Category Archives: Orwellian Threats to Rights

Texas Cops To Get Cameras on Their Heads: Now Will We See Even More Bad Acts than Dashcams Have Revealed?

Within the next 60 days, Austin police officers on foot and bike patrols will be participating in a national study on the effectiveness of having law enforcement wear little video cameras on their heads. That’s right: they will have little tiny web cabs on their caps or hats — or attached to their ears, like…

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Crime News, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

Brownsville DA Gets WorldWide Media Coverage 4 Using Facebook Profiles in Jury Selection Process

Armando Villalobos, Cameron County’s District Attorney, is making news all around the country and across the globe from his office down in Brownsville, Texas — all because Mr Villalobos has decided to use Facebook as part of his jury selection. That’s right: the District Attorney has announced that prosecutors down in Brownsville are going to use Facebook pages…

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Michael Lowe, on Crime News, DA Watch, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

Plano Case Spotlights the Danger of Flashlights Strapped to Cop Guns: People Get Shot

The Dallas Morning News is helping spread the word this week about the dangers of a new gizmo that police departments around the country are using: the flashlight strapped onto a police pistol, its lens directly beneath the barrel of the gun. More and more police departments are using these things. Problem is, like the…

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Crime News, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

Thanksgiving 2010: Get Ready, Texas, for Another No Refusal DWI Holiday

Law enforcement loves No Refusal weekends – counties all over the Lone Star State are now routinely blanketing holiday weekends with No Refusal efforts with notice to the public popping up in press releases issued as late as 24 hours before the holiday begins. You remember No Refusal weekends: those are the set time periods…

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Michael Lowe, on Crime News, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

Will Texas DWI Laws Finally Become Fair? Maybe.

Last week, Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire finally acknowledged the elephant in the room of Texas drunk driving laws — what DWI law applies to you when you’re pulled over depends upon where you’ve been stopped. As Whitmire explained to the media, “You need to be selective about where you want to…

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Michael Lowe, on Crime News, Orwellian Threats to Rights, Uncategorized |

U.S. Supreme Court Finds Judge – DA Love Affair During Murder Trial Isn’t Worth Their Time. What? Really?

The good news for Charles Dean Hood is that he’s still going to get another bite at the apple on his sentence. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has already ruled that another sentencing trial will happen for Mr. Hood. Charles Dean Hood Is Snubbed by the United States Supreme Court – They Don’t Do…

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Michael Lowe, on Court Opinions, Judge Watch, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

Are Police Just Taking Property For Their Own Profit and Use? You Betcha.

Well, first things first — thanks to The Dallas Morning News Crime Blog, where reporter Tanya Eisener let us all know about the recent national study by the Institute for Justice entitled, “Policing for Profit: the Abuse of the Civil Forfeiture Process,“ and written by Scott Bullock together with three Ph.D.s: Dr. Marian R. Williams, Dr….

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Michael Lowe, on Corrupt Cops, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

Tim Cole Pardon Granted by Gov Rick Perry: Will Lessons be Learned?

Of course, the big news today when you’re talking Governor Rick Perry is that he’s just won the Republican Primary without the need of a runoff. Guess that makes sense. Finally, Tim Cole is Pardoned However, on Monday something else happened. Governor Perry signed the pardon of Timothy Cole, the first person in the State…

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Michael Lowe, on Crime News, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

Can We Trust the Prosecution to Play Fair? No.

When you watch TV, the prosecutors are always the good guys. Just check out Law & Order, for example. Heroes, right? Well, things are different out in the real world. Policeman Gives Sworn Statement, Dallas County Prosecutor Told Him (as Sole Eyewitness) Who to Point Out At Trial Just this past week, another Texas scandal…

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Corrupt Cops, DA Watch, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

Will the US Supreme Court Reverse Itself on Defense Examination of Crime Lab Techs?

Last week, we pondered the trustworthiness of crime labs in Texas – or more accurately, how inaccurate their results can be. One good bit of news in all that mess is the ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 129 S.Ct. 2527 (2009), where just this summer the Highest Court in…

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Michael Lowe, on Court Opinions, Crime News, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

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Rogue Print 5 months ago

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I contacted 11 Lawyers in two states for help. Some of the Lawyers specifically said they dealt with these situations on their website. 10 of those Lawyers would not even consider the case.

Michael Lowe took up the issue and PROMPTLY provided real legal advise for my circumstance. He researched and personally advised me with the applicable law and appropriate course of action. Even though he could not be retained and get paid, because he does not practice where I have to file, This Man helped out of the goodness of his heart, He did not have to. He got nothing out of it. But he did it anyway. There are so few people out there that are willing to help someone else.
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Sales M7 7 months ago

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