DPS Troops Attack Peaceful Dilley Detention Camp Protestors-Abbott's DPS A Menace To Houston Democracy

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This past Wednesday, 1/28, Texas Department of Public Safety police/troops gassed and attacked peaceful protestors at the immigration detainment camp in Dilley, Texas. 

This is where the five year old abducted by ICE is in Minnesota is held captive. This is where last week, there was a protest by children and adults about squalid conditions inside. 

The protest far outside the facility was peaceful until DPS arrived. The picture above is from AFP News Agency-Agence France-Presse. I'm glad the world sees what we are. Everyone should see what we are and what power looks like in Texas. 

Below is a DPS troop looking at me at the October 18 No Kings protest in Downtown Houston. 

In August of 2023, I wrote about then-Senator Whitmire's intent to bring DPS troops to Houston if elected Mayor. 

Here is what I said: 

State Senator & Houston Mayoral candidate John Whitmire wants to bring 200 Texas Department of Public Safety troops to patrol the streets of Houston.  

​These troopers are in Austin. At first, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson was in favor of DPS being stationed in his city. Then there were concerns about Blacks and Latinos being targeted by DPS. Now Mayor Watson wants the state troopers to leave and Governor Abbott says no.        

Here is what Senator Whitmire says about his ability to control how Governor Abbott would use the troopers in Houston:   

“I’m not Gov. Abbott, I’m not the mayor of Austin. I have been in the Legislature long enough to know how the political scene works in Austin. I can handle the responsibility of telling the governor we’re going to do it the Houston way,” .....

There is no reason to believe Senator Whitmire will be able to restrain Governor Abbott or Greg Abbott's police. It's not a solid wager with democracy at stake.  There is no public safety without democracy.  

The anti-democratic Republican Party is a top public safety threat to the people of Houston & Harris County. For all his emphasis on public safety issues, Senator Whitmire appears blind to the threat.     

All of this is more so today. Governor Abbott is threatening to take over Harris County elections. Abbott does what Trump tells him to do. 

When Abbott takes over our elections, ICE shoots someone in Houston or Trump suspends civil liberties, you can wager good money that DPS will not be reliably on the side of our freedom. 
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