Protests Against Police Brutality, Racial Injustice Mark July 4 in Dallas

On Saturday afternoon, as Independence Day celebrations were getting started in backyards across Dallas, about 40 people gathered in Klyde Warren Park. Protesters stood holding signs that read “Say Their Names” and “Black Lives Matter” as the afternoon sun beat down on them. “Many Black people are not connected to…

Brandon Saenz, Who Lost Eye in Peaceful Protest, Wants to Know Who Shot Him

Brandon Saenz didn’t feel the projectile hit him. He heard a sound — “a boom,” he says — and a moment later he saw blood dotting his shoes and the pavement beneath them. “‘Whose blood is that?’” Saenz, 26, remembers thinking. “‘Oh, it’s mine.’” Saenz was walking by a group of peaceful protesters…

Grieving Father Demands Justice for Child Killed by Denton Police

Kevin Tarver wants justice. Months before the world learned the names George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks and Breonna Taylor, Denton police shot and killed his son Darius. A 23-year-old University of North Texas student, Darius Tarver was a criminal justice major and on the dean’s list. He was part of the…

How the FBI Illegally Targeted Leftist Groups in Dallas

From 1956 to 1971, the FBI actively tried to subvert civil rights and New Left movements through often illegal means. Among its many targets were activist groups in North Texas. The name of the project was the Counter Intelligence Program, which was syllabically abbreviated to COINTELPRO. Most of the FBI’s…

Hundreds Gather at Reverchon Park for 16th Day of Protests in Dallas

Even in the blistering heat, people turned out in Reverchon Park on Saturday for the 16th day of protests in Dallas against police brutality. The event, organized by local nonprofit Next Generation Action Network, was dubbed a Black State of Emergency. Organizers urged attendees to vote, discussed defunding the police…

Dallas Officials Expand Curfew Zone

Dallas is expanding the area covered by a curfew order, city officials announced Tuesday afternoon. The newly expanded curfew zone includes Trinity Groves and West Village. It also now includes the Frank Crowley Courts Building, where a demonstration began Monday evening, and the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, where police detained…

Hall Defends Dallas Police’s Handling of Monday Night Protest

Chief U. Renee Hall on Tuesday morning defended the police department’s handling of a protest that ended in a mass detainment Monday night on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. During the demonstration, police allowed hundreds of protesters to march into the westbound lanes of the bridge at about 8:30 p.m…

Did Dallas Cops Put Two Protesters in the Hospital?

Dallas police are investigating incidents in which police officers used force against two people Sunday, putting both people in the hospital. Both incidents occurred on Main Street in downtown Dallas during Sunday’s protest against police brutality. The first incident happened at 4 p.m. near Pegasus Plaza. The second was at…

After Two Days of Violence, Sunday’s Protests Were Largely Peaceful

While Dallas initially saw peaceful protests turn into violence, arrests and a curfew around downtown, the weekend ended with a vocal but placid march downtown. Clergy members from throughout Dallas gathered with residents in front of Dallas Police headquarters starting at 5 p.m. Sunday. The crowd bowed their heads as…

Josh Hamilton Indicted for Alleged Attack on Daughter

A Tarrant County grand jury has indicted former Texas Rangers star outfielder Josh Hamilton for injury to a child causing intentional bodily injury, a third-degree felony, the Observer confirmed Wednesday afternoon. Hamilton is accused of attacking his oldest daughter in September. He turned himself in after initially being charged in late…

Former Dallas Police Chief David Brown Tabbed Chicago’s Top Cop

Three and a half years after stepping down as chief of the Dallas Police Department, David Brown has been named to lead Chicago’s police force. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Brown’s selection Thursday afternoon. “We are Chicago and we deserve the best,” Lightfoot said. “In this time, in this moment,…

Dallas County Deputies Indicted, Charged With Post-Tornado Looting

A Dallas County grand jury has indicted two Dallas County Sheriff’s Office deputies who are accused of looting a Home Depot on Forest Lane in Dallas following the Oct. 20 tornado that destroyed the home improvement store and much of the surrounding area. Owners of the Home Depot hired Sgt. Rebecca…

WFAA Admits Blowing Car Wash Crime Story, Sorta Kinda, But OK!

Hats off, thank you, sincere gratitude, honest admiration, respect and kudos to WFAA Channel 8 for admitting publicly they were totally full of it Nov. 15 in their story about the famous notorious car wash on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in South Dallas. WFAA reporters David Goins and David…