“There was a proper way to protest.” — Judge Eric Moye
Well, well, well. I wonder if rioters and looters in Dallas got the memo. Seems to me, at this point in time, Shelly’s being held to a different standard.
If this continues, complete lawlessness on the one hand, and people trying run their business, and wash their clothes [Anthony the Dick, Mask Police], on the other hand, I don’t have a real good feeling about how this all ends.
Our leaders aren’t leaders, they’ve failed us multiple times, multiple ways. For starters, we clean house, senate, state too, then we mosey on down to city government, county commissioner’s. We make sure Pete’s time in office is finished. No city council seat for Pete, for him to keep trouble stirred.
Now, we do our very best to recruit a diverse group of people, those who can come together as a team, and lead Jackson.
Words of Shelley Luther, Texas:
I had no idea that everyone thought my fight was over!!
Here's the update:
The City of Dallas is suing me for money and has an injunction on my salon to close it down permanently.
Before I was jailed, I received a TRO (Temporary Restraining Order) from Judge Eric Moye, but I refused to close and went to trial.
During the recess, the judge wanted to wait for sentencing because Abbott was going to have a press conference. I was texting Abbott's communications person telling him I was about to go to jail and needed help. I knew he was going to open salons, but I wanted him to know how urgent the situation was.
In Abbott's press conference, he announced salons would open on Friday...3 days later. Then, Moye immediately appeared from his chambers, and I already knew his decision.
He lectured me on "how there was a proper way to protest", and what I was doing was endangering the lives of Dallas citizens. He also said that I "held the key to the jail cell" and all I had to do was admit I was wrong and apologize.
I refused to apologize to him and he sentenced me to 7 days in jail and a $7,000 fine for defying his TRO. The charge was contempt of court.
For contempt, I was not eligible for bail. No one could get me released but the judge himself or the Texas Supreme Court.
While I was jailed for 2 days, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick donated the 7k to my GFM to cover my fine and volunteered himself to serve my jail sentence in house arrest. AG Paxton also wrote a letter to the judge and spoke out on my behalf. Of course, I am, and will always be, indebted to these men. There were several other political officials who fought for me as well.
As for Abbott, he did retroactively revise his order to include that jail would not be a punishment for defying an order, but I was put in jail for contempt, not defying the order. Perhaps, if he would have made that statement in his press conference, I wouldn't have been jailed.
The first night in jail my attorney and his team stayed up all night writing an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court, and after 48 hours, I was temporarily released until further investigation of my case to see if the TRO was legitimate to begin with.
We are still fighting the lawsuit, fines and injunction, and we have filed a countersuit.
In the meantime, we are waiting on the Supreme Court's ruling as to whether or not I still have to serve the remaining 5 days of my 7 day sentence. The rest of the lawsuit will begin after that.
Please know that I'm not scared and will gladly serve the rest of my sentence, if needed. I will, however, tell you that I will NEVER apologize for standing up for freedom, and I'm so grateful for all of your thoughts and prayers.
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