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Jamie Eagleman, according to legal papers filed in District Court, stabbed a bartender in the back twice, attacked one police officer while carrying a knife she had concealed in her groin area. She lunged at another officer and threw knives at two staffers from the Hill County Detention Center.

All of this, legal papers say, was prompted because Town Pump didn't want her to steal a pack of cigarettes and Magic Diamond Casino wouldn't serve her more than two beers although she wasn’t gambling on the machines.

Now, the heart of our legal system is that Eagleman is innocent until proven guilty. H...