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Bully says she didn't pick Bexar needle exchange fight

By Gritsforbreakfast

Those tracking the saga of Bexar County DA Susan Reed's efforts to stop a legislatively approved needle exchange pilot should be sure to read Karen Brooks' story this morning in the Dallas News. I was shocked to see the brazenly false declaration, "We did not go out looking for this," First Assistant District Attorney Crag Herberg said. "This was not on top of anybody's agenda in this office."What?! That's patently untrue. From the first, Susan Reed went out of her way to oppose implementation of the new law, declaring she would prosecute anyone engaging in a county-run needle exchange pilot. Then, when police gave a Class C misdemeanor citation to 73-year old chaplain Bill Day (profiled in Brooks' article), Reed's office insisted the charge be bumped up to a Class A misdemeanor, which carries a potential sentence up to one year in the county jail...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 24, 2008 (boomark / email).