Reasonably Suspicious George Floyd Special, Part 2

from Reasonably Suspicious · host Just Liberty

We started with a discussion of the hearing on the Texas George Floyd Act and then broke down aspects of the bill we didn't get to in Part One: 1. Qualified Immunity, featuring interviews with Arif Panju and Keith Neely from the Institute for Justice (4:50) 2. Corroboration in Drug Cases, featuring an interview with Innocence Project of Texas founder Jeff Blackburn (13:45) 3. Use of Force and Duties to Intervene/Render Aid (19:29) When is Slavery Profitable? Texas prisons operate several agricultural businesses in which they can't break even using prisoners' slave labor. Can you guess which ones they are? (27:40) Texas Law of Parties: Mandy wrote a report on the topic earlier this year for the Texas Public Policy Foundation and we go through the details. (37:45) Suspicious Mysteries: Traffic enforcement in Texas has plummeted over the last decade but road safety remains un-affected. What's going on? (47:24)

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