“Lloyd Oliver, a Democratic candidate for district attorney in Harris County, Texas, has a problem with domestic violence: He thinks it’s prosecuted too much.

Oliver told the Texas Observer Wednesday that domestic violence is “so, so overrated.” If elected, he indicated he’d redirect resources away from family violence to focus on other issues.

Harris County has the highest rate of domestic violence homicides in the state. According to a report by the Texas Council on Family Violence, 30 women were murdered by intimate partners in 2012.

Oliver lost the district attorney’s race in 2012 narrowly. After winning the Democratic primary, he came within five points of winning the district attorney’s seat.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Melissa Jeltsen / The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/19/texas-domestic-violence_n_4816138.html