A local reporter was sort of able to ask Harris County DA candidate Clarence Bradford a question this week. Here’s Chron reporter Alan Bernstein’s account:
DA candidate Clarence Bradford, the former Houston police chief, asserted that “crime is out of control” here. We wondered out loud whether that means former police chiefs did not do their jobs right. Bradford did not answer directly or offer stats to gird his assertion but did say that more and more citizens “distrust components of our criminal justice system” because of said scandals.
We don’t imagine he did deign to answer a reporter’s question directly! Indeed, the scary thought that he might have to answer tough questions about his role in the crime lab fiasco probably sent him scurrying back under a table.
