OFFICIAL: NO ARREST WARRANT TO BE ISSUED FOR PERRY

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A warrant won't be issued for the arrest of Gov. Rick Perry following his indictment on two felony charges of abuse of power.

Linda Estrada, a grand Jury clerk in Travis County, said Monday that the judge overseeing the case decided against issuing an arrest warrant.

Estrada said that Judge Bert Richardson decided instead that Perry will receive a summons to appear which has not been issued yet.

It won't be until Perry's defense attorney and the state set a date for him to appear in court.

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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/official-no-arrest-warrant-be-issued-perry

[Historic NY]

1. IOKIYAR.

[canuckledragger]

3. You beat me to it.

That's the first thing I thought of.

[yuiyoshida]

4. This was my exact thought also

[Blue_Tires]

9. +1

[valerief]

16. got that right

[Xyzse]

21. I would like to know what that means.

Forgive the noob.

[brer cat]

22. IOKIYAR = It's OK If You Are Republican. nt

[Xyzse]

34. Aha! Thanks.

That, I did not know.

[Anansi1171]

28. Because IOKIYAR. LOVE IT!-nt

[Lars39]

2. Slip sliding away....wonder if he'll even be sworn in.

[Dopers_Greed]

5. So militarized police aren't going to raid his house with a SWAT team to arrest him?

I know they don't do that to rich people, but one can dream right?

[valerief]

17. Maybe if they think he has a joint laying around the house. nt

[Thinkingabout]

30. Maybe they could not find him in the State Mansion and did not know where the tax payers of

Texas are renting for him since the state mansion is not good enough for his wife.

[blackspade]

6. Our lovely 'justice' system at work...

[blkmusclmachine]

18. That's the inJustice System to you and me, bubba. And don't you forget it!!!

[RKP5637]

31. No justice for ALL. Justice for SOME. What scales of justice, they got stolen a long time ago.

All this shit sounded nice in grade school, then I've seen it in action. The text books lied. Grade school, yep OK, sounds great. High school, started to question. College, I knew it was fucked up. Real life now, we are definitely fucked!

[mikeysnot]

7. What no flash grenades

fired into his front door?

[heaven05]

8. of course not

[C Moon]

10. That's just shocking! nt

[hollowdweller]

11. Here's a question

So Perry allegedly wanted this person to resign due to DUI and they refused.

So is there any precedent there? I mean is there a law or anything in TX that a DUI conviction renders you unfit for public service??
Are there any people in TX in the past that have been convicted of DUI and either were fired or asked to leave or that nothing happened?

It would seem to me if the intent was to prevent people who were convicted of DUI from being gov't employees, that the best route would be for Perry to introduce a bill to the legislature mandating that any gov't employee, legislator or contractor with a DUI conviction would be ineligible to serve in the legislature, work for the state, or receive state contracts?

Now if the purpose was to remove a democrat and force them to resign I can see the funding thing, but if he's really concerned why not pass a law. He's a big Christian right and wingnut so obviously a law that allows no forgiveness would be more the way to go.

[xocet]

12. History of such an arrest did not stop W from being Governor of Texas....

November 3, 2000

DOCUMENT: Celebrity, Drunk
George W. Bush DUI Arrest Record

This is the 1976 Maine police document recording the arrest of George W. Bush for driving under the influence of alcohol. Bush, who was 30 at the time,was popped over the Labor Day weekend near his family's Kennebunkport summer home. Bush pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor DUI charge, paid a $150 fine, and had his driving privileges briefly revoked in the state of Maine. The arrest record card was released November 2 by Kennebunkport police. The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles also released this summary of Bush's DUI conviction.

...



http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/george-w-bush-dui-arrest-record-0?page=0

[Jackpine Radical]

29. She was an elected official, the Travis County DA, not his to hire or fire.

The DUI might cost you the next election if the voters so choose, but Perry was exerting pressure for political ends. Nevertheless, he may well beat the whole thing. The whole Right Wing are circling their wagons around him.

[riversedge]

13. and us common folk would have to have mug shot taken, booked etc...

[RKP5637]

32. Stun gunned at minimal by now and dragged out of the house and beaten. n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

14. No problem.

The governor can only hide in plain sight. When all is said and done, Perry will find that the course of least resistance is answer the summons.

[Iamthetruth]

15. That is because

It's a stupid political stunt that will backfire.

[blkmusclmachine]

19. What, is Free Republik down today?!?!

[Iamthetruth]

20. Don't patronize me

Because you don't understand how politics work. This opens up this stunt for any minority party with a district attorney willing to roll the dice. It could happen to a president or any governor. Sorry if you cheer this but I want the best and brightest to lead this country and this is just more personal attack politics that thin the field.

[Calista241]

35. I agree

There are battles worth fighting, and there are battles that are going to make you look dumb when you lose.

In addition, shit like this can be laid at the feet of nearly any governor. I would hate to see our govs get caught up in this bullshit.

[Iamthetruth]

36. And it will happen

Some will use the mug shots of Perry for whatever and the narrative will not matter. Once this is proven to work you can bank on it that every governor in the country will experience this to some degree. Its stupid, trivial and is pure political bullshit that just drags down the country. I want politics to go back to when it worked instead of the partisan crap we are stuck in today. Quite frankly the far right and far left are equally guilty of grinding this country to a stop.

[Liberal_from_va34]

23. I knew this was going to happen

There really is no such thing as justice in this screwed up country. Pathetic.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

24. Maybe next the judge will declare that he's already been arraigned, tried, sentenced

served his time and is ready to be pardoned, by himself, after which his record will immediately be expunged.

[davidpdx]

25. Anyone know can he just simply ignore the summons?

It just seems like something he would do.

[notadmblnd]

26. I guess he's not going to get the circus that he wanted?

[liberal N proud]

27. Who gains by indicting Ricky?

Who is running in 2016?
What family is powerful in Texas?
Who is the next in that family who is expected to rise to the level of President?

[Nye Bevan]

33. Is it normal to issue an arrest warrant for someone who is not "on the run"

and is expected to appear when summoned?

If so, then this looks like preferential treatment. But if not, this seems like huffing and puffing over nothing.