Danny Defenbaugh Facebook Posts Cause Alarm

Danny Defenbaugh

A Facebook account linked to Danny Defenbaugh had numerous posts linking the local private investigator with QAnon conspiracies and far right attack on President Biden, immigrants, minority Members of Congress, and the former FBI Director James Comey.

Danny Defenbaugh

Defenbaugh retired as Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Office. The posts come on the heels of a Dallas based QAnon convention where Michael Flynn, the National Security Advisor fired by President Trump, called for a coup at the Omni Hotel.

Defenbaugh is currently a Texas licensed Investigations Security Contractor and runs a security consultant company under his own name out of Kaufman, Texas. His website states their mission is to “provide senior management with comprehensive guidance relative to their security environment to promote and enhance the protection of personnel, assets, information, and business operations.”

The discovery of these and other posts come on the heels of open attacks by MAGA supporters in Dallas city streets.

Danny Defenbaugh
Danny Defenbaugh
Danny Defenbaugh

Danny Defenbaugh – Chief Oklahoma City Bombing Investigator Hides Foul Ups

Danny Defenbaugh, was the FBI agent at the center of the Oklahoma City bombing investigation and a major foul-up over document production.

In Congressional testimoney, he told lawmakers that he waited for months to alert his superiors because he wanted to ascertain the magnitude of the document problem which could have jeopardized Timothy McVeigh’s execution.

Agent Defenbaugh, the lead investigator of the Oklahoma City bombing case who was in charge of collecting investigative documents per the FBI had an inkling that something was amiss as early as January. This was noted in the summary of a briefing Defenbaugh gave to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

McVeigh’s execution, originally set for May 16, 2001, was delayed by the Justice Department until June 11, 2001, after the FBI revealed that investigative records had not been turned over to McVeigh’s lawyers.

Defenbaugh has not returned an inquiry into these posts as of publish.

QAnon Supporter Michael Flynn Calls For Coup in Dallas

QAnon Conference Leads To Call For Coup In Dallas

Michael Flynn Calls For a Myanmar style coup in Dallas at the Omni Hotel this weekend in the latest provocation by far right QAnon supporters.

The Omni Dallas Hotel is hosting guests for the four-day QAnon inspired conference called For God and Country Patriot Roundup. The event featured prominent QAnon supportes including former national security advisor Michael Flynn.

Coup In Dallas

The conference began on Friday with a VIP meet-and-greet reception and lasted through yesterday, Memorial Day. 

Flynn responded to a crowd question about why a Myanmar style insurrection could not happen here and he respodned he thought it should.

It is unclear what the cost is to taxpayers for police overtime to provide a space to organizers who openly support insurrection against the United States government.

Dallas County overwhelmingly voted for Joe Biden in November 2020 with 598,576 votes to Donald Trump’s 307,076 votes. This was approximately 65% to 33% with third party candidates taking in the remainder.

2020 Election Results

Coup In Dallas – Not The First Issue At Omni Hotel

The Omni Dallas has had numerous issues in recent history.

Last year the Omni Hotel refused to put the Black Lives Matter slogan on its hotel wall. The Omni is one of the hotels supported by Visit Dallas which has had numerous audit issues over the years costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

This conference also comes on the heels of Barry Wernick’s campaign for Dallas City Council, District 11, being accused of Trumpian campaign tactics. Wernick’s team admitted in a secret recording to doctoring a Facebook post of his opponent for the Dallas City Council seat earlier in the campaign season.

Northpark Center Update

Dallas Police report the Northpark Center incident earlier was not an active shooter incident, but an invidivual banging his skate board in the mall food court and acting as if he had a firearm.

Dallas police said the gunfire noise at NorthPark Center was the results of a “mentally disturbed individual.”

Northpark Center

The sounds sent shoppers into a panic with many fleeing the scene. DPD reported one person in custody. No one was shot, per Dallas Police, but one person did complain of chest pain secondary to the event.

Dallas Police Respond To Northpark Shooting

Northpark Center Hours

The mall plans to be open for regular hours Tuesday.

Diane Ragsdale Endorsement: More Insider Dealing?

Wednesday Diane Ragsdale, a former Dallas City Council member, announced her endorsement of Adam Bazaldua in the District 7 runoff. The question is why is this necessary and is the endorsement of an insider who profited off her career on Dallas City Council a net positive.

Diane Ragsdale
Diane Ragsdale

Ragsdale’s endorsement mentions Bazaldua shutting down drug and gambling houses, but Bazaldua is neither a police officer, nor friendly with the Dallas Police Department after leading the Defund DPD effort in summer 2020. At one point it was possible that $77M might be pulled from the Dallas Police Department budget.

Diane Ragsdale: Personal Economic Development?

Ragsdale is also known as one of the architects of the South Dallas-Fair Park Opportunity Fund which has had numerous trust issues since its inception decades ago. As a member of city council she helped create the fund itself, but more recently her Innercity Community Development Corporation was the only entity to receive loan dollars from the economic opportunity fund.

In the meantime, crime in D7 continues to be a problem and Baz is now caught between seeking the Dallas Police Association endorsment and openly working to cut their overtime.

Coin Operated Candice Quarles Campaigns For Democratic Chair

Candice Quarles

Candice Quarles is campaigning for Dallas County Democratic Chair just a year past allegations surfaced she took a Disney World vacation – mostly on the taxpayers dime.

A few months ago the Dallas County Democratic Party showed they had poor internal financial controls as an organization. It is unclear what has been done to overcome the shortcomings in that report.

Candice Quarles

Candice Quarles History on Desoto City Council

Dallas Business Journals recently honored Quarles as a Leader in Diversity, skipping over her ties to a forensic audit showing her family profited over $140,000 from her family’s connection to Desoto city leadership. Her husband, Jeremiah, served as economic development chief previously.

During that time, Quarles had thousands of dollars in local memberships and sponsorships paid for by a city credit card. These include the Urban League of Greater Dallas Young Professionals, a group Candice Quarles led.

Desoto Independent School District has also had recent issues with credit card spending by leadership leading to takeover talk early last school year.

Candice Quarles

One Dallas Democratic Party Precinct Chair exasperated said, “this is more of the same.”

The South Dallas representative continued, “While the party should be winning races across the board, we give too many away with pie in the sky candidates or we elect grifters.”

Supreme Court Won’t Hear N-Word Case

Supreme Court Won't Hear N-Word Case

The United States Supreme Court will not hear N-Word Case in local labor case.

Supreme Court Won't Hear N-Word Case

The nation’s highest court said Monday it would not take the case of a former Parkland Hospital employee who said he was subjected to a hostile work environment due to graffiti in one elevator that used the N-word. The court did not comment in turning away the case. It was one of many the court rejected Monday.

N-Word Case Background

Robert Collier said that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland, white nurses called him and other Black employees “boy.” He also said management ignored two large swastikas painted on a storage room wall. He sued the hospital after he was fired in 2016.

Supreme Court Won't Hear N-Word Case

More recently Parkland lost several thousand dollars in a COVID19 test theft and the taxpayer funded hospital has had numerous cost issues with its recent construction.

Keep Dallas Safe Unable To Protect Eric Johnson

Keep Dallas Safe

Keep Dallas Safe (KDS) failed in spectacular fashion at protecting the political strength of Eric Johnson as polls closed on the Dallas City Council election.

Keep Dallas Safe

While not directly linked, observers noted that KDS was pushing candidates supportive of Eric Johnson’s agenda including pushing out current city council incumbents Jaime Resensez (D5), Adam Bazaldua (D7), and Paula Blackmon (D9).

They sent multiple mailers which some described as “klanlike” and direct from “MAGA World” – a reference to previous support for Donald Trump.

In District 5, Mayor Johnson supported Yolanda Williams who came in third missing the run off, and in District 7 he supported Donald Parish Jr., who also had the endorsements of Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson and State Senator Royce West.

(West has ties to a prominent Trump financial backer and was pushed by potential opponent John Cornyn in his runoff with MJ Hegar.)

Keep Dallas Safe – Another North Dallas Astroturf Operation?

Earlier this year, Dallas Observer noted Daniel Taylor was linked to a similar astroturf operation in New Orleans where actors were paid to attend public meetings.

Keep Dallas Safe

In the Dallas City Council elections, Keep Dallas Safe also opposed Paula Blackmon who easily cruised to re-election against two opponents avoiding a run off in Elections 2021. They also chose to attack Jaynie Schultz in D11.

It is unclear how active KDS will be involved with run offs in District 7 and District 11. The other major winner was Chad West who also won his re-election easily.

One campaign staff member stated they were already gearing up for his mayoral run in two years. West has been increasingly outspoken including taking exception with staff over COVID19 vaccine rollouts. Given Johnson’s recent record, there are rumors he may not run for re-election.

Richardson Police Admit Illegal Quotas

Richardson Police

A Richardson Police Department officer admitted the department was engaging in an illegal quotas practice under the guide of productivity. The practice of quotas is illegal under Texas Transportation Code Sec. 720.002.

The full video can be viewed here:

The officer’s allegations have significant importance to both the department’s own compliance with federal and state law and an ongoing lawsuit against the City of Richardson.

Richardson Police and Texas Transportation Code 720.002

Richardson Police Also Face Federal Police Brutality Lawsuit

In 2018, Neco Bonham, who is Black, was pulled over for a broken tail light which was later proveb false. In that case, the Richardson officer’s body cam video showed Officer Parker Winn escalating the situation fifteen seconds into the incident.

Richardson Police and Texas Transportation Code 720.002

Bonham is now suing the two white police officers as well as the city of Richardson in a federal civil rights lawsuit, alleging racial profiling and excessive force. He claims Winn contrived a bogus reason to stop him in order to search the pickup for drugs simply because he was a “young Black man with a hoodie.”

Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot has complained that some police continue to improperly use “pretext stops” against minority motorists searching for marijuana.

This testimony in open city council working session indicates police issues exist outside just the City of Dallas and Reneé Hall.

Molina Baseball Repeating Bad History?

Molina Baseball

The Dallas Independent School District Molina Baseball Jaguars may be repeating bad local sports history on the baseball diamond. The program head coach was ejected in the first inning of a contest against the Sunset Bisons this past Saturday. Reports Sunday, say the game was forfeit when the Molina Head Coach Henry Smith refused to leave the field.

The initial issue is not clear, but three sources at the game said umpires declared the game a forfeit. Per high school rules, played under the National Federation of High Schools, a game may be forfeit when a team “delays more than a reasonable amount of time in resuming play, or in obeying the umpire’s order…”.

Molina Baseball

The Dallas Baseball Umpires Association did not answer questions about the incident or provide background on their umpire crew, but a Dallas ISD Athletics representative on background said “we don’t want adult actions to interfere with kid’s games.” Principals from both Moises Molina and Sunset High Schools did not respond to emails seeking comment.

Dallas ISD Molina Coach Henry Smith also teaches for US Baseball Academy, a program claiming a “commitment to quality instruction at an affordable price. Each location promises the same proven itinerary of drills, a low player-coach ratio, and a teaching staff of top high school and/or college coaches from your local area.”

Playoff Ejections Not A First For Molina Baseball

In 2017, Molina had similar issues when every player on the team was ejected for leaving the dugout during a bench clearing incident. Other Dallas ISD incidents have tended to focus in other sports.

Molina Baseball

It is not clear if or how UIL will take action on this local sports news, but Other Side Dallas is waiting on responses from several official sources associated with Dallas ISD and Molina baseball.

Two parents complained that Dallas ISD is protecting Molina players despite bench jockeying before, during, and after the game including taunting a disabled spectator.