Eat My Words
August 19, 2015
A Brief History of Black Market Brisket
There has been a recent uptick in the number of meat thefts, but it's nothing new.
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The Daily Post
August 10, 2015
What We Know About Christian Taylor, The Unarmed Black Texas Teenager Killed By Police
An Angelo State football player was shot and killed by police in Arlington over the weekend, and questions remain.
Business
August 7, 2015
Dallas and Uber’s Love Affair May Be Over
After an Uber driver was accused of rape, the friendly relationship between Dallas and the transportation company could be getting frosty.
The Daily Post
July 16, 2015
Confederate Symbols & The News: When Is It About Race?
Vandals leave racist messages and a Nazi symbol after breaking into a house, and the media fails to mention it. When can we talk about racism?
The Daily Post
July 16, 2015
Family And Friends Question The Story Of How Sandra Bland Died In Police Custody
Officials in Waller County say that the woman’s death was a suicide. Her friends and family don’t believe it. And there are 64 other deaths in Texas this year make it harder to trust the official story.
Critters
July 15, 2015
A Tyler Man Is Suing the City After He Was Arrested for Swearing When He Picked Up His Missing Bird
A colorful man with a colorful bird had a hard time in the Tyler police station.
True Crime
June 16, 2015
The Talented Mr. Khater
In 2011 Callie Quinn moved from Austin to Chile to experience a new way of life. Then she met a charming fellow foreigner—and almost lost everything.
The Culture
June 16, 2015
Gang Land
After the deadly shoot-out in Waco, what do the Bandidos want? To be left alone.
The Daily Post
June 11, 2015
Cirilo Castillo Jr. Busted Again After Allegedly Trying to Have Sex with a Horse
Time to double-check the locks on your barns.
Business
June 11, 2015
How Not to Buy a Flooded Car
With massive flooding throughout Texas, used car buyers should beware. Here are some ways to ensure that you don’t pick up a waterlogged lemon.
The Daily Post
May 28, 2015
Hakeem Olajuwon, the Rockets Star Who Valiantly Fought to End Sneaker Violence
As Houston basketball fans mourn the end of the Rockets season, we remember the efforts of one of the team’s all-time greats.
The Daily Post
May 21, 2015
Guns Found in Bags of Chips and Knives Found in Bags of Flour at Waco Twin Peaks
Waco police estimate that they found 318 weapons.
The Daily Post
May 18, 2015
On #WacoThugs, Biker Gangs, and White-on-White Crime
After a Sunday afternoon in a Waco strip mall ended with nine people shot to death in broad daylight, people are questioning how differently the police and media react to this sort of violence when the perpetrators are white.
Music
May 7, 2015
Gangsta Rap Progenitor The D.O.C. Will Reclaim His Platinum Records From a Plano Pawn Shop
No one can do it better, including getting plaques that were stolen from him back from a pawn shop in North Texas.
The Daily Post
May 1, 2015
Louisiana “Witch Doctor” Jailed For Aiding Texas Cocaine Cartels
A Nigerian-born Louisiana man says he’s a chief and not a “witch doctor,” and his case recalls a far more horrible one from 26 years ago.
The Daily Post
May 1, 2015
Meanwhile in Lufkin… April 2015 Edition
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News’ police blotter.
The Daily Post
April 23, 2015
Texas’s Problem With Truancy Is Getting Some Well-Deserved Attention
The way Texas punishes truancy is downright Kafka-esque—and it’s finally getting a lot of attention.
Critters
April 22, 2015
Facebook Is Not Letting the Story of the Vet Who Killed a Cat With a Bow and Arrow Go
Kristen Lindsey, the Brenham veterinarian who bragged about killing a cat with a bow and arrow on Facebook, is persona non grata on social media now.
Music
April 15, 2015
Police Officer Lets a Rock-Paper-Scissors Game Determine Whether an Underage Drinking Suspect Will Get in Trouble
Burleson County law enforcement apparently prefers officers use a different standard than rock-paper-scissors when determining infractions.
The Daily Post
April 13, 2015
Firefighter Hazing, Police Abuse, and Officer Indictments in Texas
Lots of bad news—often caught on camera.
The Daily Post
April 3, 2015
Houston Area Police Seem to Be Lifting Their Crimefighting Techniques From Jonah Hill Movies
A Brazoria County task force executed a 21 Jump Street-style sting in area high schools over the past several months, culminating in the arrests of six students.
The Daily Post
March 23, 2015
Meanwhile in Lufkin… March 2015 Edition
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News’ police blotter.
Sports
March 19, 2015
The Cowboys Probably Would Not Sign a Player Who Supports ISIS
But they would—and did—sign Greg Hardy, the great pass rusher, who has a history of domestic violence and who spent the 2014 season suspended from the league. A SXSports panel discusses.
The Daily Post
March 10, 2015
2015 Has Been an Ugly Year for the Treatment of Muslims in Texas
We’re not even a quarter of the way through 2015 yet, and mosques have been burned, loyalty oaths have been demanded, and—in Dallas last week—a Muslim man was shot in the back while watching the snow fall.
Music
March 6, 2015
R. Kelly’s Increasingly Controversial Headlining Slot at Free Press Houston Summer Fest
Will he be pulled from the bill?
The Daily Post
February 24, 2015
State Representative Debbie Riddle’s Crappy Bill to Police Who Gets to Use Which Bathroom
The Harris County State Representative wants to ensure that your DNA matches the gender designation for each bathroom before you go.
The Daily Post
February 18, 2015
The Casualties of High-Speed Police Chases
A video of a high-speed chase in Dallas that ended with a woman in a minivan beating the crap out of the offending driver went viral last week. But should she have been put at risk by the police chase in the first place?
The Daily Post
February 11, 2015
San Antonio Police Arrest Strippers for Showing Too Much Crack
Quality use of resources there, San Antonio PD.
Film & TV
February 5, 2015
‘American Sniper’ Taints the Jury Pool for the Man Accused of Killing Chris Kyle
A byproduct of the movie’s unprecedented success.
Politics & Policy
February 3, 2015
In Texas, There’s No Such Thing as a Transgender Hate Crime
A black, transgender woman was murdered in Tyler, which her friends say was a hate crime—but the murder won’t be investigated that way.
Critters
January 30, 2015
More Than Forty Dogs Have Gone Missing in Wise County
Pet owners in the northwest side of the DFW metroplex, be careful.
The Daily Post
January 28, 2015
HBO’s “The Jinx” Will Unveil Exclusive Video of Robert Durst’s Galveston Trial
The six-part documentary by director Andrew Jarecki (“Capturing the Friedmans”) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday.
The Daily Post
January 26, 2015
Have You Seen This Ski Mask?
The Rosenberg Police Department released a particularly sketchy sketch in an attempt to identify the suspect in an armed robbery that took place last week.
January 23, 2015
Blake Benthall: Confirmed Goody Two-Shoes, Alleged International Drug Kingpin
An old friend says Houston’s Benthall, the alleged administrator of online drug emporium Silk Road 2.0, is an even unlikelier drug lord than Austinite Ross Ulbricht, who is currently on trial for running Silk Road 1.0. Which is not say that she thinks Benthall is innocent...
The Daily Post
January 22, 2015
The FBI’s List of the Most Dangerous Cities in Texas
The most violent cities in Texas might not be the ones you’d expect.
The Daily Post
January 15, 2015
A Gun Rights Organization Staged a Re-Enactment of the “Charlie Hebdo” Shooting
How would the French cartoonists have done if they’d been armed with rifles instead of pens?
Politics & Policy
January 6, 2015
New Dallas County DA Has Her First Chance to Show How She Handles a Potential Scandal
A Dallas County ADA was arrested for DWI over the weekend. Will Susan Hawk, Dallas’s new District Attorney, use this as an opportunity to differentiate her office from that of her scandal-plagued predecessor?
Politics & Policy
December 18, 2014
Could Texas Decriminalize Pot in 2015?
A surprisingly uncontroversial bill to convert the penalty for possessing less than an ounce of marijuana to a civil offense with a $100 fine may find some success in the legislature.
The Daily Post
December 16, 2014
Stories of Police Violence in Texas Are All Over the Internet Right Now
Post-Ferguson, post–Eric Garner, post–Tamir Rice, relations between police and the people they’re tasked to protect and serve are especially strained—even as far from where those events happened as Texas.
The Daily Post
December 15, 2014
After An Open Carry Tarrant County Member Was Charged With Shooting Her Husband And His Daughter, All Sides Of The Gun Debate Got Ugly
A 35-year-old Arlington woman was arrested last week for the murder of her husband and stepdaughter, and her political affiliations make this an especially heated case.
The Daily Post
December 9, 2014
There Is Video Of The DWI Stop Of District Appeals Court Judge Nora Longoria After All
At a time when so many questions are being raised about people in the criminal justice system holding their own accountable, this isn’t a great look.
Film & TV
December 5, 2014
It Takes a Thief
Filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe discusses “Evolution of a Criminal,” a riveting work of self-examination.
The Daily Post
December 4, 2014
How Much of a Difference Would Police Body Cameras Really Make?
It's better to have video evidence than not, but those who present police body cameras as a solution to our national predicament involving police relations need to look at cases from Jasper, Texas, to New York City to see that the problem is more complicated than that.
The Daily Post
December 1, 2014
The Court of Criminal Appeals Ruled That Police Can’t Take Blood From DWI Suspects Without a Warrant
That could have implications for "no refusal weekend" policies across the state.
The Daily Post
December 1, 2014
Here’s Everything We Know about the Man Who Shot up Downtown Austin on Thanksgiving Night
A few days later, we're still sorting out what happened and why.
The Daily Post
November 20, 2014
A Taylor Woman Who Raised $4,500 on GoFundMe for a Family She Didn’t Know Was Arrested for Fraud
There's a dark side to feel-good crowdfunding.
The Daily Post
November 19, 2014
Car Thieves in Haltom City Tried to Steal a Running Unmarked Police Car with a Detective in It
Guess how well that worked out.
The Daily Post
November 14, 2014
A McAllen-Based Pets Website Is Being Sued for Selling People Sick Dogs
People who paid as much as $3,500 for purebred puppies allegedly found themselves receiving dying animals instead.
The Culture
November 12, 2014
Texarkana Murder Mystery
Nearly seventy years later, the infamous Phantom Killer attacks may finally be solved. But Texarkana remains as puzzling as ever.
Film & TV
October 30, 2014
Students, Beware of “Breast Perception Studies”
A 23-year-old UT-D graduate at Google allegedly attempted to extort nude photos from his former classmates by posing as a breast researcher.