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11 Mar, 4 tweets, 5 min read
REAL IMPACT: Last year, @Dave_Boucher1 and I revealed Texas police are using the dubious practice of hypnosis in criminal cases.

Today, we found out officers @TxDPS — the most prolific hypnotists in the state — have ended their hypnosis program.

dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
@Dave_Boucher1 @TxDPS H/t to @Grits4Breakfast for catching this news, revealed in a #txlege hearing — and for being one of the only people in Texas paying attention to police hypnosis before our series last year.

Read the series here: interactives.dallasnews.com/2020/memory-ro…

Free DMN month: dmn.pub/LAURENM
@Dave_Boucher1 @TxDPS @Grits4Breakfast More info:

State police in Texas used hypnosis eight times in 2020 alone. They claimed to have received new evidence from seven of these eight cases.

Three sessions involved murder cases. dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
@Dave_Boucher1 @TxDPS @Grits4Breakfast It's unclear how this development might affect the Charles Don Flores case, in which an inmate is arguing hypnosis helped send him to death row.

Two Texas lawmakers want to ban hypnotically induced testimony in state courts. dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege

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Lauren McGaughy 🌟 Profile picture
12 Mar
ICYMI: Last year, the @dallasnews revealed TX police regularly hypnotize witnesses in criminal investigations, helping send dozens of men & women to prison — some to their deaths.

Yesterday, we learned state police ended their hypnosis program.

dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
2/ The Department of Public Safety would not say its officers ended their hypnosis program due to our investigation, which showed hypnotizing witness can create false memories and lead to wrongful convictions.

No, they said they’d simply moved on to better investigative tools. Image
3/ But state police used hypnosis on investigations at least 8x last year. 3 involved murders, including 1 cold case.

Astonishingly, these officers said they gleaned new evidence at 7 of the 8 hypnosis sessions. Will they use this evidence to build their cases? They didn’t say.
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5 Nov 20
NEW: We obtained a deposition shedding new light on the links between Texas AG Ken Paxton and Nate Paul, the developer linked to corruption allegations.

Paul hired a woman who sources tell us had an affair with Paxton. Story w/ @MorrisReports:
dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
More details in this story: Nate Paul, the developer linked to corruption allegations against Paxton, was deposed this week.

He was asked repeatedly about his relationship with Paxton. The two have known each other for several years, he said.

dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
But when Nate Paul was asked about Ken Paxton’s decision to investigate the developer’s allegations that the FBI violated his rights when it raided his home last year (over objections from top staff) his lawyer asked for a break. Why?

dallasnews.com/news/investiga… #txlege
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26 Jul 20
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…
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7 Oct 19
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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16 Apr 19
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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13 Nov 18
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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