We found more than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other moves that can cut off breathing

A Minnesota woman holds up a sign during a demonstration 10 years ago. Some of the same chokeholds that came under scrutiny then are being employed by ICE agents.

by Nicole Foy and McKenzie Funk, ProPublicaJanuary 16, 2026January 16, 2026

A Minnesota woman holds up a sign during a Black Lives Matter demonstration 10 years ago. Some of the same chokeholds that came under scrutiny then are still in use by ICE.

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Bad Takes: Whether from right or left, militant protest deserves mercy, not mass incarceration

It’s unlikely conservatives will scrape either the ‘Trump 2024’ or the ‘Back the Blue’ stickers off their cars following the president’s pardon.

by Kevin Sanchez February 7, 2025June 27, 2025

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Travis County DA says he’ll try to overturn Texas governor’s pardon of convicted murderer

Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned Daniel Perry last month after a jury found him guilty of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020.

by Sanford Nowlin June 5, 2024September 4, 2024

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Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020

A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.

by William Melhado, The Texas Tribune May 16, 2024January 18, 2025

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Bad Takes: Jason Aldean’s claims of patriotism and victimhood both ring hollow

Fans of Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ defend it as an endorsement of ‘law and order.’ But aren’t there constitutional protections afforded to symbolic speech?

by Kevin Sanchez August 8, 2023September 19, 2024

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The Big Payback: San Antonio’s high-profile police misconduct cases could start costing taxpayers

Over the past 10 years, the City of San Antonio paid out a total of $1,566,300 to settle claims of police brutality and misconduct, according to documents obtained by the Current.

by Michael Karlis February 9, 2023June 17, 2025

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Conroe brewery receives flood of threats, harassment after canceling Kyle Rittenhouse event

The CEO of Southern Star Brewery said the cancellation was prompted primarily by concerns from local patrons rather than pressure from a ‘woke mob’ or distributors such as H-E-B.

by Robert Downen, The Texas Tribune January 15, 2023August 3, 2023

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San Antonio-based vegan bakery Southern Roots hopes to build on a surprise surge in business

Southern Roots’ owners are focusing on building partnerships with hotel and coffee chains looking to better serve customers adopting a plant-based diet.

by Nina Rangel October 25, 2022August 1, 2025

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Texas board rejects posthumous pardon for George Floyd — after recommending one to Greg Abbott

The state’s parole board did not explain why it was denying the request to pardon Floyd, who was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, for a minor 2004 drug conviction. Last year, the board recommended Abbott pardon Floyd, then rescinded.

by William Melhado, The Texas Tribune September 16, 2022August 17, 2023

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New TV ad from Greg Abbott edits clip to make it sound like Beto O’Rourke wants to defund police

The attack ad, which began airing Tuesday, hacks more than 50 words from O’Rourke’s statement and tacks on words from a separate sentence.

by Sanford Nowlin September 13, 2022September 26, 2024

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Bad Takes: Sorry, Greg Abbott, it’s not a ‘Nixonian’ tragedy that presidents aren’t above the law

Where was Abbott’s concern for protecting dissent in 2020 when Trump sent federal officers to Portland to throw Black Lives Matter protesters in the back of unmarked vans?

by Kevin Sanchez August 24, 2022July 23, 2025