Leading Off (4/30/21)
The group chats with my Cowboys fan friends seemed especially frenzied last night.
By Matt Goodman
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April 30, 2021
7:30 am
Dallas Morning News
Gets the Names of the Collin County Jailers. Yesterday, Alex told you the Collin County medical examiner had ruled Marvin Scott III’s death at the Collin County Jail a homicide. The county refused to release the names of the eight jailers who were fired after Scott was killed, saying it would interfere with the Texas Rangers investigation. So the
News filed an open records request with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, which gave the paper the names. The
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Editorial: Lawmakers must pick up where Chauvin s jury left off
By American-Statesman Editorial Board
The jury did its job. Now lawmakers must do theirs.
The Minnesota jurors who convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin this week of murder affirmed the truth we all saw in the video of George Floyd’s last moments. Floyd’s death, senseless and brutal, resulted not from lawful policing but a criminal act.
The jury’s verdict provides accountability in one appalling case of police misconduct. But so much work remains. Texas lawmakers and members of Congress need to pass laws that improve police practices, strengthen the avenues for holding bad actors accountable and prevent unfit officers from surfacing at new departments.