By B.D. Hobbs
Jan 18, 2021
Sadly, it s become the new normal here in Houston. Soft on crime, low on bail. I know it, you know it, and most of all, criminals know it. With over 400 murders in the city in 2020, the outlook for this year doesn t look any better beginning on Wednesday. With Joe Biden set to take over, one of the items on the Democrat wish-list is sweeping criminal justice reform. The Biden-Sanders Unity pact calls for police reforms, aka defunding the police , decriminalizing marijuana, and eliminating money bail. There will also be a $20 -billion- dollar grant, which will incentivize and basically pay states to empty out their jails by letting criminals back out on to the streets. The president of the Houston Police Officers Union Doug Griffith told KTRH, it s not a good idea. Sadly, I think it s going to take more instances of our citizens being victimized before they realize this is not a viable option, letting people go. Here in Houston, and specifically in Har