Mike McLelland, District Attorney of Kaufman County, answers questions at a news conference at the Kaufman Law Enforcement Center in Texas on January 31.(Photo: David Woo, AP)
Investigators may and may not do the job that needs to be done. I have no doubt the information will be gathered and there will be appropriate seeking of the villains, but, will the public actually know the entire of the facts of the circumstances?
Rick Jervis, USA TODAY
6:37a.m. EDT March 31, 2013
..."We're in the very preliminary (click here) stages in the investigation," he said. "Right now, it's a death investigation."
The deaths come as federal and local agents are still searching for suspects in the brazen shooting death of Mark Hasse, an assistant district attorney under McLelland, who was shot and killed the morning of Jan. 31 as he exited his car outside the main Kaufman County courthouse. Lewis would not say if the two incidents were connected....
The degree criminals or accused criminals will go to end their legal resolve. Destroying the ability to prosecute at various levels is a way to find one's freedom, but, not necessarily their innocence.
That is a common error of those discussing freedom, democracy and justice. All those words can be defined in a variety of cultural boundaries. The definitions are not necessary of that civil or consenting to society.
Crime is a method to an end. It is sought by people unable to achieve a goal otherwise. The willingness of people to go beyond the law to achieve that goal depends on factors in their lives, but, when the 'system' is assaulted in the deaths of their lawmen and their prosecutors and judges there is a real understanding it is difficult if not impossible to stop the criminal. The one seeking freedom in their own definition. The one seeking justice in their own definition.
States like Texas have decent people living there and I am sure Mr. McClellan is one of them, but, I am very curious why a LAW ENFORCEMENT center has his name? Privatized government? Over reaching authority to achieve payments for their services? I am NOT trying to invalidate the deaths, but, I am questioning the circumstances that caused them.
This is the 'nexus' where legal standing as a legitimate citizen departs from 'the law.' What will happen is an investigation to the deaths, a reporting of the deaths, motivation to their cause and then prosecution if one can find the killer(s). Considering this appears to be an issue of privatized government, that means other agencies will have to be called in to fill the void which provides a real opportunity for the villains to get away.
To depart from knowing all the facts here, but, when government enters into a private concern in areas of law enforcement there is always the danger of over reaching to make a buck. It is where bounty hunters live, but, their reach is limited. Bounty hunters can create arrest warrants or bounties, they live with what is and seek to bring law breakers to court. But, privatized law enforcement agencies are an entirely different domain. It CAN BE outside the dimensions of legal standing. People become objects of money reward and the bigger the criminal the more money a law enforcement agency can make.
I am sorry this has happened. Mr. McClellan, his assistant and his wife have a right to their lives. But, when killings like this happen one has to wonder what the heck brought this on. In circles where these folks exist to carry out law enforcement is a pressure on 'the system' to perform to an outcome. In other words, if the investigation were to delve into real reasons to why these deaths occurred; which is obviously an assault on the law enforcement center to end it's capacity; will it be adverse to the continuation of privatized interests in law enforcement. Basically, "The McClellan Law Enforcement Center" wasn't all that.
At first glance, I have more questions then they have answers because I strongly suspect there will be a lot of money and political interests to cause mischief.
