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Revisionism begins in effort to restore drug task force pork: PR blitz another good reason why Congress should slash Byrne grant funding

By Gritsforbreakfast

The Amarillo Globe News this morning offers a revisionist history of events leading to the closure of drug task forces in the Panhandle and across Texas ("Police: Rethink drug reforms," March 30), arguing that "one bad apple" in the Tulia case shouldn't have cost all drug task forces their funding. Indeed, this morning's piece drifts so far from the historical record, I have to wonder if its just another volley in the coordinated national PR blitz aimed at convincing Congress to reinstate their pork barrel funds.In particular, the Globe-News touts one of the national pro-pork talking points that's really inapplicable in Texas, declaring, "Some rural police agencies say nabbing drug kingpins in less-populated corners of the state has gotten tougher since a 2005 law went on the books regulating how task forces are organized and coordinated...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 30, 2008 (boomark / email).