Houston police union sounds alarm on lack of manpower, slams local judges 'refusing to do their job'
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Houston is among the major cities in America witnessing a spike in violent crime including over 700 open arrest warrants in Harris County for murder. Houston Police Officers' Union President Mark Griffith joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to address the lack of action from Harris County judges and officials as crime continues to rise in the Lone Star States' largest city.
MARK GRIFFITH: Well, a lot of the issues have to do with the fact that our court system has not done their job. We have so many of these warrants that they allow them out on very low bonds, and they just don't show back up for court. That's going to be the majority of these cases. Our courts have been closed, and the judges have refused to do their job. We have many of these warrants out there. As you said, for murder over the weekend, we had a murder suspect out on a felony bond for murder, go out and kill again, a 23-year-old college student. This should never happen. We have over 16 people that are out on capital murder bonds.
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