People have been paying their respects with flowers, letters and signs, affixed to DPD cruisers parked in the plaza just outside the entrance to Jack Evans Police Headquarters. Lunchtime Saturday, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and his wife Micki stopped to pay their respects at the memorial and to attempt to…
In an interview with Fox News on Friday, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick criticized peaceful Dallas protesters for seeking police protection as gunfire erupted Thursday evening. Patrick, no stranger to inflammatory comments, blamed Black Lives Matter activists for the shooting of 12 Dallas officers — five of whom died — and…
On Friday, police searched the home of police shooter Micah Johnson, gleaning details about the man who targeted them in a rampage Thursday night. Detectives found “bomb making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition, and a personal journal of combat tactics,” according to the Dallas Police Department. Johnson, 25, had no…
Micah Xavier Johnson, the man Dallas police say killed five officers in an ambush attack at a demonstration against police violence Thursday night, told officers he was not affiliated with any group or organization but was targeting white people and white police officers because he was upset about police shootings…
Sherie Williams, 46, was visiting from her home in Minneapolis when she learned that her sister, Shetamia Taylor, 38, of Garland, had been shot in the leg during Thursday night’s ambush massacre of police in downtown Dallas. Williams says Taylor and her three sons had been just about to return…
Here’s a simple idea, a plain idea, not my own idea but a good one, I think. It might help allay some fears and misgivings associated with turning over city-owned Fair Park to a private and opaque organization. Make it not opaque. This 277-acre albatross, a park that isn’t even…
A rally against police violence became a scene of bedlam when a pair of gunmen opened fire, killing five officers. The hail of gunshots shattered a previously peaceful rally, sending hundreds of people fleeing through the streets in panic. At least two shooters from separate elevated positions above the demonstration site…
Dallas police have cordoned Main Street and the area surrounding Belo Garden downtown following reports of multiple gunshots following a demonstration to protest recent police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge and Minnesota. Unconfirmed reports from bystanders say two police officers may have been wounded. At 9:40 p.m., police ordered…
Last June, 35-year-old James Boulware planted pipe bombs and then shot up DPD headquarters. He was later killed by a police sniper. During an interview with the Dallas Observer, Dallas Police Chief David Brown spoke about the threat of violence his officers feel on the job. In the wake of…
Franklin Russell was already tired when he accepted a Lyft ride request from a passenger at downtown Dallas’ Greyhound Station at about 2:45 a.m. He was trying to make a little extra cash before picking his sister up in Richardson, to take her to the airport. Upon arrival and commencing the…
Apparently now everybody on the Dallas city council has seen a copy of the email a lawyer sent to a recruiter explaining why he doesn’t want the job of Dallas city attorney – too much trouble, too much controversy – so now some members are calling for soul-searching on the…
Late Wednesday, former Baylor University Head Football Coach Art Briles asked a federal court to remove him as a defendant in a lawsuit brought against the school by a former student who claimed she was raped by a player. That player, Tevin Elliot, who has been convicted and sent to prison…
Today’s fatal crash of a B525 helicopter is more than a tragic incident in aviation. It could be a blow to a local industry trying to create innovative aircraft designs. Federal officials are investigating the crash, in Chambers Creek, which killed two employees of Bell Helicopter. This investigation means very…
Environmentalists in Denton were smacked down by the Texas Legislature in their effort to enact a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the city, but they haven’t abandoned the fight. If Denton’s greens can’t stop frackers from drilling wells, then they’re ready to go to battle again to stop Denton from burning…
Huge news just happened at the Dallas Independent School District. It’s a story that solves the riddle of school reform and ought to end the debate about former Superintendent Mike Miles, at least among people with any intellectual honesty. But it’s about to slide by us virtually unnoticed. First, a…
The real story is always better. Last week Michael Lindenberger of The Dallas Morning News wrote the official version of a political battle that took place almost a half century ago between the city of Dallas and a group of black homeowners around Fair Park in South Dallas. The true version…
Independence Day, a time when Americans of all stripes come together to celebrate their nation’s birth. Invariably, many do this by making all manner of terrible decisions involving booze, fireworks, large bodies of water, or some combination of the three. And invariably, some of those decisions prove fatal. Below is…
Benny Parkey thought he could beat death if he kept moving. He reasoned it was hard to hit a moving target. He wasn’t afraid of death catching him, though. He simply enjoyed the chase. He didn’t plan to linger suffering from stage 4 lung cancer. He’d often say if he…
Despite the thousand of tips that have poured in, all of the evidence that’s been collected and all of the man hours that have been put in by the Midlothian police department and federal agents, authorities are apparently no closer to finding Missy Bevers’ killer more than two months after…
Following a disappointing 5-4 rubber-game loss to the Twins in Minnesota Sunday afternoon, the Rangers made the best of the situation and headed to their three-game set in Boston dressed in what the sartorially challenged might call “style.” There is enough going on in this photo to fill a blog…
Dallas, as anyone with eyeballs has no doubt noticed, is in the middle of an apartment boom. Currently, the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area has 50,000 apartment units under construction, which, to put things in historical perspective, is a crapload. “It’s been a long time since we’ve had 50,000 apartments under…
Former Cowboys safety C.J. Spillman has been convicted of rape by a Tarrant County jury. He now faces a minimum of two and as many as 20 years in prison at a Friday sentencing hearing. On September 20, 2014 Spillman attacked a woman visiting him from Chicago at the Gaylord…
