Topic: County Attorney

A local county attorney allegedly warned Mike Hanson that he would be shot for investigating the masked individuals in Gonzales. The attorney advised Hanson to stop posting information about the case on the internet and claimed Hanson did not understand the gravity of the situation. Hanson responded by citing his media contacts and refusing to back down from his public reporting.

Recorded testimonies from individuals in Williamson County describe questionable legal practices, including a man placed on ten-year probation despite being current on child support payments. Another individual details being held in jail for ten days before being processed for a minor paperwork error. The accounts suggest that local officers are taught to predetermine arrests before making stops and that judges and lawyers within the county operate with significant bias.

Steve Lane describes his struggle to obtain data on the ASAP program through open records requests. He reveals a letter from the State Attorney General's office where the Travis County Attorney argued against releasing information because it would interfere with the "prosecution of a crime." Lane points out the contradiction between this legal stance and the public claim that the program is merely for "communication."