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Ridiculous. Beaumont seems to have been more violent in the last few years. It seems like a rising crime trend. Sometimes it may appear that way because of what is actually put in the news as opposed to what really happens. Maybe it’s always been bad but lately more incidents make the headlines….. These kinds of crimes run in strings however. It was maybe 10 to 12 years ago that Port Arthur had 5 homicides in January (I was the on scene supervisor on 4). To put that in perspective, in 2019 the FBI reports nationwide that we had five murders per 100,000 people. That means Port Arthur should get 5 to 6 per year on average by population. So that year Port Arthur made their predicted average in four weeks. If that continued the city would have been 1,200% above the national average. I think they ended up with 9 on the year. So they had 5 in one month and then 4 in 11 months. Serious crime is like that. After writing that…. I just looked up the Beaumont FBI/UCR reported crime stats. They are complete through 2019. Homicides in 2019 were 16/100K or a little over 300% higher than the national average. Going back to 2013 it consistently runs 250-300% higher than the national average. Port Arthur has almost identical per 100K stats as Beaumont except in 2018 where they were 500% above the national average. To put that in perspective, everybody talks about the Chicago murder rate which is very high but in 2018 their homicide rate was 20% lower than Port Arthur. As far as perception, I see a lot of comments on Facebook and other forums that say something like, crime is the same everywhere. Since we were talking about homicide which is considered the worst crime, in a 14 year period ending in 2019: Nederland/Port Neches/Groves (Mid-County) had a combined 14 homicides or 1 per year combined. Port Arthur had 96. Mid-County has a combined population 20% lower than Port Arthur. So comparing by population Mid-County would have had 17 homicides. 96/17 (almost 700% higher) in cities that share common boundaries. Beaumont had 183 homicides in the same time frame. Again going by percentages in comparison of population, Mid-County would have 54 homicides so 183/54. So Beaumont only had a homicide rate 340% higher. There seems to be an upward trend in Belmont however. In a five-year period starting in 2006 they averaged 9 homicides per year. In the nine years after that they are averaging 15 per year. So there has been about a consistent 50% increase in homicides in Beaumont for the last decade. Robberies, assaults and sexual assaults have remained relatively static. While the homicide rate has spiked, other major violent crimes have not shown such an increase. Beaumont is consistently runs by 200% higher than the national average on major crime. Port Arthur runs about 150% higher. Mid-County combined runs about 10% lower.

I have spoken out against almost everything to do with mandating this vaccine. However, just because an educated person makes a claim of something unlawful (lawless) because of a law or code that does not exist (other than a suggestion), I have to call nonsense.

The NC was a suggestion. While the suggestions make for interesting reading, there is no law or treaty to validate or violate anything. It would be like me arresting someone because his/her vehicle does not get 35 miles per gallon in the city minimum. When the person tells me, there is no such law I could respond, well someone suggested it…….

A part of 9 Super Bowls as a player with the Dallas Cowboys, and assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys and the head coach of the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons. Reeves what is part of a group of players in the 1970s, many of who are in the Hall of Fame.

The police officers act as private security but with the policing authority of the state. If you see a uniform police officer anywhere other than in a patrol car, it is likely that he/she is working off duty for someone else. This is the same NFL that banned off-duty police officers from carrying a concealed weapons into NFL stadiums, although completely legal. That is, except Texas because that rule is a violation of the law in this state.

But there is no Nuremberg Code. You cannot violate what is not law.

Game, United 64-40

End of 3, United 51-24

Half, United 39-14

End of 1, 20-6 United

Soon we will be seeing…. Maxwell didn’t kill herself!!

….. and Delta-8 is a crime is a DA ways to go after it.

Yesterday I heard that it has a faster incubation period. Maybe three days instead of 7 -10 days. Assuming that is true, it seems to be better because you won’t walk around for a week and a half not knowing if you will get it or spread it. Once you become exposed you will know almost within a few hours if you get it and are contagious.

Certainly. We have codes to get around the firewall. Each supervisor with access has his/her own password so it can be tracked.

I guess that they have not had time to train the social workers to take care of all these issues……..

…. hence the problem with working for a politician / elected official.

build back better bbb Just sayin’…..

It was extremely stupid comments. Maybe that’s what the judge was thinking but it does not make sense. It appears that the 17-year-old went into a felony (I am assuming) drug deal armed and with the intent to protect his illegal assets if needed. He basically went into that drug deal ready to kill and did. Except for his age, in some states I believe he might be eligible for the death penalty or life without parole. With that, this judge decided that he’s a bright kid with a great future and gave him probation. Insanity….

I am assuming that’s a jab at IMWT

You can use the force necessary to recover your property. You can trespass to recover property.

I can only make a guess by Texas law. I think it would still be murder. Remember the three Port Neches kids and the kid from Silsbee a couple of months ago. Apparently the three were trying to sell some marijuana and they picked up the kid from Silsbee to make the deal. Both sides had at least one gun each and somehow they got in a shoot out in the car. If I remember correctly, the story from the three was it they were selling marijuana and the other kid tried to rob them after meeting under the agreement of buying it. Basically a dope dealer robbing a dope deal which is not unusual. I think all three were indicted for murder. It is plausible that their story was correct that they were there to sell drugs and had no intention on any violence. Texas law says that you cannot be committing a crime or provoke the encounter and then claim self-defense. If two drug dealers meet in an alley and get in a shoot out, the loser is usually dead and the winner goes to prison for murder. There is a part of that Texas law that says if you provoke the encounter, you can again claim self-defense but you have to “abandon the encounter” or “clearly”’ state your intent to abandon the encounter. So a 17-year-old is selling marijuana. The 15-year-old grabs it and runs. The 17-year-old chases down the 15 year old to complete the deal (crime) by getting his money or get his marijuana back. I don’t think he gets to claim self-defense at that point. Then your question was, if the 15-year-old started getting the best of him did the 17 year old get to claim self-defense? Answer is yes….. IF he abandoned the encounter or if he clearly stated to the 15 year old and him what he’s no more part of it and try to leave. If they 15 year old continues at that point, yes by Texas law I believe he would get to claim self-defense. I mean you can always claim it but will it stand up in court in front of a jury? If we are going to what if, what if the 15 year old intended to buy the marijuana and not steal it? What is the 17 year old said give me $20 and when the 15 year old pulls out a wad of cash, the 17 year old in pulls the blade and says now give me all of it, thereby committing an aggravated robbery? The 15 year old runs not to steal the marijuana but flees for his life. There is a good chance that the 15-year-old was only committing a misdemeanor crime of possessing marijuana and it was a 17 year old who later told his own version (which is why I think they take away the right of self-defense if you are committing a crime) of events to make it look like he was somehow the victim. As baddog said, if you went into the fight and bit off more than you can chew, you don’t get to stab the person (claim self-defense). While it is certainly plausible that the 15-year-old instigated the incident, I don’t think the 17-year-old gets to make a self-defense claim unless he chased a 15-year-old kid down but after getting his butt kicked, tried to abandon the encounter and get away himself and the 15 year old continued with the assault. In any case a jury almost always will have to make that call with the evidence presented and the applicable law. I think it is murder, I think the state of Illinois knew that and charged him with first-degree murder accordingly and the judge is an idiot. By the news story, it seemed like the judge was almost praising him as being an upstanding and bright young kid who just got caught up in a bad situation. Like the question people often ask, if the 15 year was the judge’s son, would he think the 17-year-old was a bright young kid and just made a mistake?

Pretty much that is correct in my opinion. A black eye and bloody nose doesn’t justify deadly force no matter who started it.

The left side of the aisle are a bunch of crybabies. They get on the national stage and talk about inclusion and working together but their actions behind the scene tell a completely different story.

Race gets political points and gets clicks in the media. In this case the race of neither the police officer nor the victims is relevant to anything. It is a fact of whatever race they were but it is not relevant to the incident.

I would not take that bet.