A Nightlife Mayor of Dallas? 24HourDallas Wants the City To Respect Its Nightlife
Hear about the nonprofit s efforts to amplify the city s nightlife economy and culture.
By Taylor Crumpton
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Arts & Entertainment
April 1, 2021
3:39 pm
Five years ago, Randall White was involved in a conflict between residents and businesses regarding City Hall ordinances that impacted business and nighttime operations in Uptown. At the time, White, a public policy advocate, had been hired to mitigate the parties. This wasn’t just a Dallas issue. In fact, he discovered a global network of what were colloquially known as nighttime mayors, in locations as prominent as Washington D.C. and New York City. They educated him on how to resolve the issue. Now, he has become one of the main voices advocating for the city’s nightlife culture through 24HourDallas, a nonprofit focused on Dallas’ nightlife economy.
Dallas police Officer Bryan Riser is fired after internal investigation into accusations of capital murder
The expedited internal investigation was a formality to make it unlikely that Riser could get his job back.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie García said in a news release Tuesday that he had fired Officer Bryan Riser after an investigation into allegations that Riser ordered the killings of two people.
The internal affairs investigation concluded that Riser “engaged in adverse conduct when he was arrested for two counts of Capital Murder,” the release says.
Riser, who joined the department in 2008 and was assigned to the South Central patrol division, was arrested last week when allegations surfaced that he had been involved in the fatal shootings of 60-year-old Albert Douglas and 30-year-old Liza Saenz in 2017.
After two days of back-and-forth statements between former Dallas Police Chief U. Reneé Hall and the FBI’s Dallas field office, current Chief Eddie García.
Former Dallas police chief, FBI official dispute reasoning behind decision to leave cop on the job during murder investigation
An FBI official said Friday that ex-Chief U. Reneé Hall was wrong to say the bureau was involved in that call, but Hall said her statement had been mischaracterized.
Matthew DeSarno, special agent in charge of the FBI Dallas Field Office, seen speaking at a news conference in August, said Friday that he disputed a statement by former Dallas police Chief U. Reneé Hall regarding the FBI s role in the decision to keep an officer on the job who was suspected in two murder cases.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)