A Dallas Morning News investigation underscores why police reform is needed.
A statue of early 1900 s Navasota City Marshal Frank Augustus Hamner stands outside the Navasota Police Department/City Hall complex in Navasota, Texas, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Back then, the 6 5 , 24 yr-old Hamner was the law after the city council made a plea to the Governor as political and racial conflicts were tearing the community apart. A plaque in the plaza says Local affluent hardliners challenged him only to learn that he would arrest anyone who broke the law. He s most famous for organizing a posse that tracked down Bonnie and Clyde Barrow in Louisiana. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)