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Family, Attorney Call For Arrest of Dallas Paramedic Who Repeatedly Kicked Mentally Ill Man

Family, Attorney Call For Arrest of Dallas Paramedic Who Repeatedly Kicked Mentally Ill Man

Dallas District Attorney Drops Charges Against Mentally Ill Man Kicked Repeatedly by Paramedic

Dallas District Attorney Drops Charges Against Mentally Ill Man Kicked Repeatedly by Paramedic

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After Texas Regulators Say Delta-8 Is Illegal, Some Companies Plan to Fight Back

By Jacob Vaughn
Oct 21, 2021

Some companies say they'll keep selling delta-8 THC despite the Texas Department of State Health Services saying the stuff is illegal.
New Video Shows Dallas Paramedic Repeatedly Kicking Mentally Ill Man Before Police Show Up

By Jacob Vaughn
Oct 19, 2021

Body camera video showed Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedic Brad Cox kick a detained mentally ill man in the face while he sat on the ground. Surveillance footage from a nearby business shows he kicked him several more times before police arrive on the scene.
Delta-8 THC Is Illegal, the Texas Department of State Health Services Says

By Jacob Vaughn
Oct 19, 2021

The Texas Department of State Health Services added a statement to its website that some say put questions over delta-8’s legality to rest.
Dallas Says Goodbye to Public Intoxication Arrests and Hello to the Drunk Tank

By Jacob Vaughn
Oct 13, 2021

Instead of charging people with public intoxication, the City Marshal's Office wants to connect people with resources that can help them with homelessness, mental illness and substance abuse.
How Body Cam Footage Shows Contradictions in Police Reports Around North Texas

By Jacob Vaughn
Oct 12, 2021

Local attorneys say cops often say arrests happened one way, when video shows it happened another.
Nearly Four Years After Amanda Clairmont's Murder, Corinth Police Still Searching for Answers

By Christian McPhate
Oct 11, 2021

In November 2017, Amanda Clairmont’s body was found in her car, parked next to a fence in a vacant parking lot along the service road off Interstate 35 in Corinth. Her passenger door was open. Clairmont, a 21-year-old a business major at the University of North Texas, had been shot...
Zephi Trevino's Lawyers Are Ready to Take Her Case to the Texas Supreme Court

By Jacob Vaughn
Oct 7, 2021

Zephi Trevino's legal team says when they appealed her certification as an adult, the court didn't take into account her claim that she'd been sex trafficked. So now, they're taking the fight to the Texas Supreme Court.
At Timberview High School, a Shooting Leaves Four Injured and Families Rattled

By Jacob Vaughn
Oct 6, 2021

Early Wednesday afternoon, buses carried students down Debbie Lane toward the Mansfield Performing Arts Center in Arlington. Parents rushed to pick up their children, who had just been evacuated from Timberview High School following a shooting that had injured at least four people. Standing alongside her mother, Stephanie, ninth grader...
A Dallas Cop Is Accused of Fabricating Evidence. These Attorneys Aren't Surprised.

By Jacob Vaughn
Oct 2, 2021

A Dallas police officer was accused of falsifying evidence. Attorneys say this happens all the time.
Dallas Attorney Rayshun Jackson Pleads Guilty on Federal Money Laundering Charge

By Patrick Strickland
Oct 1, 2021

Dallas attorney Rayshun Jackson once went to bat for former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill. He took on the federal government after a teenager, a U.S. citizen, was wrongly deported to Colombia. He was time and again recognized in the local press and even made it onto the DART advisory...
Dallas Fire-Rescue Puts Firefighter Who Kicked Detained Man On Leave

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 30, 2021

Brad Cox was hired at Dallas Fire-Rescue in 2002. In 2019, he allegedly kicked a detained mentally ill man named Kyle Vess while he was on the ground. Now, Cox is on administrative leave.
How a Dallas Police Investigation Cleared the Firefighter Who Kicked a Detained Man in 2019

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 28, 2021

A Dallas Police Department public integrity investigation determined no criminal wrongdoing by Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighter Brad Cox.
Activists Wanted a Smaller Police Budget. Now, City Council Has Restored Cut Overtime Funds.

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 27, 2021

The city gave big money back to the Dallas Police Department in the newly approved budget. Other Items tackle the digital divide, rapid-rehousing to help the homeless, and water infrastructure problems in underserved areas of the city.
A Year After Expansion Announced, Dallas Police's Starlight Surveillance Is Back to Square One

By Michael Murney
Sep 23, 2021

Almost a year ago, former Dallas police Chief U. Renee Hall announced the city’s plans to expand Starlight, an initiative that equips local businesses with high-tech surveillance cameras feeding back to the city’s "fusion center." The program was so successful in driving down crime in those locations, police claimed, they...
Thieves Robbed Traveling Jewel Sellers in DFW. Now, Their Money Launders Are Going to Prison.

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 23, 2021

Five men from Texas, Florida, New York and Colombia were buying and selling stolen jewelry. Then, law enforcement caught up to them.
Video Shows Moment Dallas Fire-Rescue Employee Kicks Man in the Face

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 22, 2021

Filed in late July, Kyle Vess is suing Dallas Fire-Rescue employee Brad Cox for detaining him and using excessive force.
After Weekend Shooting, Police Vow to Step Up the Fight Against Violent Crime in Deep Ellum

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 21, 2021

Violence struck Deep Ellum last weekend and now the Dallas Police Department wants to been up security in the neighborhood. Some worry what that means for business owners and patrons.
Dallas' New Anti-Hate Advisory Council Comes Amid Surge in Hate Crimes

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 20, 2021

The council will meet regularly to talk about ways to increase tolerance in Dallas. It will also work with the police department to find ways to better respond and prevent hate crimes.
In Small-Town North Texas, a White Cop Will Go On Trial for Fatally Shooting a Black Man

By Michael Murney
Sep 20, 2021

When Raylisa Price was planning to move back to Wolfe City in October 2020, she hoped to build a closer relationship with her half-brother Jonathan Price. Raylisa grew up in Commerce, not far from Wolfe City, and moved with her sister Sabrina and their mother to California before Jonathan was born...
Is Delta-8 Unsafe? The FDA and the CDC Have Worries.

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 16, 2021

Health officials want you to know that delta-8 has not been approved by the FDA, and that they’re concerned about product formulas, labeling, and the way the stuff is marketed.