Author Archives: Attorney Tristan LeGrande

After deaths & pending lawsuits, TX DOC Cools off Prison

Officials with the Texas Department of Corrections reject the notion that the recent addition of cooling fans that look transplanted straight from the sidelines of an NFL game are in response to numerous lawsuits and inmate deaths due to heat exposure.  Yeah, right. The cooling equipment employs a large fan inside about a 6-foot-by-6-foot box.

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Dallas Officer that kicked suspect in head convicted (W/ VIDEO)

Former Dallas Police Officer Quaitemes Williams has been convicted of official oppression for an incident where he beat and kicked a handcuffed suspect in the head during a traffic stop for an invalid license plate.  He was subsequently fired; now he could face up to a year behind bars. Official Oppression is a class A

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