Mayor Eric Johnson called a Dallas City Council special meeting June 5 in response to reports of police misconduct.
“Fifty-five years later, on June 1, peaceful protester in Dallas marched across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge to protest police reform and police brutality here in Dallas.
On June 2, Police Chief Renee Hall publically defended their position, tactics and actions in regard to peaceful protesters.
Among the diverse group of speakers, some called for Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall to resign or be fired, defund the police department, end the war on Black people by the DPD and/or invest in the police oversight committee.
“In an article in D Magazine by Tim Cato, he writes that ‘Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall told reporters that protesters marching on the bridge would lead to arrests.