by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Jul 1, 2024 | Policing
Body-worn cameras are meant to provide transparency and accountability in incidents where law enforcement officers use excessive and/or deadly force. A model body camera policy from the Texas Police Chiefs Association Foundation’s website notes, “Body-worn cameras are...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Jul 1, 2024 | Policing
Dripping Springs is known for its breweries and distilleries. But only one has a mailbox fashioned like a giant shotgun shell and a tasting room festooned with artillery – and whose owner was subpoenaed by the U.S. Congress for his chief role in a plot to overthrow...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Jun 1, 2024 | Policing
Loved ones of Malachi Williams gather at the San Marcos Public Library to remember his life in a vigil organized by his family and Mano Amiga in late April. Photographed by Christopher Paul Cardoza. WARNING! This is not police friendly nor is it in support of the...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | May 1, 2024 | Policing
Editor’s note: The account of Justin’s murder and the investigation that followed have been reconstructed in witness testimony recorded in the transcripts of The State of Texas vs. Cyrus Lua Gray III. Although Justin Gage and Cyrus Gray’s friends were identified by...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Apr 1, 2024 | Criminalization, Policing
Mano Amiga Action participants rejoice at decisive triumph in Nov 2022 Could cannabis – long derided by critics as a drug that induces laziness – in fact be the largest catalyst of electoral politics in Caldwell and Hays counties the past few years? Evidence suggests...
