Grits for Breakfast

Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention: TX Senate Committees May Only Meet 2-3 Times : The Texas Legislature...

The University of Houston polled 1,329 Texans on numerous criminal-justice topics, including state Rep. Senfronia Thompson's George Flo...

In a roundup a few weeks ago, Grits pointed to a new academic study analyzing Dallas police shootings which associated a "point and ...

Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza is trying to change Grits' mind about "progressive prosecutors." He hasn't succ...

Videos used to train Austin police officers in the cadet academy contribute to bias, stereotypes, and model disproportionate application of ...

Grits noticed the bad news that the Harris County Jail population has ballooned back up near capacity, as  reported by Gabby Banks at the H...

Several police unions have joined together to create a new website called Texas Police Facts aiming to convince the Texas Legislature there...

Lets' clear a few browser tabs with a roundup of recent items that may have escaped Texans' attention while our Attorney General was...

Last month, Grits argued that Austin's police academy needs stem to stern revision and Mayor Steve Adler's push to re-open it in Ma...

Out of Keller, TX comes the Lone Star State's latest police misconduct case with bystander video gone viral. Cops used a Class C arrest ...

In 2020, the phrase "defund the police" captured the public imagination, for good or ill, and became the centerpiece of conservati...

Houston police Chief Art Acevedo says HPD won't change its policies after three high-speed chases in one night, all of them initially st...

Last week, Grits considered responding to Austin-bashing press conference by the US Attorney for Texas' Western District, but the phony ...