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  North Texas Suburban Police Departments Have Millions of Dollars' Worth of Military Equipment

  July 10 at 4 a.m.

  On the night of April 19, 2017, 15-year-old Jordan Edwards was in a car driving away from police officers when he was shot in the back of the head. Officer Roy Oliver, who was responding to a call about underage drinking, killed the Balch Springs high schooler with an AR-15...

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  Dallas Activists Want Lamar Street Changed to Botham Jean Boulevard

  July 7 at 4 a.m.

  It was almost two years ago that off-duty Dallas police officer Amber Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean, a 26-year-old accountant, while he was watching television in his own apartment. Guyger said she mistook Jean's apartment for her own and thought he was a burglar. Two years later, protesters against...

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

  July 6 at 4 a.m.

  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...

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  Panelists Discuss Defunding Police During Part Two of Black Lives Matter Discussions

  July 3 at 4 a.m.

  This week, the Dallas Police Department modified its general orders to allow the release of videos from officers' body cameras within 72 hours of critical incidences. On Thursday, panelists discussing justice and the Black Lives Matter movement said this change is a step in the right direction but that there...

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

  July 1 at 4 a.m.

  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...

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  Grieving Father Demands Justice for Child Killed by Denton Police

  June 24 at 4 a.m.

  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...