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Government Competency?
Yeah, that is the reason why I want to trust my life only to the government by letting them have the only firearms (besides the criminals) – the government always gets things right……
PLANO — News 8 has learned that a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas illegally charged 109 people in 2011 and 2013. The jury stayed in session because of a bureaucratic error after its term had expired.
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Federal grand juries evaluate evidence presented to them by prosecutors and decide whether to issue criminal charges against suspects. The juries — which operate in secret — consist of 23 people, selected from the general population. Each jury is empaneled for 18 or 24 months.
The Plano grand juries passed the 24-month mark and continued to indict into their 25th month, nullifying charges made during that month.
“We concede that we’ve made a mistake,” Bales told News 8.
Although there are several grand juries in the sprawling Eastern District, only the Plano panels exceeded their 24-month limit.
Not one grand jury panel but two in a row went past their allotted time. And the people enforcing the law set such great examples, don’t they?
PLANO — A Plano police officer who was arrested Wednesday morning now faces charges of driving while intoxicated and evading police.
Byron Betler, a 10-year veteran of the department, had crashed his vehicle near the corner of Hedgecoxe and Robinson roads. He was off-duty when he was arrested by his colleagues.
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Details about how the department’s 2006 Rookie of the Year attempted to evade police were not available.
Look I understand this is probably not typical of the way the federal government or most officers act. The problem is there are enough examples of both types of bad behaviors for people to realize that the government can not always be counted on to get things right. Human beings are fallible; systems of governance made up of human beings are also.
If there is going to be the possibility of the government not getting it right; I simply want the government to be the back up regarding my safety and that of my family.
Please join the discussion.
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