Author: Shawn Williams

Comments from Paris Texas

Comments from Paris Texas

I thought I would compile some of the comments that I have received recently from people who live in Paris, Texas. From Paris Girl: I am from Paris, Texas. I still live here to this day and I graduated from Paris High School and was a part of PISD for...

News Coverage of Rickey Smiley led Protest in Paris Texas

News Coverage of Rickey Smiley led Protest in Paris Texas

On Tuesday, comedian and radio host Rickey Smiley led a protest at the courthouse in Paris, Texas for racial justice and equality.  Mr. Smiley is host of The Rickey Smiley Morning Show here in Dallas.  Here are some links whrere you can find coverage of the events from Dallas TV...

Chicago Tribune updates Shaquanda Cotton case and power of African-American Blog Community

Chicago Tribune updates Shaquanda Cotton case and power of African-American Blog Community

The Chicago Tribune and Howard Witt were really the catalyst for the nationwide interest in the story of Shaquanda Cotton. Check out the front page Chicago Tribune story here detailing how the sentences of 4,700 delinquent youths now being held in Texas' juvenile prisons might have been arbitrarily and unfairly...

Meeting Tyrone Brown – Dallas Man Freed after excessive sentence

Meeting Tyrone Brown – Dallas Man Freed after excessive sentence

God is good.  I went to church Monday night, like I do every Monday night looking forward to fellowship with the brothers in our men's meeting. When I walked through the doors and shook off my umbrella from the rain that had set in, I saw two men that I...

Judge Superville expains his thoughts on verdict of 14 year old’s case in Paris Texas

Judge Superville expains his thoughts on verdict of 14 year old’s case in Paris Texas

More information is coming out which is one of the good thing of the attention that this story has gotten. Here is Judge Superville’s side from the Paris News. Hopefully the healing process is about to begin. Superville: Look at all the facts By Mary Madewell The Paris News Published...

Top Ten Misperceptions and Miscalculations relating to the Paris Texas Story

Top Ten Misperceptions and Miscalculations relating to the Paris Texas Story

I have had a chance to speak to a number of residents in Paris, Texas regarding the fallout from the sentencing of a 14 year-old student invovled in shoving a hall monitor at school.  The story has taken on a life of its own on the internet, television, and here...

Dallas Police Officer Shot and Killed in West Dallas

Dallas Police Officer Shot and Killed in West Dallas

Please keep the family of Senior Cpl. Mark T. Nix in your prayers.  The 33-year-old Dallas Police officer was killed on Friday in a shootout in West Dallas.  

Paris Texas Schools Help/Fail African-American Students Just Like The Rest

Paris Texas Schools Help/Fail African-American Students Just Like The Rest

Broken Schools  Last summer my cousin Tina alerted me to some protests that were going on in Paris.  To her knowledge, the Black Panthers and Texas NAACP were participating in the demonstrations along with community leaders that would target the Paris Independent School District (PISD).  Everything that I knew about...

Paris Texas Case Highlights Challenges Faced by Black Children Across the Country

Paris Texas Case Highlights Challenges Faced by Black Children Across the Country

I'm going to come address the situation in Paris from three different angles: Broken Homes Broken Schools Broken Justice  Disclaimer:  I do not know Shaquanda Cotton nor her mother Creola Cotton.  I am a graduate of Paris High School and I have two nephews and a godson currently enrolled at...

K.P. gets 15 of 16 Sweet 16 teams in Week 1

K.P. gets 15 of 16 Sweet 16 teams in Week 1

The Dallas South Challenge is on, and Kevin Posey is the leader in the clubhouse with 56 points.  Mr. Posey's basketball brain was the biggest, predicting 15 of the 16 teams left in the tournament.  The top three point earners stack up like this. 1.  Kevin Posey      56 points 2. ...