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Man robbed at gunpoint in driveway
The man had just pulled up to his house around 10:30 p.m. Thursday when three men dressed in black ran out of a black SUV parked nearby. Police said they threatened the man with a gun and demanded his ...
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Thieves stealing tree stakes from Southeast Houston park
"The trees are larger. They have three or four stakes and there are hundreds of them. So they can come in here and they can steal enough to make a good cash haul in one swoop," said ...
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911 calls released from North Texas tornado
Cleburne Police Department released some of the 911 calls from residents as a tornado cut a mile-wide path through part of the North Texas city ...
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Is the student-beating teacher being used as scapegoat?
Without question, the shocking video footage of a Houston school teacher attacking and beating a cowering 13-year-old student shows something wrong and something that should never ever occur in the classroom. But recent revelations surrounding the events leading up to the incident, and the conditions at the school itself, seem to suggest that this teacher was pushed to the limit by a flawed school system, as well as her own lack of training to deal with the rigors of a stressful and provocative teaching environment.
On April 29th Sheri Lynn Davis attacked a student in her class, the footage has now gone viral on the internet and shows an incident that seems to represent a complete breakdown of the system. In the video the 13-year-old student is seen backed into a corner of the room with Davis standing before him in a position indicative of an imminent attack, the boy cowers down at which point the beating begins. Read more
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