Jacob Cordova

Blogs
October 17, 2014
Arlington Is Hellbent on Keeping Armed Libertarians -- and Little Leaguers -- Off Its Streets
Over the summer, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor sided with Open Carry Tarrant County's Kory Watkins and struck down as unconstitutional an Arlington city ordinance banning people from distributing literature -- in his case copies of the Constitution -- to passing motorists. According to a brief p ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2014
The Cop Watchers: Chasing (and Sometimes Trolling) Police in the Name of Liberty
Their camcorders and phones recording, about 10 cop-watchers stand on an embankment between six busy lanes and four gas pumps at an Arlington gas station, wondering why cops keep coming for what looks like a simple traffic stop. Don't all these cops have something better to do, they think, like figh ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2014
Three Cop Watchers Get Arrested for Videotaping Arlington Police
Three people on a "cop watch" were arrested while videotaping a traffic stop by an Arlington police officer late Saturday night. The people are part of organizations Texas Cop Block and the Tarrant County Peaceful Streets Project, whose members tape police in a effort to hold them accountable for th ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2013
As North Texas Preps for Massive Counter-Terrorism Drill, Protestors Decry Police Militarization
This weekend, heavily armored police, SWAT teams, bomb squads, and paramedics will descend upon 20 sites in North Texas--Irving's Stipes Elementary, Tarrant County College's Northwest Campus, Baylor hospital in Dallas, and some barns in Duncanville among them--for the region's inaugural Urban Shield ... More >>