Society at Large

Getting that dream job can be one of the most satisfying moments in a person’s life. It may be the culmination of years of study or training and... Read: Can an Expunction or Expungement Lawyer Help you Get the Dream Job?

Miss the first one? Go here >>>Institutional racism in the United States is real. Patriotic pride doesn’t negate it. A “colorblind”... Read: Institutional Racism, Part 2

Institutional racism by non-racists no longer requires having open, expressed hatred toward anyone because of the color of their skin. Race* makes a... Read: Institutional Racism by Non-Racists? Part 1

Recently, I’ve been consuming books* about race in the United States. The first of these, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of... Read: Legalized Racial Discrimination and More

Our cherished “Land of the Free” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.  The term is not reality, even if it is a fantastic aspiration.... Read: Land of The Free? Part 3

The United States of America is NOT the “Land of the Free”.  If that hurts your feelings, I’m with you.  In Part 1, I described in... Read: “Land of the Free?”, Part 2

America is addicted. It is a non-stop compulsion. Lives are ruined by the millions. It marks people for life, if they can manage to escape. The drug?... Read: “Land of The Free”? Part 1

January 6, 2021, Will Live In InfamyThe United States Capitol was attacked by a pro-Trump mob last week and free speech has been implicated in... Read: Free Speech Has Limits

Where to Start?Meaningful police reform. What does it entail?  There is no single answer, no one-step solution. Problems are long-standing and... Read: Meaningful Police Reform

“Defund the police.” It sounds provocative.  It is.  What it provokes depends upon the person.  I hadn’t heard that term until a... Read: Defund the Police?

In my more than 25 years of practice, I’ve seen nothing comparable to the effect of COVID-19 on the operation of the legal system.  The... Read: Coronavirus Exposing Legal System Shortcomings

Brooks County, Texas, is a sleepy rural county with more than its share of poverty.  You’d never suspect it was a hotbed of activity, but it... Read: Brooks County, Texas: Ground Zero

You have a right to a grand jury.  Yes, you really do. Really.  It’s right there in The Fifth Amendment of our country’s... Read: Grand Jury: Constitutional Protection, But Easily Manipulated

Reading Your Rights To You After Arrest Is Not RequiredMiranda Is One Of The Best-Known U.S. Supreme Court Case Names“They didn’t read me my... Read: “They Didn’t Read Me My [Miranda] Rights.” And?

Your DWI May Have Some Great Defenses, But These Usually Aren’tIn some ways, these topics might be woven into your overall defense strategy, but... Read: 6 Things Which Don’t Win Your DWI (By Themselves)

Bring ’em to Justice!Americans want criminals brought to justice for their crimes.  Few people consider who polices the police.  Cop,... Read: Criminal Accountability

Few systems designed by human beings can be as serious as one set up to take the very lives of people, their liberty, and their property. Our... Read: Criminal Mis-In-Unjustice

CCPD Officer Arrested AGAIN for AssaultUPDATE: The now former CCPD officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for continuous family violence and... Read: Police Accountability in Corpus Christi

Imagine you run the public school systems’ kitchens throughout a state and have the title Executive Director of School Kitchens.You have a problem.... Read: Kitchen Certification

CCPD IS USING BODY CAMERAS, BUT THEY NEED MOREAccording to a report on KRIS-TV, approximately 1/3 of Corpus Christi Police Department uniformed... Read: Body Cameras Key to Improving Police-Public Relations

YOU ARE BEING THREATENED BY THE DAThe Nueces County District Attorney just threatened YOU in public fashion. The threat? You will be... Read: Gory, Blood Draw Labor Day Weekend in Corpus Christi

I am eyeballs deep in Dallas Cowboy country, and Sunday was an angry day for many, maybe almost all, Cowboy fans.  You see, the Cowboys lost a... Read: “Us Versus Them” attitudes undermine “Us”

A few months ago, I was at Corpus Christi’s City Hall to find some information.  As I walked in, I must have looked lost because a man... Read: How much difference can Floyd Simpson make to Corpus Christi?

If you receive a scary text message with a payment link, it's likely a scam. Stay calm.Texting scams are proliferating so rapidly that I received a... Read: Don't Click That DMV Text