On the anniversary of the assassination of five Dallas-area police officers gunned down in a rifle attack, Texas Governor Greg Abbott utilized a new state law to begin the process of issuing rifle-resistant body armor to officers.
A police officer who was badly wounded in the ambush and execution of three Baton Rouge officers on July 17, 2016, filed a lawsuit against Black Lives Matter (BLM) and five of its leaders on Friday. The officer urges that BLM and its leaders “not only, incited the violence against police in retaliation for the death of black men shot by police, but also did nothing to dissuade the ongoing violence and injury to police.”
In a “Weekend of Honor,” the City of Dallas will reflect on the first anniversary of the tragic police ambush that left five officers dead last summer.
A tragic kidnapping unfolded in North Texas over the weekend when authorities found an innocent 13-year-old girl, used as a ransom pawn in a stolen drug deal, dead in south Dallas.
A North Texas man got 20 years in federal prison for creating a fake Facebook profile which he used to lure and, later, pressure young girls into sending him compromising nude selfies.
Dallas police officers evacuated the Jack Evans Police Headquarters building after a “suspicious package” was found. Bomb squad techs and fire department hazmat crews determined the package to be a “hoax bomb.”
First responders in Austin, Texas, reported that one person is dead and several others are injured after a knife-wielding suspect went on a rampage at the University of Texas campus. The suspect appeared calm, “nonchalant” after police arrested him according to a witness. Police described the four victims to be three white and one “Asian” male college students.
The paramedic shot by a gunman Monday morning remains in critical condition and has been moved to the ICU for further treatment and monitoring. Police found the suspect, and another victim, dead inside a home in the neighborhood where shooting broke out at about 11:30 Monday morning.
The police chiefs in six of Texas’ largest cities responded to the anti-sanctuary city bill passed by the Texas House on Thursday by signing a letter of opposition and releasing it to the press on Friday. The chiefs said the issue is one for the federal government and representatives are “pandering.”
Dallas police arrested an armed man outside a police station who they say threatened the officers. Police say the man had two loaded handguns, five magazines, and an anonymous mask.
A Texas man allegedly shot his boss and turned his gun on himself in a Dallas-area office building. Dallas police say the investigation is beginning and no reports are available about the condition of the shooter or his boss.
Since October 1, the Dallas Police Department has lost 99 officers who have either quit or retired.
The 14-year-old daughter of a police officer executed at the July 7 Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas was notified by Southern Methodist University that she would not be able to serve an honorary serve in her father’s memory. SMU told her and her mother “that the demonstration could be deemed insensitive.”
The father of one of the officers executed in Dallas in July at a Black Lives Matter protest filed a lawsuit on Monday against Black Lives Matter, Rev. Al Sharpton, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, and others charging that they inflamed and inspired a “War on Police.”
Police arrested a longtime north Texas teacher, accused of molesting at least two students. While other potential victims come forward, the news caught parents off-guard when picking up their children after school.
A&E is set to debut a weekly live documentary series titled Live PD, which will “highlight the difficult work being done by our men and women in uniform” by placing viewers inside some of America’s most active police departments and giving audiences a look inside the communities they patrol.
Texas State Fair icon Big Tex will be sporting some updated western wear that pays tribute to the recently fallen and injured Dallas area police.
A law enforcement officer with the Suffolk County Police Department in New York has named a police K-9 after the five police officers who were assassinated in Dallas. The officers were murdered, and seven other officers were wounded, during a Black Lives Matter protest in July.
In light of recent executions of police officers in downtown Dallas, the state of Texas now leads the country in “law enforcement officers feloniously killed”, according to a national nonprofit that tracks such cases for 2016.
A leading Dallas police officers association will be able to provide substantial financial support to the families that lost loved ones during the Black Lives Matter protest in early July with the help of a veteran-founded apparel company.
Only weeks after the executions of five Dallas area police officers at a Black Lives Matter protest, local social justice activists are set to continue demonstrations against “police brutality” in memory “of those who have fallen”.
The president of a leading organization dedicated to supporting the families of North Texas first responders suffering death and grave injury on duty offered only three words for Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell after his social media post depicting a police officer getting his throat cut went viral: I forgive you.
All times CDT. President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush will be addressing the assembled police officers, family members and dignitaries gathered to pay tribute to Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Officer Brent Thompson and Dallas Police Department Officers Michael Krol, Patrick Zamarripa, Corporal Lorne Ahrens, and Sergeant Michael Smith.
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama is scheduled speak at the memorial for the Dallas police officers who were ambushed and slain during a Black Lives Matter demonstration.
A mother shot during the attack on police officers in Dallas said of the officers, “They were really heroes for us.” Shetamia Taylor said during an emotional press conference that the officers saved her life and the lives of her sons.
The San Antonio Police Department headquarters was hit by gunfire on Saturday night. A man was seen running from the building after multiple bullets hit the building. Officers got the call around 10 p.m.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown said that Micah X. Johnson, the gunman who killed five Dallas-area police officers Thursday night, had enough explosives in his home to “have devastating effects throughout our city…”
During the July 10 airing of Face the Nation, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings (D) criticized the state of Texas’s open carry laws.
The Dallas SWAT team has deployed to the downtown police headquarters after what is being called a “credible threat” was received. After an exhaustive search by SWAT members of the DPD parking garage, the person seen in the garage appears to have escaped.
On July 9 Obama criticized Texas open carry laws, contending that police safety rests on gun control.
During the July 7 airing of Hannity, Fox News’ Casey Stegall stood on the street in downtown Dallas and used the word “automatic” to describe the gunfire during the police ambush.
Police officers in three different states have been ambushed around the time-frame of the Dallas shooting that left five officers dead and many others injured. Officers were shot in what authorities described as “ambushes” in Missouri, Tennessee and Georgia Friday.
Video has emerged showing black gun rights advocate Mark Hughes handing over his rifle and cooperating with police as they worked to secure the area where the attack on Dallas officers took place.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick said he blames people on social media with hatred toward police during a Fox News Channel interview Friday morning. The Lt. Governor made a passionate call for viewers to remember these are real people who were killed and wounded during the Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas.
During a Friday press conference, Attorney General Loretta Lynch expressed condolences over the July 7 attack on Dallas police officers and suggested it is time to re-examine “the ease with which wrong-doers can get their hands on deadly weapons.”
On July 8 the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a press conference in which they criticized police for officer-involved shootings of black men and used the attack on Dallas Police officers to call for more gun control.
Texas Black Lives Matter protesters called for the “lynching” and “killing” of white people and white cops in August 2015, less than one year before the tragic sniper attack on cops in Dallas, Texas. The Dallas Police Department has reported that a motive of the Dallas cop-killers was to kill white police officers.
On Friday, President Obama said he was “horrified” by the killing of Dallas Police officers during the July 7 Black Lives Matter rally and signaled a push for more gun control will be forthcoming.
Five Dallas area police officers have been killed and six others injured in an attack by a lone sniper following a #BlackLivesMatter protest. One civilian woman was shot in the leg. President Obama said the executions were “horrendous” but used the tragedy to bring up gun control.
Two 19-year-old men have been charged in Dallas, Texas, with forcing a 15-year-old girl into prostitution against her will. The girl eventually escaped their captivity.
