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October 23, 2014
Escorted by Cops, Protesters Flooded Downtown Dallas Last Night to Decry Police Brutality
Marchers, about 50 strong, walked from Founder's Square, down the right lane of Main Street, to Main Street Garden last night in protest of police brutality, which in Dallas and nationwide disproportionately affects blacks. Chants of "indict, convict, put those killer cops in jail, the whole damn sy ... More >>
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October 15, 2014
More Proof That Police Kill Young Black Men Far More Than Anyone Else
In the past few months, Dallas activists have been working to raise awareness about the number of black men police have killed over the years. The Huey P. Newton Gun Club has taken to the streets armed with rifles, and Dallas Communities Organizing for Change has analyzed data on police shootings ov ... More >>
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October 3, 2014
Jason Harrison's Father Sues Dallas and the Police Officers Who Killed His Son
David Harrison, who's mentally ill son Jason Harrison died at the hands of Dallas police in June, filed a lawsuit on Friday claiming two officers used excessive force when they shot his son six times within minutes of arriving at the son's home on Glencairn Drive. Linda Turley, David Harrison's la ... More >>
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September 25, 2014
The Dallas Police Department Is Replacing Its Old Stun Guns With Better Stun Guns
In the next three to four months, all Dallas police officers on patrol will be equipped with new, smart Tasers that are safer than their predecessors, Chief David Brown said at Wednesday's City Council meeting. After the council approved a five-year deal with Taser International Inc. for the purchas ... More >>
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August 20, 2014
Dallas' Police Union Really Doesn't Want DA Craig Watkins to Investigate Police Shootings
Last week, Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins announced the formation of a new Civil Rights Unit, a two-person team that will investigate shootings by officers independent of the police department. Chief David Brown supports the unit. "You can't have enough oversight when it comes to police-invo ... More >>
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June 20, 2014
It Really Sucks to Be Mentally Ill in Texas
Related: It Really Sucks to Be Old in Texas Texas' notoriously porous mental-health system is in the news even more than usual this week. At Parkland, the psychiatric ER is yet again facing allegations of patient abuse. Last weekend, Dallas Police shot and killed Jason Harrison, a 38-year-old sever ... More >>
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June 18, 2014
Dallas Police's Final, Fatal Encounter with an Unarmed Schizophrenic
To neighbors and family, it was obvious that Jason Harrison was mentally ill, even if the legal system kept treating him like someone who wasn't. The last time his mother called for the cops to come to their home in Oak Cliff was this past Saturday afternoon. He seemed agitated, standing in the stre ... More >>