Prisoners were increasingly upset about the coronavirus pandemic. The agency dismissed accusations against the department in an email to The Texas Tribune Wednesday, saying there was no indication of officer misconduct or complaints filed. But some are facing felony charges and years behind bars for allegedly kicking the door panel of a police SUV or hitting an officer with a tossed water bottle. Protestors marched on Houston City Hall in response to the death of George Floyd at … is a staff writer whose work has focused on prisons and prosecutors. After dozens were arrested at the Capitol and in downtown Austin during the May protests, there was little publicly disclosed state police action regarding the events in the following month. Statewide there’s even a slang term for it: keying the door. At a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Date. Eventually, the warden negotiated a truce, and the prisoners released their hostage, a little roughed up but not injured, officials said. A large gathering of anti-police brutality protestors at the south gates of the capitol on May 31, days after George Floyd's death. The broader, national debate over law enforcement’s role in society that was sparked after protests over Floyd’s death is one that will likely be center stage in the 2021 Texas Legislature. The Department of Public Safety has spent months trying to identify and find protestors, many of whom have been accused of participating in a riot. Lt. Gov. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. “I think it’s completely fucking absurd that they’re wasting time and energy to be tracking down kids with petty misdemeanors to throw them back in jail during COVID,” said Austin defense attorney Carl Guthrie. Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush warned rioters who might be planning to target the Alamo in a tweet saying, “Don’t mess with The Alamo.” The Texas General Land Office is responsible for the care and safety of the Texas shrine. After she was unexpectedly taken from her Austin home during the second arrest, Nordstrom, who is white, said law enforcement officers in plain clothes interrogated her in a truck in her apartment’s parking lot and asked if she was involved in any socialist organizations before taking her to the jail. Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster after two evenings of protests that turned chaotic and violent throughout Texas. Desel, the prison system spokesman, confirmed some basic details about the incident, but said he could not comment about the security levels of the prisoners involved. But sometimes they get violent, with guards or with each other. Bernstein said DPS also obtained a warrant to track and trace Godsey’s phone prior to the arrest, which she had never seen before. When a prisoner wants to open a cell door, a carefully placed shoelace or a piece of metal or even cardboard is enough to jimmy the lock, according to prisoners at three different units who said they’d done it themselves. Protesters streamed through the streets of Wolfe City, Texas on Monday night, chanting the name of Jonathan Price -- the black man who was killed by a police officer over the weekend. Police declare riots as protests turn violent in cities nationwide; 1 demonstrator dead in Austin Police declared 'riots' in Oregon, Washington, California and Virginia. “It’s not a game but a constant battle,” he said. But one thing helped make the chaos possible: lame locks. The prison was understaffed. “The state is out there saying if you participate in these types of protests, we are going to come after you.”. After calling the agency director to learn more about how prisoners were able to get out of their cells, and how much officials knew, he added: “They’re fully aware of it, it’s not a monetary issue—it’s just trying to stay ahead of the offenders.”. 1 of 114 San Antonio Police clear a radius around Alamo Plaza in anticipation of possible riots, Sunday, May 31, 2020. They said the people DPS has spent so much time searching for and sometimes repeatedly arresting are not suspected of serious offenses or tied to any organized destruction, yet they are still being harshly interrogated. We Got GASSED At Dallas, Texas PROTEST / RIOTS! State Troopers stood guard on the state Capitol grounds during a May 31 protest against the death of George Floyd. After DPS published screen grabs of the teen and offered up to $1,000 in cash reward, an anonymous tipster pegged Teal as the suspect, which was corroborated by department analysts, the affidavit said. The prison was understaffed. Special agents have spent hundreds of hours this summer poring through social media posts, surveillance footage and YouTube videos to identify protesters they believed engaged in criminal activity, the agency said. Sometimes that triggers an alert, but guards don’t always follow up and check. At a time when newsroom resources and revenue across the country are declining, The Texas Tribune remains committed to sustaining our mission: creating a more engaged and informed Texas with every story we cover, every event we convene and every newsletter we send. “Officer deaths and assaults are just not a priority for the agency.”. These are all the cities where protests and riots have erupted over George Floyd’s death Updated Jun 02, 2020; Posted May 30, 2020 A protester yells at a … Caused by. “The best way to manufacture a crisis is to create a response that is disproportionate to the perceived threat, perceived being the operative word.”. He faces up to 20 years in prison on a potential second-degree felony charge of assault of a public servant. “The way DPS is doing it … is that they will arrest them again ... screw up their day and then get bonded out again” Quinzi said. Find a complete list of them here. “Those who were arrested were not peaceful protestors; they were engaged in various types of crimes – some of them felonies – that jeopardized the safety of citizens and officers,” the statement said. Chase Mayo comforts his wife, Anna Mayo, the sister of Garrett Foster, during a vigil in memory of Foster on 26 July 2020, in Austin, Texas. A Texas-based lawyer is among those who have been terminated from their job after being identified as a participant in Wednesday's riot on Capitol Hill. The whole situation makes them feel in danger, they said. At Briscoe and many other prisons across Texas, prisoners can let themselves out of their cells whenever they want, sometimes using tools as simple as a shoelace and a bar of soap. Yet, when asked whether racism in the criminal justice system or riots in American cities were the bigger issue, 52% of likely Texas voters said racism compared to 42% who chose riots. Another arrest warrant had been issued, this time on suspicion of a misdemeanor offense of participating in a riot during the May 30 protest. Font Size: Republican Texas Gov. Ruins on East Lake Street. The speaker in the video below is a member of Texas’s State Republican Executive Committee. “What I sometimes hear is people valuing property more than lives,” Moore said. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 … At least one person was injured in a shooting amid clashes between right- and left-wing groups at Washington’s Capitol campus in Olympia. Trump takes no responsibility for riot, tours Texas border wall construction after days spent out of sight and banned from Twitter. The department has also publicly announced arrests and repeatedly offered up to $1,000 in cash for the public’s help in naming the often-masked Capitol protesters seen in grainy screenshots investigators pull from compiled footage. The information he is imparting is secondhand. Tear gas fired on protesters. “is not just false, it is completely offensive,”. The agency accused the Black 25 year old of participating in a riot, according to the affidavit, and the Travis County jail said he turned himself into jail earlier this month. Several told us they usually shove cardboard, dominoes, wadded up paper or the tiny green bars of state-issued soap into the door while it’s open to make sure the latch doesn’t fully engage. To Leonard Moore, the ongoing arrests and interrogations seems to be an overreaction to property damage and minor injuries. 42.01 Disorderly Conduct 42.02 Riot 42.03 Obstructing Highway or Other Passageway 42.04 Defense When Conduct Consists of Speech or Other Expression 42.05 Disrupting Meeting or Procession 42.06 False Alarm or Report 42.07 Harassment 42.08 Abuse of Corpse 42.09 Cruelty to Livestock Animals 42.10 Dog Fighting 42.11 Destruction of Flag 42.12 Discharge of Firearm in Certain Municipalities 42.13 said a former lieutenant at the maximum-security Telford Unit in East Texas. Then the men started fighting with each other until officers gassed the whole wing and shipped 98 prisoners to higher-security lock-ups nearby. Prisoner advocates and policy experts like Deitch have been pushing for years for the creation of an independent oversight body to monitor and prevent recurring problems in state prisons, including poor conditions, medical care and security. Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas’ second congressional district said on June 29 on Fox & Friends that the Wuhan coronavirus spike in his state is coming from Black Lives Matter demonstrators, and not from the phased reopening plan as some liberal news outlets are suggesting. Members of Indivisible 24, a local chapter of the political progressive nonprofit, stand outside a Trump supporter event at The Marq in Southlake, Texas on Saturday, October 24, 2020. The graffiti included a downward arrow with statements of “white supremacy,” “profit over People” and “the ALAMO,” Breitbart Texas reported . The prison system’s executive director, Bryan Collier, said the agency has been working on solutions, including trying out prototypes for new lock plate covers. … According to three sources familiar with the situation, several of those involved were maximum security prisoners—though the unit was designated medium and minimum security. Guards are also concerned. State police believe he threw a water bottle at an officer during the May protest. “He remembers 3 or 4 firearms pointed at him and one at the female driver of the car he was in,” Bernstein said in an email to the Tribune. Word on the net tonight was that the action was going to be — supposedly — in Austin, Texas as Antifa/BLM was holding a memorial for Garrett Foster, the moron who pointed the business end of an AK-47 at active duty Army Sargeant Daniel Perry, who is well trained to not wait for the other guy to shoot first once engaged. Paul Quinzi, another Austin defense attorney, said the repeat arrests are unnecessary even if DPS has filed for new criminal charges, like Teal’s misdemeanor riot case added on top of his earlier felony assault of a public servant allegation. Members of Indivisible 24, a local chapter of the political progressive nonprofit, stand outside a Trump supporter event at The Marq in Southlake, Texas on Saturday, October 24, 2020. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune's journalism. Shortly after Teal found out about the warrant, he learned how seriously the agency was looking for him when they showed up at his grandmother’s house, according to the teen’s lawyer, Kenavon Carter. The weekend after the May 25 death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck long after he lost consciousness, protests across Texas and the nation erupted in a revived movement against police brutality and racial injustice. Texas Gov. In Austin, the demonstrations were also propelled by the April death of Mike Ramos, an unarmed Black and Hispanic man who was fatally shot by Austin police as he drove away from officers. Aug. 21, 202012 PM. “We do have special agents embedded trying to identify criminals that are leveraging these or using this as an opportunity — exploiting these demonstrations,” he said three days after the first Capitol protest while seated near the governor. The defense attorneys claim the investigation is part of the political fight to protect law enforcement from deep changes Texas leaders say would endanger public safety. Almost all are in their teens or early 20s, according to DPS releases and court records. “If anyone has any ideas that politics don’t affect policing, I hope that ... gets put away.”. ... who has a doctorate in marriage and family therapy and leads the graduate counseling program at Texas Wesleyan University. Greg […] –Dr. Rep. Dan Crenshaw: Black Lives Matter Riots in Texas Spreading the Coronavirus – NOT the Economic Reopening. Heavy snow expected in Texas; storm could spawn tornadoes. The arrest — and the 13 other jailings the agency has since announced in press releases through this month — was a result of DPS special agents’ extensive review of social media and surveillance videos. At least one DPS case has already been rejected, but it was not one the agency has announced in its many press releases on its investigation. Nordstrom is accused of refusing to leave the highway and throwing water on an officer during the protest, facing misdemeanor charges of participating in a riot and obstructing a highway, according to her arrest affidavit and court records. “They’re looking for anyone who they can construe as an enemy of the state,” said the 26 year old, who specified every protest she’s been to has been peaceful on the part of the protesters. They couldn’t have visitors or make phone calls. Four Times CNN Excused Violent Left-wing Riots In 2020. Dallas police said they made at least 74 arrests on Saturday night. The continuing arrests were foreshadowed at a press conference in early June when McCraw, the DPS director, spoke about the violence and disorder at anti-police brutality protests. Gov. Greg Abbott was in Dallas Thursday to announce legislative proposals that give harsher penalties to people involved in riots, which includes mandatory jail time. Those arrested were charged with inciting a riot. Video sent from one prison this year showed men in an ostensibly locked-down unit meandering around after they’d slipped out of their cells to hold what a narrating voice described as a “gang meeting.” Days later, a different video shot in the same prison showed two men popping out to fight in the dayroom until one knocked the other nearly unconscious and dragged him back to his cell. “Anywhere you have electronic locking systems,” he added, “unfortunately you can have offenders that manipulate the lock.”. “Anyone who attacks the state Capitol or the DPS Troopers who are sworn to protect it will be investigated, charged and arrested when there is sufficient evidence to do so.”. I … — George P. Bush (@georgepbush) June 13, 2020 In late May, protesters in San Antonio spray-painted graffiti on the Alamo Cenotaph. The next day, Teal walked into the Travis County jail, with Carter by his side, to turn himself in. Teal wasn’t there, but his family was questioned and harassed, the lawyer said. What are the odds that two different guys might be named “John Roberts”? Dan Patrick indicated this week that without intervention from the state’s law enforcement agency, the Austin protests would have turned into unfettered chaos. Texas Gov. controversial intervention of federal agents. For example, he doubted the officers involved in Floyd’s death, now facing criminal charges, would have been prosecuted if people hadn’t taken to the streets. "When we read the probable cause affidavit, we really can't justify [prosecution] … he didn’t partake.". A suspected Proud Boys member has been detained, as police declared the scuffle a riot. — cole conish (@askmorquestions) May 30, 2020. One such protest moved to the Texas Capitol in Austin on May 30. A spokesperson for Abbott did not respond to Tribune questions about the ensuing DPS investigation this week. In the days after the riot, the agency sent out a team of top officials to complete a review; Deputy Inspector General Joseph Buttitta said investigators and prosecutors are working to bring charges against at least six of the prisoners involved. Greg Abbott was in Dallas Thursday to announce legislative proposals that give harsher penalties to people involved in riots, which includes mandatory jail time. And some were arrested multiple times for actions during the same protest, with new warrants issued weeks or months after initial arrests and police taking people from their cars and homes and putting them back into jail. At least 26 people, ... June 29, 2020. Once the door is closed it will look fully shut, though it won’t be secured, employees confirmed. Desel, the prison system spokesman, said the spending is not related to concerns about prisoners defeating the locking mechanisms. More than a month after that, Texas Department of Public Safety officers showed up at the home of Jordan Teal’s grandmother, guns drawn, and interrogated the 18 year old’s relatives, his attorney said. Nearly half of the arrestees are Black. In Austin, Texas, probably the most liberal city in the great state of Texas, Black Lives Matter (sponsored by Major League Baseball, the NFL, NBA and Nascar) along with AntiFA terrorists were stirring up trouble in Downtown. An internal document obtained by The Marshall Project showed that the agency allotted $8 million for lock replacements at two of its 104 prisons during the current two-year budget cycle. Some prisoners said that people are popping out more often now that the pandemic has heightened tensions and ushered in months-long lockdowns. Representing arrested protesters for years, often from the Capitol, Quinzi added he has “never seen [DPS] act the way they’re doing now.”. Needless to say at this point, I hope, the reason SCOTUS shot down the Texas lawsuit isn’t because Roberts was afraid of riots or thinks Trump is a dirtbag. Greg Abbott declared a State of Disaster Sunday and authorized federal agents to serve as Texas police officers. A Texas Guerrillas member who calls himself, "Apex," third from right, and others carry weapons at a Black Lives Matter rally in Austin, Texas, U.S., Aug. 1, 2020. One solution would be to replace the problem locks or retrofit them with metal plates that would prevent prisoners from inserting that final piece of metal or cardboard needed to open the door. According to a September 2020 estimate, arson, vandalism and looting caused about $1–2 billion in insured damage between May 26 and June 8, making this initial phase of the George Floyd protests the civil disorder event with the highest recorded damage in United States history. “I have been on the Capitol grounds with state troopers on several nights and have witnessed their patience and discipline in the face of demonstrators who were cursing them, spitting on them, throwing things at them and doing whatever they could to provoke them,” Patrick said. Natalie Argyle - January 9, 2021. “He has no history of arrest for anything serious and was offering no resistance.”. The agency said descriptions of arrests and interrogations told by defense attorneys and protesters were “riddled with inaccuracies or completely false.” No further specifics were given by Friday afternoon when asked about falsehoods. “There’s no greater responsibility that the agency has than to keep the people in custody and the staff there safe,” said Michele Deitch, a senior lecturer on prisons at University of Texas at Austin. RELATED ARTICLES: This Is Why We Covered The Minneapolis Chaos Last Night: Armed Americans […] 06/30/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo. A lot of things fueled the July 18 riot at the Dolph Briscoe Unit in southwest Texas. By Jim Hoft Published May 29, 2020 at 8:12pm Share on Facebook (958) Tweet Share Email Print. The 61st night since the death of George Floyd was marked by clashes between police and demonstrators in Portland, Ore., and Tempe, Ariz., Monday, as hundreds more gathered in Austin, Texas… Texas Sen. John Whitmire, the Houston Democrat who oversees the state’s Senate Criminal Justice Committee, said he was initially shocked to learn of the problem. Texas Gov. But the arrestees’ lawyers are upset with what happened after the streets and Capitol grounds were cleared. Pointing back to the Boston Tea Party at America’s onset, the vice president for diversity and community engagement at the University of Texas at Austin said destructive behavior is sometimes the only way to get people to pay attention to aggrieved communities. Angry Leftists are rioting tonight in several US cities. Photograph: Ana Ramirez/AP. A lot of things fueled the July 18 riot at the Dolph Briscoe Unit in southwest Texas. If you see anything like this, you can text 911 and let us know so we can remove them. If you are having trouble viewing the above map, click here. “Every Texan and every American has the right to protest and I encourage all Texans to exercise their First Amendment rights,” the governor said in a statement. “DPS is using antifa as a modern day boogeyman to justify their existence and their unnecessarily aggressive tactics,” Lobb said. Alexandria Martin, 20, of McKinney faces a riot participation charge. According to Patrick, the reason the Supreme Court declined to hear the lawsuit brought by Texas over the 2020 election is that Chief Justice Roberts was concerned about riots. “What is the definition of security if inmates won’t even remain locked in their cells?” she said. Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The not-so-well-trained former Air Force mechanic Foster ended up on the … Chuck Norris forced to deny he was part of Capitol riots after lookalike's viral selfie. The move by the progressive council further widened a long-running divide between Austin’s elected officials, who see a need for substantial changes to a criminal justice system whose officers disproportionately use force against people of color, and state leaders, who fear that pulling resources from law enforcement will endanger public safety. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. As what usually happens at these communist riots… As of June 2020, protests have been held in 41 towns and cities throughout Texas, with major protests in Dallas, Austin and Houston. Teal was booked, had his fingerprints taken and bonded out within the hour without being questioned by DPS, Carter said. The lieutenant governor said in a statement to the Tribune Thursday that he was enormously grateful for DPS state troopers’ work and “calm professionalism” during the May protests. Since then, the Texas Department of Public Safety has spent the summer naming and arresting suspects, the majority of whom are accused of misdemeanors. The footage captured multiple objects being thrown from the crowd, but this suspected bottle hit a DPS sergeant’s head, cutting him. Show us with your support. Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster due to the violence in cities around the state protesting the death of George Floyd.. Abbott, a Republican, issued the measure in response to "threats and incidents of violence in several cities across Texas that have endangered public safety." By. Portland, Seattle Declare Riots; Chicago Pushback: Protest Wrap Bloomberg News July 26, 2020, 10:34 AM EDT Updated on July 26, 2020, 1:51 PM EDT “I said I’d rather talk to a lawyer … I think they just wanted to interrogate me.”, DPS rejected depictions by protesters and their lawyers, but did not respond to specific questions from the Tribune about officers’ actions regarding protesters. 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