martin Caidin. It was about the B 29 bombing campaign over Japan. I cannot remember the exact statistics but basically any city that has at least a 20,000 population in the entire country, was at least 50% destroyed. Many cities were virtually leveled. While people talk about the atomic bomb and destruction, the fire bombing of Tokyo in March 1945 what is the most destructive rate in history. I am going off of memory but I think something like 140,000 people were killed in one night in about 20 square miles of the city was completely destroyed. Well over 1 million people were left homeless. Because the destruction of Japan by air before their surrender was so devastating, the Americans chose a couple of cities to be completely spared. This was for the upcoming atomic bomb raids. They wanted to see the effectiveness of the weapon but could not in most cities because they had already been leveled. That is why Hiroshima and Nagasaki were basically untouched before the atomic bombs. They were preserved as a test case because the rest of my Japan had already been leveled.

Talk about a Conspiracy Theory. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Thanks. We return all but 2 of the girls. Hopefully we will be back next season. I know thats all they will talk about during the offseason. Yalls pitcher was very impressive! She threw smoke all game and we couldnt stack hits.