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Yep, that was the fad of the day back then.
- An elementary school teacher gets accused by the parents of a pre-k based upon only the word of that pre-K child. And they seem to be very online and "active" parents. Kudos to the DA's office for killing the case when they believed there was insufficient evidence (or quietly believed it didn't happen at all.) But the pitchfork crowd, as they tend to do, are on the rampage in Rockwall.
- "Pantego City Manager Joe Ashton says Franklin was in uniform and driving a fire department SUV when he offered a ride to a stranded driver who needed to pick up her child. But while riding with Franklin, his driving and behavior led her to believe he was drunk." She called him. Despite appearances. Franklin wasn't "on the clock" at the time -- not that that matters at all.
- That Star-Telegram headline is something.
- But someone want to explain this story because it makes absolutely no sense. (I guess paragraph #4 could be unrelated to paragraph #3 and the headline but, if so, it's a weird place to put it.).
- The risk vs. reward for this guy seems to be a little of of whack. Story.
- There's a gold mine of nuggets out of this story from Denton. Stay with me here.
- It was pled on Friday before trial when the prosecutor offered 5 years to the reduced charge of Manslaughter. The defendant, the victim's wife, has been in the county jail or two and half years so she is parole eligible now.
- The victim was found unconscious in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The defendant was in the vehicle at the time and allegedly told police a man approached the truck, shooting the victim and causing the truck to crash. Police said surveillance footage showed no one approached the truck before it crashed.
- The defendant and the victim knew each other four days before they were married.
- A special prosecutor had to be brought in because of a possible conflict of interest: (1) The defendant had been a witness "as a victim" in some prior undescribed case and, amazingly, (2) the DA's office had previously prosecuted the victim for "murder [where he] argued self-defense. After a mistrial due to a hung jury, he pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and received a two-year sentence."
- But, wait, there's more! The defendant "was on probation when she was arrested . . . . [She] received an adjudicated sentence from a Bay County, Florida, judge for one count of deadly conduct and one count of making a false report of sexual battery involving a law enforcement officer." That probation may now be revoked.
- The defense lawyer was Caroline Simone. The special prosecutor was Kailey Gillman from Collin County,
- Video discovered shows the Trump shooter walking around the grounds before the shooting.
- The three auto dealers named seemed to have something in company. They are: David McDavid Ford Fort Worth, David McDavid Honda Frisco and David McDavid Honda Irving.
- In 2020, Grayson County voted 74%-24% Republican. Who do you think will win this race?
- DNC highlights:
- I can't say I'm familiar with the fine work of DJ Cassidy, but having him play a different pop song for each state (list here), before and as they announced their vote, was a great idea.
- And during that roll call, Lil Jon came out to preview Georgia's vote by singing Get Low with the lyrics changed from "From the window . . . to the wall" to "VP Harris . . . to the Walz". That isn't exactly the same as rolling out Lee Greenwood.
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- As for speakers, the manner of delivery by Michelle Obama of the line of the night was a thing of beauty. Video
- Barack made a rare appearance and brought down the house.
- There were headlines last week about how signing up online for Disney+ could cause you to agree to arbitration against Disney for any claim you might file against them for amusement park incidences. Update:
- There are about four college football games the weekend and one of them, Delaware State vs. Hawaii, is off to a a rocky start.
- Just when you thought NIL couldn't get any more crazy.
- I acknowledge that I left the last bullet point blank yesterday.
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