Posts tagged Texas
Posts tagged Texas
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Santa Claus arrested for writing “Love” and other peaceful phrases on the sidewalk with chalk
Via FreeKeene.com:
Santa Claus, also known by his friends as James Peterson, was arrested after spreading holiday cheer and chalk with young people in front of the Texas capitol building on the 21st. An occupy activist who was giving out chalk to children while dressed as Santa was well received in the plaza, but as he left, Texas DPS officers chased him down and handcuffed him. The crowd appears shocked, one woman yelling out in confusion, “You’re arresting Santa Claus?!”
Santa’s official charges, according to the Huffington Post, are “criminal mischief,” which is essentially a catch all charge, and “evading arrest.”
Though there were dozens of people chalking - Santa was passing out chalk so that children could participate - he and one other activist were the only ones arrested. The second victim of the Texas Department of Safety was Cory Williams, who was arrested after chalking “Free Santa” on the sidewalk while Santa was in handcuffs.
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A mother blames Senator Rand Paul for the death of her son who smoked a synthetic marijuana because Paul blocked a vote to ban the substance. Should we also blame the deaths of those who die of alcohol poisoning on senators who don’t vote (or propose legislation) to make alcohol illegal?
Side note: The drug didn’t kill her son. Driving while intoxicated did, which, it turns out, is already illegal. This article in the New York Daily News takes 11 paragraphs to finally get to that very relevant circumstance surrounding his death. And it never mentions that what the boy was doing (driving under the influence) is already illegal.
I don’t want to sound crass. I honestly feel bad for the lady, but obviously the law didn’t stop her son from driving under the influence.
This is nothing more than a hit piece on Sen. Paul.
