- Local
- Community
- Journalism
Support the independent voice of Dallas and help keep the future of Dallas Observer free.
If you follow Dallas Police Chief David Brown on Twitter, you were greeted this morning with the ominous announcement above. We're still waiting for a call back from DPD's media relations department and/or a reply to our Tweet asking Brown to elaborate. But a report in the Morning News pretty clearly suggests that what the chief is dreading is firing at least six officers who have disciplinary hearings scheduled for this afternoon. Also on the docket is the case of Lt. Regina Smith, aka Lucille Baller.
Brown was apparently very distraught over these burdens of police chiefdom. He spent the next several minutes discussing blues music with his Twitter followers.
Does anyone know a really good blues song or artist to add to my playlist
— David O. Brown (@DPDChief) March 1, 2013
I'm quite the novice when it comes to this genre of music...BB King is about as far as I go
— David O. Brown (@DPDChief) March 1, 2013
@EssKayT suggests Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn (Brown: "how could I forget Stevie Ray"), while @graemeham90 suggests Charlie "Bird" Parker ("my old man used to talk about Charlie Bird thanks guess I'm old now listening to my parents music,"). Finally, @sfolsom41 chimes in with Howling Wolf and Son House.
@sfolsom41 thanks I'll take a listen...I need some grown folks blues so I need you to dig deep into your playlist
— David O. Brown (@DPDChief) March 1, 2013
Brown's aching heart is apparently soothed. Now, maybe he'll be so kind as to pass those selections along to the officers he's about to fire.
Keep the Dallas Observer Free... Since we started the Dallas Observer, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we would like to keep it that way. Offering our readers free access to incisive coverage of local news, food and culture. Producing stories on everything from political scandals to the hottest new bands, with gutsy reporting, stylish writing, and staffers who've won everything from the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi feature-writing award to the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism. But with local journalism's existence under siege and advertising revenue setbacks having a larger impact, it is important now more than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism. You can help by participating in our "I Support" membership program, allowing us to keep covering Dallas with no paywalls.
