Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is facing widespread backlash over his belief the surge of COVID-19 cases in Texas can be blamed on unvaccinated African Americans.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, one of the staunchest Republican governors in regards to mask mandates as COVID-19 cases rise in the state and ICU wings become overwhelmed, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The NAACP offered to bail out any Texas House Democrat who gets arrested for walking out of the chamber in an effort to block racist election laws from being enacted in that state.
The topic of respectability politics arose again this weekend after Turkey Leg Hut, a popular soul food restaurant in Houston, Texas, unveiled a dress code policy that spurred anti-Black accusations aimed at Black patrons.
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The suit names the city of Fort Worth, as well as Mayor Betsy Price, former police chief Ed Krauss, and Aaron Dean, the officer who took her life, as complicit figures in Atatiana's death.
Attorneys and supporters of Pamela Turner, a Black woman who was shot by a Texas officer during a fatal May 2019 encounter, are gathering on Thursday to call for the termination of the officer involved in her death.
Police in Mesquite, Texas, shot and killed Ashton Pinke while responding to a 911 call reportedly intended to seek a mental health wellness check, according to the lawyer representing his family.
Voters in Fort Worth, Texas, could elect the city’s first Black mayor next month after Deborah Peoples garnered the highest percentage of votes during a general election to advance to a runoff election in June.
On Wednesday Collin County chief medical examiner, Dr. William Rohr, ruled that Scott's death was a homicide caused by "fatal acute stress response in an individual with previously diagnosed schizophrenia during restraint struggle with law enforcement."Â
Voting rights advocates, including Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight Action, challenged provisions of the law which they saw could strip control from local election boards and increase penalties for voting-related criminal charges.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed to review the conviction of Crystal Mason, a mom and grandmother sentenced to five-years for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election.
