Texas police union calls for Dallas DA's removal over his plan not to prosecute certain crimes

[TexasTowelie]

A statewide police union, one of Texas' largest, called Wednesday for the removal of Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot, who last week announced plans not to prosecute certain low-level crimes.

Austin police Sgt. Todd Harrison, president of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, said in a written statement that Creuzot's plan was "unacceptable."

"When he was campaigning for the office, we don't remember not prosecuting crime as part of his platform," Harrison said in the statement.

Creuzot, a Democrat who took the post in January, has said his office would no longer prosecute most first-time marijuana offenses and theft of personal items worth less than $750, unless the theft was for financial gain.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-county/2019/04/17/texas-police-unioncalls-dallas-das-removal-decision-not-prosecute-certain-crimes

[bitterross]

1. Fuck the police union's opinion.

Much ado about nothing. There are NOT troves of people just waiting on policies like this to commit crimes. The police have NEVER, EVER caught the majority of shop-lifters, pot-smokers, etc. to have them successfully prosecuted and stopped.

No, the reality is this will have some small effect, but it will be business as usual otherwise and the DA can then use resources to focus on crimes like rape, murder, grand theft, etc. The ones that are far more harmful to society overall.