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Henry Smith (1876 – February 1, 1893) was an African-American youth who was lynched in Paris, Texas.Smith allegedly confessed to murdering the three-year-old daughter of a law enforcement officer who had allegedly beaten him during an arrest.
MPD Police Officer Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was a deputy U.S. Marshal , gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, railroad agent, and a runaway slave. He spoke the languages of several Native American tribes including Cherokee , Choctaw , Chickasaw , Seminole and Creek .
The Fifth Congress established the new county on December 17, 1840, and named it after Mirabeau B. Lamar, [5] who was the first vice president and the second president of the Republic of Texas. Paris, Texas in 1885. Lamar County was one of the 18 Texas counties that voted against secession on February 23, 1861. [6]
There have been 127 US police officers killed in the line of duty this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. Texas has 15 fallen officers in 2024, the most of any state.
There are over 150 federal law enforcement offices in Texas. including those for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Customs and Border Protection; Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; United States Secret Service; Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division; Naval ...
A policeman identified as being part of the mob was dismissed from the Paris Police Department. [23] In Paris, Sixth Judicial District Court Judge Ben H. Denton (né Benjamin Harrison Denton; 1854–1940) ordered a special grand jury to investigate the burning of the Arthur brothers.
Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside of the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and ...
Hero Texas police officer, an Army veteran, killed in line of duty during car chase: ‘Truly owe my life to him’ Katherine Donlevy January 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM