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  DPD Says It Has Election Day Covered

  October 26 at 4 a.m.

  The department said it developed operation plans to address election site security, maintain easier access to polling locations and provide a safe environment for people to exercise their First Amendment rights.

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  Atatiana Jefferson Memorial Parkway Approved by Fort Worth City Council

  October 23 at 4 a.m.

  The Fort Worth City Council approved renaming a portion of the street where Atatiana Jefferson was killed in her honor.

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  UT-Arlington Student Brianna Baucum Fights a Web of Lies to Bring Her Daughter Home

  October 14 at 8:52 a.m.

  If the anonymous tipster were telling the truth, Brianna Baucum is a monster, possibly one with magical powers. Between July 13 and Aug. 28 last year, Baucum killed her 4-year-old daughter Journi at least five times, the tipster told authorities. That doesn’t count the claim that Baucum put her daughter...

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  Abbott Wants to Crack Down on Rioting by Creating a New Slate of Felonies

  September 25 at 4 a.m.

  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talked tough on rioters during a press conference at the Dallas Police Association building yesterday, laying out proposed legislation for a crackdown on protests gone awry. “Texas is not going to tolerate violence, vandalism or rioting,” Abbott said. The Constitution guarantees the right to peaceably assemble,...

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  Final Budget Calls for Cuts to Police Overtime, More Civilians at DPD, No Big Reforms

  September 24 at 2:32 p.m.

  No one left City Hall completely satisfied last night – not the protesters outside chanting “No justice! No peace!,” nor the city council members who’d spent the last month debating Dallas’ budget. It’s been a long and winding road, but the city council finally found its way to a final...

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  DPD Announces Expansion of its Starlight Surveillance Program

  September 23 at 4 a.m.

  Tuesday, the Dallas Police Department announced the expansion of its Starlight surveillance program to four additional locations.