A big step towards change : People in North Texas reflect on guilty verdict
There was elation and relief as the jury found Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts for the death of George Floyd. Author: WFAA Staff Updated: 8:46 PM CDT April 20, 2021
DALLAS The jury in the Derek Chauvin trial found the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. The reverberations of the verdict were felt across the globe and reached North Texas.
There was elation and relief as the news spread. Some activists and organizers were on pins and needles as the verdict came down.
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‘Not enough’: Dallas activists, elected officials say more still to be done after conviction of George Floyd’s killer
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said he hopes the verdict against Derek Chauvin will propel further reforms in Dallas
Demonstrators march down Elm Street downtown during the Not My Son organization s 100 Women March from Dallas City Hall to the Frank Crowley Courts Building on Friday, July 31, 2020. Protests that began in the response to the death of George Floyd in late May continued in Dallas as the calendar moves from July into August. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
The Pleasant Grove city council district Resendez represents was drawn after the 2020 census to increase the chance that an additional Latino would be elected to the council, which has never mirrored the percentage of Latino people in Dallas.
Johnson also posted tweets in recent weeks supporting challengers against two other incumbents, Adam Bazaldua and Paula Blackmon.
Bazaldua, Blackmon and Resendez all share Latino heritage.
National League of United Latino American Citizen (LULAC) President Domingo Garcia is a former Dallas City Council Member.
“It is very unusual and highly irregular for a Mayor to be involved in council races against sitting council members, incumbents, especially against Latino incumbents,” Garcia said. “For the Mayor to get involved in those races and get his money people involved, it’s divisive, counter-productive, and I think the Latino community will take notice when he comes up for election.”
Does parking backwards violate Dallas City Code? Curious Texas investigates
Directional parking in marked spaces isn’t enforced by the city of Dallas, but it could be in other D-FW areas.
A back-in parking only sign on Hickory Street in Denton on Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)
While he was signing his apartment lease agreement, reader Abel Tomatis noticed an interesting clause.
Under the parking section, the agreement required all residents to park head-in into marked spaces. If they back into a parking space, residents may be towed at their own expense. The lease indicated that back-in parking violates a Dallas City ordinance.