Street racing continues to show Dallas Police leadership exposed as unable to handle crime on any level. There is some focus on the data showing crime increasing beyond last year’s ten year record rate, but minor crime is rising too.
Per City Council Member Cara Mendelsohn “Chief Hall has been here for three years. She’s had opportunity and support to produce plans and produce results, I don’t think we’ve seen that.”
Meanwhile others seem to take the opposite take openly supporting Chief Hall despite obvious errors with Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge event and her response to Dallas City Council afterwards.
It is said nothing will happen until someone dies, but that does not seem to be the tipping point. In February, a Pleasant Grove man was pronounced dead after being hit by a car that was street racing. The crash happened on S. Masters Drive and Cushing Drive in Southeast Dallas. Police said 45-year-old Kendrick Lyons was ejected from his vehicle and died.
In April, more than 200 citations were issued during one weekend of street racing, but the problem of racing and stunt-like driving has caused multiple fatalities.
Last May, Olivia Mendez, an 8-year-old girl in Pleasant Grove, was killed when a racer struck the car she was a passenger in.
On Christmas Eve, an off-duty Dallas police officer, Joseph George, died after he lost control of his 2015 Ford Mustang while racing with another car, according to police. He was a four-year veteran of the department.
Murder Rate and Street Racing Symptoms Of Larger Problem
Council Member Mendelsohn cited 128 homicides in 2020, one more than the same time last year when Dallas has its worst year since the 1990s. Aggravated Assault not related to family violence is nearly 28% higher in Dallas this year compared to last.
One area of improvement: property. Property crimes are down in Dallas significantly. Some estimate this is due to COVID19 and the nuhmber of people staying home.
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