If it were a case of ALL forms of gambling being illegal, that is one thing, but the fact that the State runs gambling operations a keeps a percentage of the proceeds is very hypocritical.

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/10370555/detail.html

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/10370555/detail.html

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/10362253/detail.html

So maybe we should all chip in and open a poker room in Navaro County and pay the water bills. In return they leave us alone? Maybe?

Does anyone else find it interesting that Channel 11 got the “exclusive” ride-along … and then came back with a very pro-police story? hmm, i wonder how these kinda arrangements materialize. I think I will ask my good friend at Channel 11 — she knows a lot about how tv news and city business come together.

(by the way, i’m not insinuating that j.d. miles did a quid-pro-quo or anything of the sort for a favorable slant — i’m just acknowledging the correlation between exclusive access and the end result.)

Here’s the channel 11 stuff: http://cbs11tv.com/local/local_story_324171616.html

1. If the game were more legal, more people would play in venues that the state would profit from

2. Oklahoma and Louisiana casinos recognize how lucrative the Texas poker player market is, and are working hard to prevent legal poker in Texas.

As channel 11 told us tonight…last year there were three people arrested and…what was the other number…something like 813…citations issued. This year, 31 people arrested and 180 ticketed. What’s changed between this year and last…oh yeah…poker opened in Oklahoma less than 100 miles from Dallas…but just a coincindence, right…wrong! If you don’t believe the Louisiana and Oklahoma Indian casinos are spending money to make certain poker remains illegal in Texas, just check ask the Tigua Indian tribe in El Paso about their dealings with Jack Abramoff. At the same time he was taking money from the Tigua’s to get their gaming license approved, he was taking money from a Louisiana Indian tribe to keep the Tigua’s license from being approved!

With these facts in mind, is it so difficult to believe that the Oklahoma tribes didn’t find a way to shut down Dallas poker in a much more economical fashion by just getting the DPD to do their dirty work

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff_Indian_lobbying_scandal

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Abramoff-Reed_Indian_Gambling_Scandal

http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/indiangaming.html

One officer in particular was particularly “gung ho” and offensive. His attitude reminded me more of a raid by Nazi Gestapo than police officers calmly serving a warrant. The entire performance was unnecessary and unprofessional. .There was absolutely no reason for the violent entry. All they needed to do was knock on the door and say they had a search warrant to serve. Someone needs to hold these people accountable for the manner that this event occurred.

One officer in particular was particularly “gung ho” and offensive. His attitude reminded me more of a raid by Nazi Gestapo than police officers calmly serving a warrant. The entire performance was unnecessary and unprofessional. .There was absolutely no reason for the violent entry. All they needed to do was knock on the door and say they had a search warrant to serve. Someone needs to hold these people accountable for the manner that this event occurred.

One officer in particular was particularly “gung ho” and offensive. His attitude reminded me more of a raid by Nazi Gestapo than police officers calmly serving a warrant. The entire performance was unnecessary and unprofessional. .There was absolutely no reason for the violent entry. All they needed to do was knock on the door and say they had a search warrant to serve. Someone needs to hold these people accountable for the manner that this event occurred.

I might be willing to speak with the media anonomously. I wonder if they would be interested in speaking with a “panel” of some of the more “respectable” people there…a couple of attorneys…a nurse…several business owners…etc. Perhaps a format like a roundtable etc. In fact, it might be a great way to get the story out in front of the public so that they can see how ridiculous this really is.

Thanks,

Steve

if the cops want to argue that level of force is “necessary”, great, LET THEM! it’s an argument they can’t win.

(by the way, that live footage 5 had of them busting into jackie’s was pretty dramatic, no?)