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The Longview race riot was a series of violent incidents in Longview, Texas, between July 10 and July 12, 1919, when whites attacked black areas of town, killed one black man, and burned down several properties, including the houses of a black teacher and a doctor.
Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire is a 2010 book by Robert Perkinson, published by Metropolitan Books.. Perkinson, an American Studies professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa, [1] describes the criminal justice system in Texas and how it formed in the context of the post-United States Civil War environment. [2]
By 1940, Spring Hill had a population of 140, a consolidated school district, and a number of businesses. By 1984, the population stood at 1,458 due in part to development in nearby Longview. Spring Hill was annexed to Longview on October 7, 1983. [2] Spring Hill still retains its own school district, the Spring Hill Independent School District.
The jail was issued a noncompliance notice from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards related to identification. Jail or Agency: Hunt County Criminal Justice Center; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: 3/1/2016; Date of death: 6/13/2016; Age at death: 36; Sources: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, www.heraldbanner.com
In Texas, there were 50 prison suicides in 2020, the highest number in at least 20 years, even though the prison population fell by 20,000. By late July, 2021 was on track to exceed that.
Tom Hill, killed by a sheep herder on March 9, 1878, near Tularosa, New Mexico. George Davis, killed by Texas Rangers on July 3, 1880, Chinati Mountains, Texas. Manuel "Indian" Segovia, killed by the Regulators on May 19, 1878, Seven Rivers, New Mexico. Jimmy McDaniels, died of old age around 1950. Dick Lloyd, killed in Arizona in early 1880s.
Chauvin, 47, is now housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Big Spring, a low-security prison. Ex-officer convicted in George Floyd's killing is moved to new prison months after stabbing ...
Hank Williams. One of the most famous incarcerations in country music history occurred on August 17, 1952. Hank Williams was arrested for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Alexander ...