This is a fascist police state.

That's a fact, but there's economic reasons for it too. A misdemeanor citation takes just a few minutes of a police officer's time whereas arresting, booking, report writing and later court appearances (often at time and half pay or compensatory time off --for bass fishing--) really suits the deputies. Then there's the D.A.'s lawyers who need to justify their time and expense by pointing to a number of felony convictions; let's not forget prison guards need the work. Hell's bells the Texas Department of Corrections needs people to work their farms, machine shops...it goes on and on.

Gerald Sutliff
Bakersfield, CA 93304

Police depts get max funding when running at or above capacity. Makes no sense to them to have empty jail beds. Plus who would want to give up all that power and machismo feeling one gets from putting a good for nothing pothead in the slammer?

Although the online newspaper account has now been changed and I'm sure the charges were amended, Madison county is going a step farther. Some poor fool must have tried to swallow a joint, because the initial report said he was charged with "tampering and destruction of evidence". I suppose that is now possession, less than two ounces, $1000 bond.

Sometimes they just have to be creative!

Being from Texas, I AM NOT SURPRISED ONE BIT!!!!
I'll stay in Cali.

California had no problems implementing a ticket citation system for marijuana possession. For that matter, I’ve never heard of any state besides Texas that’s had problems adopting ticketing for low level drug offenses.

But let someone try to change some pointless drug law in Texas, and it’s like they've kicked over an ant hill.

Giordano

Yeah ,and the Texas "ants" are all about job protection.Sooner or later Texas will run into the wall of financial overload, just like the rest of the USA.When your out of funds the prohibition game is over.Only Texans would want to live in Texas.

It is all one big money scheme! That will not change over here,..Im going back home to Cali as soon
as I can!

As the governor of the state of Texas, our current president first learned how to execute the mentally ill, and lie to get what he wanted... the currently $ profitable $ war for him and his political contributors. When I was young, I never would have believed that the American people in general or Texans in particular would allow themselves to be ruled by such thugs, murderers, and hypocrites. I left Texas years ago and have no plans to return. Unfortunately, most of America is almost as bad as Texas.

Texans have become the spineless slaves of their fascist leaders. I cannot understand how the citizens allowed their liberty and their principles to be compromised is such ways. Do Texans really believe that the pain and suffering inflicted by the police is making their world a better place?

When I was a child, there was a huge sign on a building in Pasadena, Texas that proudly proclaimed the honor and duty of the Klu Klux Klan. How was that different from the "serve and protect" propaganda, currently displayed by the thugs who abuse innocent citizens in the name of the drug war. They lie, they kill, and are certainly not accountable to the citizens they murder. I am ashamed of my country and of what it has become.

Texas is awesome! I am proud to say I am a Texan. I feel sorry for all of you from Cali. Have fun with that :]

I was heading to work when I got pulled over for some BS. THey didn't ask to search or anything like that. They found a roach and thats it it almost weighted a gram. Yea I got 1 year probation for that. Pisses me off.,........

Recently I was arrested in the state of texas ( johnson county) and my car towed for possession of marjuana under 2 gms. was booked in jail for a period of 29 hours and released on bond for $1150 to my own expense. The evidence was obtaind against will ( they searchd with out my concent while my vehicle was locked) and all of which was taped and recorded via cop car cam. my questions involve that of the texas state law regarding such an offence on behalf of the arresting officer and any other knowledge or advice that could be offerd in my defence of such an offence in the court., anything that can be offerd will help and much thanks to any person willing to help me fight the injustice of this offence and put the fascist police at bay., please help anyone out there

k.wilson45@my.tca.edu

this is all bullshit.
i had marijuana and was arrested for cocaine
although i had none [that charge was dropped].
if they want to take you to jail, they will. period.

I have a friend who is a cop..he basically told me that "the truth is what ever we say it is"...

Long story short? Don't get caught.

Can you point me in the right direction of where I need to start to get the Texas Laws regarding marijuana repealed? There has to be a legal way to do this.

lets get real first off marijuana should be TOTALLY legal!!!! I don't have hours to prove my point but all I can say is educate yourself about marijuana with the truth and facts!!! I have experimented with drugs in my early years and I conclude that DRINKING is WAY MORE SERIOUS and does WAY more harm then smoking pot.....How about us focusing on keeping all the irresponsible drunks off the road and lighten up on us potheads????

I was just arrested in travis county for a felony charge possession of marijuana. Which is more than four ounces..less than five pounds. There were four of us in the vehicle and the driver got out and ran. They charged the other three of us with a felony and booked us into jail since the total weight of marijuana was a little over four ounces. Granted the four ounces were not all together in the vehicle. Some was in the back, some on me, some in the front, and some in the center console. In the police report the officer wrote he assumed that all the marijuana came from the black back pack in the back seat which did contain the majority of it. But since not one of us personally was in possession of 4 ounces or more does that technically mean they can only charge one of us with a felony? I personally think this is bull shit. Please give me your opinion if you have one.