TC Broadnax – Page 2 – The Other Side Dallas

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022

Wild West Deep Ellum Violence Continues

The wild west Deep Ellum violence continues with an overnight shooting in the entertainment district.

This shooting took two more lives and impacted countless others as three others were wounded around 2:00AM when clubs were closing in the area. Dallas Police say they have those involved in custody.

Dallas Police say they believe this is an isolated incident, but a safety plan for the area was released just one day ago.

Overall violence crime is up and Dallas per capita crime rivals Chicago, Los Angeles, and other historic centers of city violence.

Last month, city leaders met with Safe Night LLC, a group aimed at creating safe environments for businesses and patrons, for training on how to improve street safety around Dallas, but particularly as the violence takes a toll on the nighttime economy trying to recover from coronavirus.

Wild West Deep Ellum Violence

Violence is not new to Deep Ellum and Dallas police close streets in the area on weekends under the guise of curtailing violence though it is not clear that works.

Some in Deep Ellum believe Dallas Police Department officers escalate situations unnecessarily as in the case of Melvin Williams who assaulted a bystander.

City code enforcement also has a confusing relationship with the area. Last year code enforcement began ticketing club owners for noise violations in an area zoned for clubs and entertainment.

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022

Dallas 911 Dispatch: Too Little, Too Late

The City of Dallas has multiple questions to answer about the Dallas 911 Dispatch Center after a deaf woman, Zarea Dixon, was found dead in her home when police officers took over an hour to respond to her call for help.

In a separate incident it took more than six minutes to respond to an apartment fire in North Dallas.

Dixon called 911 to report her boyfriend had broken into her apartment along South Polk Street and attacked her with a knife.

An interpreter with Sorensen Translation Services relayed that Dixon had been attacked stating her “ex-boyfriend broke into her house, beat her up and tried to stab her with a knife.”

Dixon provided the suspect’s name, description and date of birth to the police through the translator. She also said he had left her home.

Dixon “declined an ambulance but stated she ‘needed the police,'” according to the affidavit.

In addition to the non response to this woman, Dallas Police has not responded to multiple other incidents.

Parents complained about Dallas Police protecting white protestors earlier in the school year at Dealey Montessori.

Sources within the police department told Other Side Dallas that police planned to arrest a black led counter protest should it have occured as a threat to public safety, but police did nothing about the interruption to the school day by white parents.

Additionally, Dallas police never took a report on three students burned by fireworks launched at them in North Dallas.

Dallas 911 Dispatch: Fire Side Issues Also

In addition, Dallas Fire Rescue has launched an internal investigation into why it took six minutes to send apparatus to the Forest Hill Apartment firte that becamse a three alarm event.

Sixty to seventy firefighters responded and saw flames coming from the second floor of the three-story apartment building upon arrival.

The fire quickly spread to the third floor and then into the attic space and roof of the building requiring the additional alarms by Dallas Fire Rescue.

Dallas Fire Station 29 is approximately one mile away or roughly three minutes.

In comments to the media, Dallas Fire Fighters Association President Jim McDade said, “When the first companies got there — there was an enormous amount of fire, probably due to a delay in response,” McDade said.

There were no deaths or injuries, but more than twenty apartments were destroyed and more than one hundred residents displaced.

October 29, 2021October 28, 2021

Eddie Garcia Island

Eddie Garcia Island is what Dallas Police insiders are calling the freshman chief’s lack of accountability and transparency when dealing with the public.

The issue came up recently as Dallas Police over ruled the recommendation of Internal Affairs over officer discipline after an excessive force incident and instead took the recommendation of the Training Academy.

An officer with a sister law enforcement agency said “Chief Garcia seems to be repeating the errors of Chief Hall. It didn’t work out too well for her or the City of Dallas.”

Eddie Garcia Island Is Just Renee Hall 2.0

Almost a year ago, Reneé Hall raced from her duties as DPD Chief after an inappropriate relationship with Dominique Alexander was exposed.

It was this relationship and not her repeated lies about the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge incident which moved Hall’s move out of the Chief’s office.

At the time the Community Police Oversight Board were asking questions about her accountability, but no action was taken, even after an After Action Report demonstrated a historic failure in responding to the George Floyd protests of 2020.

Chief Garcia’s arrival was supposed to turn the page on the errors of Chief Hall, but now it appears the same problems of insularity and aloofness are happening again.

Another law enforcement source said, “he only engages on his terms and the problem with that is when people reach out in good faith and you dont hear back what do you do?” This person continued, “if you really want to listen to the community you have to listen. You have to return phone calls, you have to return emails, you have to answer questions whether you like it or not.”

A third person noted, “Garcia is too busy using officers for politically motivated ‘investigations’ and not handling the regular shootings in downtown and uptown” which are keeping crowds from returning. “As long as people do not feel safe – downtown Dallas is in a bind.”

October 1, 2021October 1, 2021

City of Dallas Data Loss Report Drops

The Dallas data loss report dropped late Thursday in a quiet press release. The report aims to answer questions about the 20TB+ loss of data that is halting prosecutions of murder suspects and interupting city functions.

A press release noted a review and analysis conducted into the mass data loss first discovered by the City in April 2021, the City of Dallas IT Department Thursday provided City Manager TC Broadnax a report giving further details around the events leading to the data loss, the efforts to recover data, and making recommendations for changes to reduce the risk of potential future data loss.

Broadnax noted in a statement, “The City understands the seriousness and potential impacts of this data loss and we are committed to improving how we manage our data to ensure its security and integrity,” said City Manager TC Broadnax. “In this report, our IT Department provides a path forward with a series of direct and actionable recommendations to improve our management of data and guard against any future data loss.”

The statement continues that the report confirms that the City lost 20.9 terabytes (TB) of data, totaling 8.26 million individual files in two events during the month of March 2021. The report cites actions taken by a City IT employee as the cause of the archive deletions and examines other factors and conditions contributing to the events. The data loss impacted archive files of the Dallas Police Department (DPD) and consisted of archived images, videos, audio files, case notes and other administrative documents gathered by the Department. Additionally, it delineates thorough reviews conducted of other backup and archive processes and confirms that other City systems were unaffected by these events.

Data Loss Report Out, But No Answers

The report does not address employee disciplinary actions, nor does it describe the details of any investigatory actions completed or underway related to the data loss. Multiple sources confirm an investigation by the Dallas Field Office of the FBI.

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

Dallas Data Breach Gets Worse

The City of Dallas data breach gets worse in a breaking story first reported by the Dallas Morning News.

City officials discovered an additional fifteen terabytes of missing Dallas Police Department evidence in the ongoing audit initially reported because of a District Attorney disclosure to defense counsel.

Police Chief Eddie García told Dallas City Council members that crimes against people were most likely not affected, but Dallas District Attorney John Creuzot would not go so far.

Dallas Data Breach Gets Worse And Continues IT Problems

Other Side Dallas will continue monitoring this story that was first learned about by City Manager TC Broadnax in April 2021, but not disclosed until John Creuzot was required to disclose the defense attorneys.

The disclosure led to the release of an alleged murderer.

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

Goldman Sachs William Mundinger To Take Over City Department

Dallas City Manager TC Broadnax will announce Goldman Sachs William Mundinger, II to serve as Executive in Residence for the Department of Sustainable Development and Construction (SDC).

It is rumored that Mr. Mundinger will support SDC’s reorganization and transformation.

Goldman Sachs William Mundinger

Mr. Mundinger previously worked at Goldman Sachs where he was National Director of Development, Environmental, and Construction Services. There he provided development and oversight services in Dallas, the East and West Coasts and internationally.Mr. Mundinger will report to Dr. Eric A. Johnson, Chief of Economic Development and Neighborhood Services, whose tenure has been marked by inconsistency throughout.

If the appointment occurs, Mundinger will begin his tenure with the City of Dallas in mid August.

The appointment is expected to receive some negative attention and rumors of insiders controlling Dallas given Mundinger’s past employment with Goldman Sachs.

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

Chad West Lashes Out At City Staff

Chad West lashes out after he posted on Facebook that he was on the receiving end of “several calls and messages last night from neighbors who experienced 2, 3, 4 and even 6-hour waits at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center yesterday for their COVID19 vaccination appointments.”

Council Member West seemed dismayed at the Mayor, but the entire City Council has been acting as one observer noted “like a bunch of petulant children.”

This local political actist noted “if the Mayor and City Council had to rely on one another for mutual survival, they’d all be done six months ago. Every one of them is more interested in their memo or tweet to score political points than in listening and fixing problems and they are ignoring people with the experience to do help.”

Chad West Lashes Out – In Wrong Direction?

The angry Facebook post came the same day Dallas County reported 1,617 new COVID19 cases and a dozen deaths.

In late January, Dallas County Commissioner’s Court voted 3-0 with two abstentions to prioritize vaccine distribution to certain zip codes leaving black and brown citizens in other areas at the end of the line. An emergency meeting was required after the decision once the Texas Department of State Health Services reminded Dallas County of their obligations under their hub contract to serve everyone.

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021

Business and Community Lenders Threatening BUILD Grantees

The Business and Community Lenders nonprofit is accused of threatening a local nonprofit with withdrawing a grant made by the City of Dallas when the grantee asked process questions that were not identified in the initial proposal submission. In the taped conversation the Director of Entrepreneurship, Brian K Marhshall, is heard saying “if you don’t stop asking questions we will just withdraw the grant.” (The conversation provided to Other Side Dallas has gone to a notary for transcription for legal purposes.)

In November, the City of Dallas advertised the B.U.I.L.D Small Business Grant Program. As of late December applicants had not heard from city staff.

As the city advertised, B.U.I.L.D. (Broaden Urban Investments to Leverage Dallas) launched the B.U.I.L.D Small Business Grant Program to assist small businesses impacted by the economic downturn caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The program will provide businesses in the city of Dallas that have fewer than nine employees, or a 2019 payroll of less than $250,000, with a one-time grant of up to $3,000.

As we reported in the middle of January, several businesses expressed concern about issues with the grant. Their complaints ranged from the city missing its own deadline of late December notifications and not also changing standards after the application period.

BUILD Grantees Not Only Ones Concerned

In addition to the threats and changing standards, it is not clear who is funding this program. The City of Dallas who advertised the program has denied funding the program and referred the issue to JP Morgan Chase. Their media relations staff say they did not fund this program either.

Further, City of Dallas staff stated they had no responsive documents when asked about how BUILD grantees’ applications were scored and decisions made, that the decisions were for funding, etc.

Dr. Eric Anthony Johnson, Director of Economic Development for the City of Dallas has refused to respond to numerous requests for comment about his BUILD grantees program. Additionally, Tennell Atkins, Chairman of the City Council Economic Development Committee has refused multiple requests also.

The BUILD grantees fiasco comes as the city has shown no answers to the economic issues of South Dallas and continues to try to fund projects for millionaires.

December 14, 2020December 13, 2020

Will Dallas Repeat Reneé Hall Errors with Brackney?

Dallas appears to be repeating the Reneé Hall errors by naming RaShall M. Brackney a finalist for Dallas Police Chief. Hall has officially left her duties as police chief under a cloud of questions from her own officers. She accelerated her departure timeline after we reported on inappropriate behavior between she and convicted felon Dominique Alexander.

Brackney on the other hand may be coming to Dallas and could just be Reneé Hall 2.0 when it comes to listening to the public. Broadnax announced his list of finalists last week.

In October, the Interim Minister and Board for the Unitarian Universalists of Charlottesville wrote a letter to Brackney – a reported “expert on harm reduction, procedural and restorative justice practices, and community-police relations” about what appears on its face to be a case of racial profiling by her officers. Her response was a press conference where she called for the termination of both the church pastor and the entire board.

Brackney’s full press conference can be seen here.

Brackney comes to Dallas as local neo nazis act with impunity vandalizing city property and Dallas City Council can not decide if they will hold police accountable or just defund them in line with social-justice activists’ wishes.

Meanwhile Brackney is considered a finalist for our top cop role – coming from a department that has a bad history of dealing with protests and counter protests.

The Charlottesville (VA) Police Department is having the same issues with officer accountability as Dallas has had with Chief Hall’s lies about the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge incident.

Dallas has a long history of protests and Dallas Police in responding, but the thinking of TC Broadnax on this one is confusing – especially given the recent problems with Reneé Hall.

As a person on social media noted “of all the people in the world to go to war with, I feel like “the reverend at the unitarian church” was a bad choice for the Charlottesville Police Department.”

Brackney History

Brackney’s Charlottesville biography states prior to her appointment as the Chief of Police she retired as a 30-year veteran from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and served as the former Chief of Police of the George Washington University.

Comment was sough from Charlottesville Police public information unit, but there has been no response as of time of publish.

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020

Two Parents Shot Picking Up Two Year Old

Two parents were shot Sunday night – victims of another reckless gun crime after an accident in 5900 block of Forest Lane in North Dallas. They were on their way to pick up their two year old child from a childcare provider per Dallas Police.

Two parents shot picking up two year old

The parents are a 32-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman. They got into a car accident at around 9 p.m. near the Dallas North Tollway. The couple was on the way to their childcare provider.

The driver of the second vehicle, a 20-year-old man, shot the couple, police said. He remains at-large.

Two Parents Shot Today – Violent Crime, Murder Well Up Over 2019

There were 219 homicides in Dallas in all of 2019. The Dallas Police Department dashboard currently lists 233 as of November 16, 2020 with 45 days left in November.

Earlier this year the Dallas City Council voted to defund Dallas Police Department’s overtime budget removing officers from the street and reprogramming those dollars into bike lanes and solar power systems.

Additionally, Dallas Police officers have been openly attacked and Community Police Oversight Board appointees have taken to vigilantism.