If you were like me, you were flipping channels last night between 10 and 11 pm looking for the TV coverage of the [tag]Dallas poker raids[/tag]. And unless I missed something (always possible) you found nothing on Channel 4, Channel 5, CW-33, Channel 8, Channel 11, CNN, FoxNews, or G4. Kinda strange, since at least one news crew was riding along with all three of the simultaneous busts.
But not really … it seems the story just got bumped, because there was so much other big local criminal news on the same weekend that the Dallas Police Department deployed 60 officers (est.) to three different locales with three paddy wagons and a cache of paramilitary weaponry to break up a disorganized misdemeanor ring.
- The FBI was arresting a DPD senior corporal. Not only was Jose Luis Cabrera being ballyhooed for running the first ever \”Spanish language citizen\’s police academy,\” but also he was allegedly trafficking cocaine out of his house.
- A Dallas police officer got shot in an Oak Cliff shopping center. Officer TK is reportedly in good condition.
- A Dallas cop had to shoot a man during a traffic stop.
- Dallas cops are searching for a serial armed robber who has recently hit nine stores near Valley View Mall.
- A Dallas cop working security at Club Rio (not to be confused with the site of the WSOP) was struck in the head with a beer bottle.
- A Dallas police officer is under investigation after angrily flashing his badge and manhandling a Whataburger cashier over a Whatameal change dispute.
So you can see that the Dallas 5-0 and the media covering them have had a busy weekend with stuff more important than a bunch of guys (and a few gals) sitting around a table playing a game.