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4 Oct 2018, 3:42 am
After the discovery of the videos, Alvarez filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in Texas state court, claiming that the Brownsville Police Department had withheld the videos in violation of Brady. [read post]
31 Jul 2018, 3:30 pm
More than six weeks have passed since Laura and Nicolas were sitting on that bridge, just a couple of feet from Brownsville. [read post]
20 Feb 2018, 1:48 pm
You can listen to the podcast here:In this episode you'll find:Top StoriesCompetitive Texas District Attorney primariesTexas Court of Criminal Appeals primary racesJust Liberty's campaign to put #cjreform into party platformsHome Court AdvantageCourt of Criminal Appeals considers pretext stops #DezCaughtItVictim of prosecutor misconduct denied relief at 5th CircuitErrors and UpdatesHarris County loses bail litigationTDCJ settles heat litigationManagement shakeup at Texas… [read post]
12 Feb 2018, 5:37 am
Alvarez pled* guilty to assaulting a public servant—a charge levied against him by a detention officer at the Brownsville Police Department (BPD) who claimed that Alvarez attacked him in the jail. [read post]
9 Feb 2018, 12:24 pm
So suicides are a much larger source of prisoner deaths than executions in Texas.Full 5th Circuit to hear case of teen framed by Brownsville policeThe full 5th Circuit will hear en banc a case about which Grits has written a couple of times, and on which we did a podcast segment last July: George Alvarez was a slight 17-year old in Brownsville when he was framed by police for assaulting an office. [read post]
23 Jul 2017, 5:11 pm
It was really quit astonishing and saddening that that type of behavior is still going on from elected officials in 2017, and just to put a nasty coda on the end of this story, the police chief made a big show of resigning and made out how he was a victim of the Black Lives Matter movement for pushing him out the door over this, but in reality, he was kicked upstairs and was actually made an assistant city manager over the police department, and so was really given more… [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 10:14 am
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of an offense under this section if a wireless communication device is used: while the vehicle is stopped, out of the moving lanes of the roadway; strictly to engage in a telephone conversation, including dialing or deactivating the call; as a global positioning or navigation system that is affixed to the vehicle; to communicate with an emergency response operator, a fire department, a law enforcement agency, a hospital, a physician’s… [read post]
22 Mar 2017, 4:45 am
I didn’t like the macho culture of the mostly male police department, I didn’t like how we in the media hyped the blood and gore of the crimes because we were competing with the other daily for scoops, and I especially didn’t like how nobody seemed to care if justice really was being done. [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 8:12 am
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of an offense under this section if a wireless communication device is used: while the vehicle is stopped, out of the moving lanes of the roadway; strictly to engage in a telephone conversation, including dialing or deactivating the call; as a global positioning or navigation system that is affixed to the vehicle; to communicate with an emergency response operator, a fire department, a law enforcement agency, a hospital, a physician’s… [read post]
31 May 2016, 11:53 am
Hanen of Brownsville, Texas, the Justice Department said the ruling not only was wrong but that it was “made worse by (and perhaps explained by) the absence of the required fair process for the department and its attorneys. [read post]
20 May 2016, 8:29 am
Hanen of Brownsville, Texas, took that highly unusual step as one of the remedies for what he found to be serious ethical violations in his court by Justice Department attorneys when the new immigration dispute was before him in late 2014 and early 2015. [read post]
21 Mar 2016, 10:00 am
The details of this incident were relayed to the public not by the Department of Public Safety, but by a news story. [read post]
10 Jan 2015, 9:59 am
A 22-year veteran at the Brownsville PD was arrested on theft and forgery charges (Dec. 22). [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 6:01 am
., and in Brownsville, Texas. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 8:52 am
But seven of the 20 biggest cities in Texas, including Arlington, Laredo, Plano, Irving and Brownsville, have yet to report. [read post]
28 Jul 2014, 1:57 pm
Department of State during Ronald Reagan’s and George H.W. [read post]
13 May 2014, 4:43 am
That scandal rocked the department and led to millions of dollars in lawsuit payments, demotions, firings and even criminal charges. [read post]
27 Jan 2014, 1:54 pm
Laura Mireles, a U.S. citizen with a disability who suffered physical injuries after being pulled over and thrown to the ground without provocation by a CBP official in Brownsville, Texas. [read post]
11 Sep 2013, 7:22 am
Reported Ashly Custer of Action 4 News: The DA's office, Brownsville Police and Harlingen PD received over $2.2 million in August from the Southwest Border Anti-Money-Laundering Alliance to specifically combat money laundering across the US - Mexico border.The money will be used to jumpstart a new taskforce in Cameron County called the Financial Asset Seizure Team or FAST. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 8:25 am
Thousands of families from San Diego to Brownsville have suffered the loss of people they love to deportation. [read post]
