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Greg Abbott Screwed Over Truck Drivers in a Misguided Attempt to Increase Border Security The new inspection initiative duplicated screenings that were already being carried out, irking trade officials and truckers—even those who have supported Abbott up until this point. 15 April 2022 Last...

First lady Sarah Stitt has crashed two state vehicles in less than a year 15 February 2021 In less than a year, first lady Sarah Stitt has crashed two state vehicles. On Dec. 17, Sarah Stitt was driving a 2019 black Chevy Suburban when she failed to stop for a traffic signal at N.E. 36th...

Migrants Detained in Texas Border Operation Are Fighting Back — and It's Not Going Well For Gove. Greg Abbott A Texas judge ruled that the state’s arrests of migrants caught crossing the border is an unconstitutional encroachment on federal authority. 26 January 2022 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s...

Affidavit: USBP agent Francisco Javier Romero admits to drinking beer prior to DWI arrest 13 January 2022 A U.S. Border Patrol agent recently arrested on a drunk driving allegation admitted to drinking beer prior to the arrest, according to an arrest affidavit. The case unfolded at about...

Texas sheriff under investigation for routinely seizing cash from undocumented immigrants Search warrants show that Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson is under scrutiny by state investigators, accused of illegally confiscating cash and a pickup truck from immigrants stopped by his deputies. 10...

Augmenting the cops with armed soldiers: Texas National Guard Filmed Trespassing During Border Operations Soldiers patrolling border communities with assault rifles is the latest escalation in Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. 17 December 2021 It was early November when Marianna...

Nacogdoches police officer arrested for DWI 5 December 2021 An off-duty Nacogdoches police officer was arrested by Texas DPS for driving while intoxicated on Sunday morning. Daniel Aburto, 30, was arrested Sunday morning around 7:45 a.m. after Nacogdoches Combined Communications Center...

Texas Troopers Opened Fire From a Helicopter In 2012 - Families Are Still Fighting To Hold Them Accountable A state police marksman unloaded 19 bullets into a speeding pickup, killing two men. Now depositions unearth startling new details about what happened. 30 November 2021 In the village...

Texas' Costly 'Operation Lone Star' Leaves Alleged Illegal Immigrants Trapped in Jail with No Due Process 8 November 2021 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border-control crusade is overwhelming court systems, leaving detainees stuck in jails for weeks or even months without due process, and generally...

Minneapolis Votes to Keep Its Police Department 2 November 2021 Nearly a year and a half after a white Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd, voters in the city have decided not to replace their police department with a new public safety agency that would have relied less on armed...

Cleveland Votes for More Police Oversight, While Minneapolis Rejects Abolishing, Replacing Cops 2 November 2021 Minneapolis voters Tuesday rejected the activists who had been trying to get rid of the city's police department and replace it with a new department intended to provide a public...

Michael Justin Mims previously worked as a full-time Special DUI Prosecutor for the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. ‘I Guess Ted Bundy Was a Nice Guy, Too’: Attorney Horrified by DUI Prosecutor’s Alleged ‘Torture’ of Family 25 October 2021 A now-former South Carolina prosecutor is facing...

Video shows Denver deputy punch inmate in wheelchair 3 June 2020 A Denver Sheriff Department deputy accused of punching an inmate in a wheelchair and lying about it has been cleared of any wrong-doing. Video obtained by the FOX31 Problem Solvers shows the March 20, 2019 incident between...

Nearly 90% of all corruption cases investigated by Texas Rangers aren’t prosecuted 20 September 2021 For decades, public corruption cases against state officials were investigated and prosecuted in Texas’ capital city. But in 2015, after a dustup at the highest levels of state government...