Dashcam Shows Cop Drive By Woman Whose Kids Were Being Taken at Gunpoint: Video
"Right here what, baby? I'm on a call." Those were the words uttered by 28-year veteran of the Dallas PD, Cpl. Les Richardson as he drove by a mother screaming for his help as her children were being taken at gunpoint. Ref. Source 9
Texas Sends Poor Teens To Adult Jail For Skipping School:
More than a thousand Texas teenagers have been ordered to lockup on charges that stem from missing school, often because they have unpaid court fines. The costs to their education are high. Some, like Serena Vela, never go back. Ref. Source 9
I saw the video captured on this. One cop was verbally trying to use reason while another cop was running around like a headless chicken trying to get control. For the number of people there they should have called for backup first.
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Officer in Texas pool party video resigns
A police officer whose actions at a pool-party disturbance Friday were spotlighted in a YouTube video resigned Tuesday from the force. The video showed him pushing a bikini-clad girl to the ground on Friday and brandishing his gun at other black teens after he and other officers responded to complaints about the pool party at a community-owned swimming pool. Ref. USAToday
The outcome of this was pretty sad. The people fighting at the pool, the way the cops handled it, the way it was blown out of proportion. Why can't people just get along.
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Attackers opened fire on Dallas police headquarters early Saturday as an armored van charged the building, authorities said.
After the attack, police found suspicious bags near the headquarters. At least one contained explosives, prompting evacuations from areas around the police headquarters.
Authorities believe up to four people may have opened fire from various locations with automatic weapons, including from the van, the police chief said. Ref. CNN