Memo to: Liberty County, Texas police

by Walter Olson on June 20, 2012

When a psychic calls in to inform you of an extremely sensational crime story undetected up to now, think carefully before you act [Scott Greenfield]

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1 David Eggers 06.20.12 at 1:49 am

Yep, pretty much describes Liberty County. If you like an area with an authoritarian police force, overrun with meth heads, some of the worst speed traps in the US, a good KKK following, and WalMarts full of morbidly obese people hauling themselves around on scooters, Liberty County’s for you.

2 David Schwartz 06.20.12 at 8:15 am

Which is worse — if the judge read the warrant or if the judge didn’t read the warrant?

3 shg 06.20.12 at 10:10 am

@ David Schwartz, exactly. If only I could have gotten my hands on the warrant affidavit, if would have been spectacular either way.

4 John Burgess 06.20.12 at 7:17 pm

@David Eggers: Liberty County has its clone in Bradford Co., Florida. I’m not sure about the WalMart, but everything else matches up. It has the only speed traps that even the AAA finds notorious enough to post signs.

5 Bill Poser 06.21.12 at 3:29 am

To be fair, while reliance on the psychic qua psychic is absurd, police who receive a tip from a psychic do have some obligation to investigate the report because the psychic may have real information acquired by natural means. He or she may be the perpetrator or may be a witness who does not wish to disclose the fact. In other words, tips from psychics should be treated like other uncorroborated tips, not dismissed out of hand.

6 leafs004 06.21.12 at 11:44 am

Bill, I don’t believe that the issue is that the police looked into the complaint, more of, the police probably shouldn’t have invited the media to come along on the excecution of the warrant.

7 mojo 06.21.12 at 3:15 pm

Yeah, I’d pay cash money to see that affidavit.

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