I don't mean to sound like a corruption expert, but this case doesn't strike me as criminal. Look at the yuppie junk the cops frittered away the money on: higher learning, jogging shoes and coffee mugs. You call that criminal? I call it accessorizing.OTOH, by making this a criminal inquiry, if no one is prosecuted then information about the investigation becomes a closed record, which is probably why APD chose to treat it as a potential crime. Someday, the Texas Legislature MUST close this gaping loophole in the public information act.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Austin police are lousy shoppers
Said the Austin Statesman's John Kelso over the weekend, proving once again that even a blind squirrel can occasionally find a journalistic nut. I agree with Kelso when he writes: