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Today, I talked to the mothers of Garrett Foster, the man shot and killed last night at the protest in Austin, and his fiancee Whitney Mitchell.

The couple met in North Texas when they were teens. Foster cared for Mitchell, a quadruple amputee, full-time.
dallasnews.com/news/texas/202…
Sheila Foster, Garrett's mom, said he was pushing his fiancee's wheelchair across the interaction just before the shooting.

“I don’t know what kind of a funeral he would have wanted because I never thought I had to discuss that with my son,” she told me. dallasnews.com/news/texas/202…
Patricia Kirven, Mitchell's mother, said her daughter is "physically is OK, but mentally she is not. ‘Inconsolable’ is the only word I can think of because she’ll talk for a bit and then break down.”

The couple had been together more than 10 years.

dallasnews.com/news/texas/202…
Foster was white and Mitchell is black. His mother said the couple attended the protests against police violence regularly in recent weeks.

Foster brought a firearm with him last night. It's legal in Texas to carry a long arm like a rifle in public.

dallasnews.com/news/texas/202…
It's also legal to carry a handgun in one's own car, if you're the one driving. It's not legal to display a gun or any other weapon "in a manner calculated to alarm."

There are no restrictions in Texas on carrying at protests.

statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE…
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1/Short thread alert.

On Sept. 20, a transgender woman was shot six times on the streets of Dallas. For more than a week, we didn't know who she was or how she was faring.

dallasnews.com/news/crime/201… #txlege #LGBT #LGBTQ Cc @LaVendrickS
@LaVendrickS 2/When a 29-year-old man was arrested for the shooting, the affidavit gave us some more details about the crime. In it, the transgender woman said the man who shot her said homo/trans-phobic things.

But I still didn't know who she was.

dallasnews.com/news/crime/201… #txlege #LGBT
@LaVendrickS 3/ The arrest affidavit included a name for the victim. But we knew that probably wasn't the one she used. We didn't include it in our reporting.

Instead, we wrote a longer piece about the most recent attack and anti-trans violence in Texas.

dallasnews.com/news/2019/09/3… #txlege
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1/ Short thread 🎖️

Today, we piggybacked on @thedailytexan story about a #UT student who says he lost his ROTC scholarship due to Trump's ban on #transgender troops.
Since then, we've found out some more details.

dallasnews.com/news/higher-ed… #LGBT #LGBTQ #trans
2/ Map Pesqueira, 19, told @thedailytexan he lost a three-year scholarship he'll begin receiving next school year because he has taken steps to medically transition.

We reached out to the DoD for comment.

dailytexanonline.com/2019/04/16/ut-… #txlege #LGBT #LGBTQ
3/ The DoD told us they were not aware of Pesqueira's case.

But a spokesperson told me the new "policy states that anyone enrolled in ROTC for the upcoming academic year falls under the 2016 policy." Seemingly, this means Pesqueira could keep his scholarship.

So what gives?
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Today, the @TXSBOE will hear public testimony on eliminating Helen Keller, Hillary Clinton and dozens of other people from the state's history curriculum.

Follow me for live tweets from the debate and read this for background: dallasnews.com/news/education… #txlege #txed
@TXSBOE And we're off!

The @TXSBOE has gaveled in. Chair Bahorich says live stream is down, so I'm glad I'm here in person!

First up today is public testimony on the changes to the social studies curriculum. 35 people have signed up to speak. #txlege #txed
@TXSBOE Some curriculum changes have gotten more attention than others.

Yes, Helen Keller and Hillary Clinton (both recommended, not required, to be taught) are on the chopping block.

But there are DOZENS of other proposed changes too.

dallasnews.com/news/education… #txlege
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