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Dallas

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Small Business

Politicians Vs. Small Businesses

How local governments bully your favorite local shops and services.

John Stossel | 9.16.2020 12:30 AM

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Qualified Immunity

Dallas Cops Who Joked About Pinning a Man to the Ground Until He Stopped Breathing Get Qualified Immunity

The decision vividly illustrates how the doctrine shields police from accountability for using excessive force.

Jacob Sullum | 7.9.2020 3:55 PM

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War on Cameras

Dallas Transit Agency Pays $345,000 to Settle Lawsuit by Photographer Arrested for Taking Pictures

DART police officer Stephanie Branch illegally arrested Avi Adelman after he defied her unlawful orders to stop photographing paramedics treating an overdose.

Jacob Sullum | 11.11.2019 1:10 PM

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Remember That Cop Who Thought She Was Entering Her Own Apartment and Shot the Guy Who Really Lived There?

Now she's on trial for murder, and she's claiming self-defense.

Noah Shepardson | 9.27.2019 10:35 AM

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War on Cameras

Appeals Court Rejects Qualified Immunity Claim by Dallas Transit Cop Who Arrested a Photographer for Taking Pictures

Officer Stephanie Branch arrested Avi Adelman for criminal trespass even though he was not doing anything illegal.

Jacob Sullum | 9.20.2019 3:30 PM

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Dallas

Dallas Taxpayers Are Shelling Out $725,000 to Defend an Ex-Cop Who Shot an Unarmed Teen

Bad policing is costly in more ways than one.

Joe Setyon | 11.15.2018 4:05 PM

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Dallas Cop Who Killed Botham Jean Fired for 'Adverse Conduct' During Arrest

Questions about the Botham Jean shooting won't be going away anytime soon.

Joe Setyon | 9.24.2018 3:40 PM

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2 Hours in Jail for Cop Who Killed Botham Jean. 2 Nights for People Protesting His Death.

The protesters may have broken the law, but two nights behind bars is a bit much.

Joe Setyon | 9.18.2018 4:45 PM

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Police Are Using Pot to 'Smear' a Dead Man, Say Botham Jean Family Attorneys

After one of their own killed him, Dallas Police searched Jean's apartment for marijuana.

Joe Setyon | 9.14.2018 11:35 AM

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Police

Why Did Dallas Police Search a Man's Home for 'Narcotics' After One of Their Own Killed Him?

Many unanswered questions surround this case.

Joe Setyon | 9.12.2018 2:25 PM

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Family of Dallas Man Killed by Cop Says Officer's Story Doesn't Add Up

Attorneys for the family say witnesses contradict some details of the officer's account.

Joe Setyon | 9.11.2018 1:05 PM

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Dallas Cop Walks Into Wrong Apartment, Kills Man Inside

The officer entered the apartment mistakenly thinking it was her own.

Joe Setyon | 9.7.2018 10:05 AM

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Transportation Policy

Dallas Mayor Blames Bike-Sharing Company for Recycling Bikes After City's New Fees Killed Bike-Sharing

Those bikes could still be on the road if Dallas hadn't demanded an $800 registration fee and $21 per bike.

Eric Boehm | 8.7.2018 5:15 PM

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Dallas Marijuana 'Cite & Release' a Half-Assed Measure

Offenders can avoid jail, but only at first.

Ed Krayewski | 12.1.2017 1:31 PM

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The Conspiracy to Silence a JFK Assassination Theorist

Robert Groden was ticketed 82 times and arrested twice because the city of Dallas wanted him off the streets.

Mark McDaniel | 6.6.2017 4:40 PM

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Policy

Dallas Is About To Go Broke

Detroit's pension bankruptcy may not have been a special case after all.

Eric Boehm | 2.23.2017 6:00 AM

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