How Convenient

A few more facts have emerged on the bizarre raid that took place in Houston over the weekend, and it's even a prominent enough story for an insta-comment:

The guy in charge should be fired. Think he will be?

The story is actually a lot more interesting than that. It looks like the "guy in charge" is being made out to be none other than Mark Aguirre, a controversial Houston cop whose unconventional methods seem to be loved by residents of his beat, but who has made a lot of enemies in the HPD command (as readers of Reductio Ad Absurdum know, and as Ginger Stampley reminds us). It may well be that Aguirre is fully responsible for this mess, and deserves whatever punishment he gets. But like Ginger, I'm a little suspicious at how convenient this is beginning to look for Chief Bradford. In Houston, when political matters are too convenient, it's often not a coincidence.

Sadly, the Chron's track record suggests it is an ill-equipped newspaper to get to the bottom of this story, and the fact that EVERY person quoted in the latest article speaks ill of Aguirre doesn't inspire confidence that it's going to try very hard. I wonder if the Press will dig up anything interesting.

[Posted at 21:08 CST on 08/20/02] [Link]