The People’s Fridge: Dallas woman launches free refrigerator initiative to combat food insecurity
Jasmine Coleman currently has three refrigerators stocked with free food in Oak Cliff, DeSoto and East Dallas.
Jasmine Coleman and her free refrigerator concept titled The People s Fridge located at Heyy Healthier Studio inside the Grow DeSoto Marketplace in DeSoto, on Saturday, Feb. 06, 2021. The People s Fridge feeds North Texans in need.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
By Dalila Thomas Brent
What’s your relationship with food? No matter what your answer is, it’s going to be different from everyone else’s. What we’ve seen, been taught, and have access to regarding food plays a major part in our health and how we eat. So when the topic of food insecurity arises, the conversation shouldn’t be as one dimensional as “It’s a money issue.”
Keller police officer resigns after excessive force allegation for pepper-spraying a man
Blake Shimanek’s resignation comes one week after the city of Keller reached a $200,000 settlement with the man, who was arrested and pepper-sprayed in August for what he said was retaliation for recording his son’s arrest after a traffic stop.
In this screen grab from police body-cam video, Marco Puente grimaces after he was pepper-sprayed by a Keller officer. He s filed a lawsuit against two officers, claiming they used excessive force and retaliated against him after he filmed his son s arrest over a traffic violation.(Keller Police)
A woman got into an argument with a man who cut in line at a South Dallas convenience store last week, then she and her boyfriend punched him as he left,.
Man who sued 2 Keller officers after being arrested, pepper-sprayed reaches $200K settlement with city
‘The Puente family is pleased to have this unfortunate and needless situation behind them,’ Marco Puente’s attorneys said in a statement.
In this screen grab from police body-cam video, Marco Puente grimaces after he was pepper-sprayed by a Keller officer. He s filed a lawsuit against two officers, claiming they used excessive force and retaliated against him after he filmed his son s arrest over a traffic violation.(Keller Police)
The city of Keller reached a settlement with a man who was arrested and pepper-sprayed last year in what he said was retaliation for filming his son’s arrest following a traffic stop.
18-year-old arrested in slaying of Arlington convenience store clerk
Surveillance footage showed the gunman enter the store, then open fire without warning, police said.
The shooting occurred at this E-Z Mart near Bardin and Matlock roads in Arlington.(Arlington Police Department)
Police said Dorian Woodard of Arlington faces a capital murder charge in the death of 31-year-old Jordan Hightower, who was working at an E-Z Mart convenience store when he was shot and killed behind the counter.
Surveillance footage captured the gunman entering the store in the 100 block of East Bardin Road, near Matlock Road, about 3:30 a.m. Sunday. He waited for customers to clear out and then opened fire on the clerk without warning, police said.