Well, this is refreshing
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He’s been under investigation by the FBI since 2015 or so.
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@ttyymmnn Any leftover materials for Afroman?
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@ForSweden Sounds like they should get a better DA?
@ttyymmnn I wouldn't assume that, but if so, good for them.
Also @ttyymmnn this is getting into politics, but the the breakdown of relations with Paxton (still under indictment for felony securities fraud as far as I know?) and the Texas House has been interesting to watch. One assumes that calling out the House Speaker for being drunk a few days ago was because he knew this was coming (though the Speaker did seem drunk or otherwise impaired)
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@facw said in Well, this is refreshing:
House Speaker for being drunk a few days ago
Sorry for partying
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I tried Nextdoor years ago and quickly gave up as it was a cesspool of exaggerated complaints, whining, and outright false accusations.
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@ForSweden There's a time and place for that, and one of your 140 working days (every two years) probably isn't the place for it?
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Give the man a hammer
Shocked when he gets hammered
Makes you think
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@facw said in Well, this is refreshing:
politics, but the the breakdown of relations with Paxton (still under indictment for felony securities fraud as far as I know?) and the Texas House has been interesting to watch. One assumes that calling out the House Speaker for being drunk a few days ago was because he knew this was coming (though the Speaker did seem drunk or otherwise impaired)
Yeah, trying not to go there. But it's been interesting to see the right fracture. And unless Phelan was having a medical episode of some kind, he was more hammered than his gavel.
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@Roadkilled said in Well, this is refreshing:
I tried Nextdoor years ago and quickly gave up as it was a cesspool of exaggerated complaints
I got on their email list somehow, and I rarely click through to any articles because yes, it's incessant whining a bitching about how terrible this city is now.
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@facw said in Well, this is refreshing:
@ForSweden But doing actual good police work, would be... better police work?
Alternatively, they also could have just destroyed her house and left it in ruins. Fortunately she didn’t live in McKinney. Still working through the courts.
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/police-did-tens-thousands-dollars-damage-mckinney-womans-house-she-got-them-pay-eminent-domain/287-89f20e5b-84a1-47f0-9251-02eade1f99d3Our local PD spends quite a bit of manpower doing community outreach. It’s one reason we chose to live here. Serve actually happening with Protect. As opposed to “Harass and Attack” so it’s a bit of fresh air tbh.
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@ForSweden And altogether too rare.
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@facw said in Well, this is refreshing:
@ForSweden But doing actual good police work, would be... better police work?
I'm not saying they should ignore the guy getting beat up next door, but building relationships with the community is huge. You're either the nice cop that helped build the fence and is known in the community and trusted, or you're the asshole cop that wrecked the fence and was never seen again.
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@ttyymmnn That was nice, but we know this is really Round Rock’s finest.
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@ttyymmnn Woah, a nextdoor post that isn't either veiled racism or just open hostility?
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@ttyymmnn It's been eight freaking years!
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@facw Lie to me and say you've never accidentally had six beer at lunch then gone back to the office
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@Qaaaaa Seriously, never. I mean I'm not a beer drinker.
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@facw Margs, then
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You suggest they just leave the fence broken so the homeowners rebuild it themselves? Seems what they did was ethical. I highly doubt they were doing this on duty anyways.
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@Landen Where did I say that? I definitely didn't. Please don't put stupid words into my mouth.
I said that instead of using expensive police resources to fix the fence, they should hire someone who specializes in fences, who would presumably do a better job, cheaper. If as some people suggested the officers were doing this unpaid, then that is a great thing for them to do, but we also shouldn't be relying on the police to do volunteer work like that.
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You said it was a poor use of time, suggesting they don't do it at all... I’d rather have the people who destroyed my fence fix it rather than them blowing some easy money for someone else to fix it.
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Sign should read "THIS FENCE WAS BUILT WITH SEIZED FUNDS FROM AN ALLEGED CRIMINAL" (the $30 they got from his wallet)
(and the word "alleged" is a removable sign to change as needed)
Nice PR for the department. Even though mandatory community service jail inmates might have made more sense.
