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“No one likes being stereotyped, not African-Americans and not cops.”

September 4, 2017 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

The peaceful protest that turned violent on July 7th of last year gave Dallas the most world wide attention it has had since JFK was assassinated over 50 years ago.  I live in a suburb of Dallas and work in the city limits. It was a crazy, scary and sad time but Chief Brown did an excellent job and several people I know began wondering when he’d consider running for office. He retired a few months later- throughout the book he mentions of his plans to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Called to Rise, Called to Rise: A Life in Faithful Service to the Community That Made Me, Chief David O. Brown

Caitlin_D's CBR9 Review No:92 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Called to Rise, Called to Rise: A Life in Faithful Service to the Community That Made Me, Chief David O. Brown ·
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