Researchers evaluating how District Attorney John Creuzot’s relaxing marijuana enforcement affects Dallas-area pattern of arrests
Six Dallas County cities disproportionately arrested Black people for marijuana possession in 2018, a new study finds.
People caught with less than 4 ounces of pot in Dallas don t have to go directly to jail after Dallas County launched a cite and release program in December.(File Photo / The Associated Press)
1:15 PM on May 26, 2021 CDT Updated at 8:00 PM on May 26, 2021 CDT
Arrests of Black people for marijuana possession in six Dallas County cities far outpaced those of other races in 2018, according to a report from SMU’s Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, which will study what effect District Attorney John Creuzot’s policy change on prosecuting marijuana cases has.
Huber is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
His resignation comes weeks after an alleged incident in Dallas involving Huber and the driver of a rideshare company.
Grand Prairie police officer Matthew Huber resigned from GPPD on Jan. 7, according to GPPD
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, the incident happened at about 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 12, 2020.
A rideshare driver told police he picked up Huber at the Bottled Blonde bar in Dallas.
As the two were en route to Huber’s destination, Huber allegedly asked the driver where he was from and began speaking Arabic, according to the document.
Grand Prairie Police Officer Resigns After Aggravated Assault Charges
Grand Prairie Officer Matthew Huber Resigns
GRAND PRAIRIE – The City of Grand Prairie Police Department reported today that Grand Prairie Police Officer Matthew Huber resigned his position last Thursday, January 7, 2021.
The resignation came because Huber, who was hired by the Grand Prairie Police Department in 2017, was arrested on December 12, 2020 by the Dallas Police Department.
Dallas PD had contacted Grand Prairie PD of Huber’s arrest, which was made when the former Grand Prairie officer was off duty.
Huber had allegedly pointed a firearm at a rideshare driver. The driver was said to have picked Huber up at the Bottled Blonde Bar in Dallas a little after midnight on December 12.