Downtown protest organizer arrested on trespassing charge
Source: Associated Press
Downtown protest organizer arrested on trespassing charge
Claudia Lauer, Associated Press
Updated 7:28 pm, Wednesday, August 10, 2016
DALLAS (AP) — The organizer of a demonstration in downtown Dallas to protest police use of force against black people was arrested about an hour before the start of the Wednesday event, which the city's police chief had asked him to cancel.
Dominique Alexander, founder of the Next Generation Action Network, was arrested on a trespassing charge outside City Hall, said Kim Cole, the group's attorney. The demonstration proceeded as scheduled, with about two dozen people attending.
The group also organized the July 7 protest and march that ended in the sniper shooting deaths of five police officers. Earlier in the afternoon, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said he wouldn't meet with organizers of the protest unless they cancel any future downtown demonstrations.
Brown posted his email exchange with Alexander to a police blog Wednesday a few hours before the 6:30 p.m. protest. In the email exchange, Alexander agreed to compromise by making the event a rally instead of a march. But Brown said holding the events downtown poses a tactical threat to police regardless.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Dallas-police-chief-asks-group-to-stop-downtown-9135001.php
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