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Harris County Cop Accused Of Robbing Local Asian Businesses While in Uniform

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Harris County Precinct 4 Deputy Constable Bobby Espinoza running away from KPRC2 Reporters in what appears to be an industrial Tyvek suit(04/16/22)

A shocking report by Houston’s KPRC2 TV station(04/16/22) says a Deputy Constable with the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s office, was arrested and charged with felony theft over a months-long scheme(09/2021-03/2022) that involved him harassing and robbing four local Vietnamese businesses. What has shocked Houston residents even more, is the fact that he is alleged to have committed these crimes while in his uniform, and using his patrol unit–all reasonable indicators of a hardened criminal.

KPRC2 reporter Bill Barajas specifically said: “Not only is Bobby Espinosa alleged to have taken thousands from area businesses, he is alleged to have done it while in uniform and in his patrol unit…Espinosa, a Deputy Constable with the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s office, was arrested and charged with felony theft…He has bonded out on a $30,000 bond…Espinosa, wearing a mask and in all white, was quiet. He refused to answer my questions before disappearing underneath a nearby bridge. Court documents obtained by KPRC say Espinosa was with the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s office for seven and a half years. He is accused of demanding a total of $5,700 from four Vietnamese businesses in our area, the scheme allegedly starting in September of 2021, and lasting through March of this year. A probable cause court judge said Espinosa would make customers at the businesses leave, unplug surveillance cameras, and force employees to open up the cash register. He is also alleged to have pried open a game machine.”

Reasonable people will agree that given the fact that this was a months-long scheme, plus done while in his official uniform, there is reason to believe deputy constable Espinosa may have engaged in other criminal conduct during his seven year tenure at Harris County Pct4. It also raises some serious questions about the state of affairs at the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s office. Often times shocking stories like these involving police officers, are usually symptoms of much bigger problems at the police department. Did his peers, for example, know what he was doing, but chose to look the other way? Prior to these criminal charges, was Espinosa ever the subject of a complaint from the public and/or disciplinary action? Was it for similar conduct?

Bottom line folks, these are questions that need to be raised with the Harris County Constable’s office as this shocking case plays out in the courts. Yours Truly, a resident of Precinct 4, will certainly keep up with this shocking case to make sure that Deputy Constable Espinosa is not a symptom of much bigger problems at the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s office. And if it turns out that he is, then other heads need to roll.

**Updated on 04/19/22 to include formal response by Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman, to the news of Bobby Espinosa’s arrest**

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Census Results Suggest Dems Poised To Take Over Texas

New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau and reported by the Dallas Morning News suggests that by 2022, Hispanic population will outnumber the White population in Texas. The results also show a sharp increase in Asian population in Texas. Democrats have traditionally done well with Hispanic and Asian voters nationwide and also in Texas. The Republican party on the other hand, both nationally and in Texas, is increasingly becoming an older White party and this is even more so in the “culture wars” age of Trump. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out, based on the newly released Texas population data that unless the GOP changes tack and becomes a more inclusive party, they are culture-warring into extinction.


Yours Truly has repeatedly cast doubt on this blindly held belief that Texas is a “Ruby Red State”(solidly Republican) and these census results only add to the skepticism.


There are many factors that can be attributed to the dominance by Republicans in Texas state politics, none of which is the popularity of GOP policies. Gerrymandering, voter suppression, voter apathy, no-contest mentality by Democrats, etc are all factors that  have led to GOP dominance in Texas state affairs. However there are encouraging signs especially by the Beto O’Rourke Senatorial campaign that Dems have finally figured it out and are beginning to challenge all corners of the Lone Star State and shunning the Mainstream Media’s “Texas-is-a-Red-state” myth. A strong pro-immigrant, pro-social safety nets message by Dems will stand in stark contrast to Texas GOP’s xenophobic and anti-poor people messages.

These encouraging new census results should therefore provide more impetus for Texas Dems to make further inroads into the burgeoning Hispanic and Asian communities in Texas. Bottom line as we head towards 2022, Dems must ramp up their #FlipItBlueTexas campaign

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