Over the last two years, there has been an escalating battle between the state and the people. Between police killings, accusations of police brutality and riots that happened as a result, our society is watching history repeat itself. Police in Texas are on the hunt in search for the person who shot a county judge and left her in critical condition.
Strongest Hurricane In History Hits Mexico
Hurricane Patricia will touch Mexican shores tonight. Already, premature flooding made Texas’ cars float. Experts expect many families to lose their homes. Ten millions people live in the hurricane’s path. The storm’s winds break records with 263mph recorded over the ocean. Hit the jump for the forecast.
Texas Professor Quits Instead Of Working With Armed Students
Starting in August 2016, Texas’s new “campus carry” law will allow those with concealed carry licenses to carry guns into the buildings and dormitories of Texas colleges. So, obviously there’s significant disdain for this decree by lawmakers. One opponent is a prominent professor at the prestigious university.
Court Rules Texas Voting Law is Discriminatory
The Supreme Court ruled in June 2013 that states no longer can be judged by voting discrimination that went on decades ago, a decision that argues the country has changed since the racially motivated laws of the civil rights era. The high court eradicated section 5 of the Voting Rights Act under the belief discrimination does not exist anymore. Before this decision, the state of Texas passed a voter 1D law, the strictest in the country, which could have significant repercussions for African American and Latino voters.
Texas Man Shoots Armadillo, Gets Hit In The Face By Bullet Ricochet
The Florida Department of Health has a slight rise in leprosy rates this year, so Floridians are encouraged to take precautionary measures in eschewing contact with Armadillos. It appears the state of Texas needs to mimic this action.
#SandraBland: Texas’ Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis Accused Of “Racial Bias” In The Past
The name, Sandra Bland is still looming in the air as an investigation in her mysterious ‘suicide’ continues. Her death has been labeled as an act of racism, and one of many cases where police asset their authority too much. One active participant in the investigation is Texas’ Waller County district attorney Elton Mathis, a man who is also being accused of having a history of ‘racial bias’. Reverend Walter Pendleton, a local Black pastor, reveals a confrontation he had with Mathis via a series of threatening text messages. Find out more down bottom.
