Texas Bar Association
The Texas Bar Association president said something racist online last week and everybody is having a fit.
ON EDIT: I forgot to tell you. He has been president of the Texas Bar for three weeks. Quick work!
He lives in my town. Oh yeah, he’s a former cop and a criminal defense lawyer, but mostly a former cop. He’s as rightwing as you can be without falling off the coast of South Carolina no matter where you live.
His name is Larry McDougal and he advertises his face on billboards and in the local newspaper.
Now I have a question. You have a guy who votes Republican, used to be a cop, and then goes out of his way to look like Boss Hogg, I mean, gets the same hat and obnoxious tie and then you act like he’s some kind of dude all behind criminal justice reform. No. You should have seen that coming a mile off.
Now, here’s what he did last week. He went on a local rightwing (and generally mean and incorrect blog) to offer his unrequested opinion on whether or not the woman in the picture was violating election law with that teeshirt.
Well, he’s damn wrong. Here’s the pertinent question: If one party is associated with black lives matter, which party is the one who believes black lives don’t matter?
Instead of telling you the names of lawyers and law associations who condemned his statement, it would be easier to tell you who supported him: no one.
Some enterprising lawyers started looking through his Facebook page and found, among other things, this.
McDougal issued a statement saying he meant no harm and that he’d changed his mind about Black Lives Matter since 2015. However, after searching Facebook, there was no evidence of when or where that had happened. And, to show how sincere he is about it, he’s gonna form a task force to look into ways to be the State Bar could be more inclusive to minority lawyers – not just African American lawyers, but all minority lawyers. If you break the code, I think he just said All Lives Matter.
A damn Task Force. Honey, we are about a decade beyond a damn task force.
And finally, another of his Facebook posts. See what I mean about him being more cop than lawyer?
He needs to resign.
OMG. What a pig.
1Sounds like he may be part of the GOP group that’s trying to censure Abbott for taking their 1st amendment right away. Could they just all move to Tyler, let Arkansas annex that corner of Texas, and not come back here!
2If Washington State still voted in person, I’d wear this t-shirt:
3https://teespring.com/shop/flag-of-tyranny?pid=2&cid=2122
Sorta OT, but about real patriotism.
If you do nothing else today, watch this Don Winslow produced youtube video, contrasting true Americans against the Traitor In Chief:
#DemocratsStandTall
https://youtu.be/P5uD0Dccr4U
4Maybe it’s just me, but I can see a teensy bit of difference between a hat bearing the slogan of a candidate on the ballot and a general sentiment not assocaiated with any particular candidate.
I am old and for a long time I have been saying I liked it better back when racists were proud of it instead of these mealy-mouthed four-flushers.
5Source article :
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/13/1960303/-Kick-butt-ad-by-thriller-author-celebrates-Democratic-military-patriotism
6Here’s my take on his argument.
7If I lived in his district, and wore a 3 Stooges t-shirt with ‘Larry’ labeled by name when I voted, am I campaigning or comparing? It’s self evident.
Sandridge, saw it earlier today and love it! Thanks for sharing here.
8Love them lawyers who have billboards. I have always held them in the utmost respect.
9SNARK
All hat and no cattle.
10I had the subtle pleasure of having him as opposing counsel many moons ago. Stereotypical cop attitude in a civil case doesn’t work real well. Looks like he hasn’t changed a bit.
11The lady in question was wearing both a face mask and a face shield. Smart. So I guess Larry objects to smart.
How many people who were not wearing facemasks and/or wearing MAGAt hats did Larry call to have arrested? Yeah. Thought so.
12Thanks for the link, Sandridge. I watched two of Don Winslow’s videos – very powerful!!! I also watched the 3rd one about him. What an interesting person.
And what a contrast to Larry McDougal! One a big thinker, a person with a big spirit vs. a teeny thinker (whose ideas are set in stone) and who also happens to have a mean, teeny spirit.
13Rick @ 7, how dare you libel Louis Feinberg (AKA Larry Fine) in that way, comparing him to that oozing chancre sore!
Larry Fine could play a concert-quality violin. Larry McDougal probably could not figure out which end of a kazoo to blow on.
14Have to say only wish no lawyers supported him. On the Texas Lawyers facebook page there are plenty — calling out Scott Broussard by name — who think Larry did no wrong; racism doesn’t exist; and you just need to get over it. Reminds me why I tend to dislike lawyers — even though I am one.
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