The Dallas Police Department (DPD) recently shared with The Dallas Express details of some of the violent crimes that occurred last month in City Councilman Adam Bazaldua’s district.
District 7 is largely located south of Interstate 30, running across much of South Dallas (including Fair Park). Its eastern flank ends at the boundary between Dallas and Mesquite, before Interstate 635.
As previously reported in The Dallas Express, this region had the most reported instances of violent crime out of all 14 city districts in January, according to the City of Dallas Open Data crime analytics dashboard.
The vast majority of these crimes go uncovered by local media, but The Dallas Express is intent on spotlighting the severity of criminal activity in the city and its impact on Dallas residents.
On January 6, for instance, a man was shot in the back in an apartment complex parking lot at 2410 Robert B. Cullum Blvd. He and another individual had apparently made arrangements to sell cologne to the suspects, according to DPD.
Upon their arrival, as the victim and his associate exited their vehicle, at least two unknown suspects allegedly began shooting, hitting the victim at least once. The two would-be cologne vendors managed to leave the scene. The victim was taken to a local hospital and received medical attention.
The next day, a violent carjacking occurred in the parking lot of the Stay Express Inn in the 8300 block of East R. L. Thornton Freeway. Four unknown suspects allegedly pummeled a man — one of them pistol-whipping him — before taking his vehicle and fleeing the scene. The investigation is currently ongoing, DPD told The Dallas Express.
On January 8, at around 1:30 a.m., police found a man who had been severely beaten lying in the center median of the road outside CJ’s Billiards and Sports Bar on Military Parkway. A witness told DPD they had seen an unknown suspect beat the victim and steal his belongings, leaving the man seriously injured in the street.
Bazaldua’s district is on track to have the most reported instances of violent crime in February, too, clocking 88 incidents so far as of Tuesday, according to City data.
A request for comment was sent to Councilman Bazaldua’s office regarding the violent crime in his district, but no response was received by press time.
The Dallas Express, The People’s Paper, believes that important information about the city, such as crime rates and trends, should be easily accessible to you. Dallas has more crime per capita than hotspots like Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and New York, according to data from the FBI’s UCR database.
How did your area stack up on crime? Check out our interactive Crime Map to compare all Dallas City Council Districts. Curious how we got our numbers? Check out our methodology page here.
For more Dallas crime-related news, see how violent crime spiked YOY in Adam Bazaldua’s District 7.
Often referred to as “The Great Pretender”, Councilman Adam Bazaldua likely is very, very soft on penalizing violent crime.
Amen!
Amen to what; passing the Willie Horton ‘torch’ of fear and anxiety?
There is no fear here, even when they were burning cross’s or remembering a 14 year old boy who was beaten and lynched in Mississippi.
Amen to God never to you. I guess you have a torch for Willie Horton, keep carrying it, that’s between you and God because I am not your Savior.
Amen to fear-mongering fanatical media spreading hate and discontent….and their clueless followers.
R Reason, glad you pointed yourself out. Way to go buddy!
The State Prosecutors office has that duty and responsibility. The only thing that a Councilman can do is to use local votes to change the FOCUS of Law Enforcement Agencies.
IF you wish to do something about this then the entire council is to blame if there is no arrest for crime.
He’s a councilman. He has nothing to do with crime in his district. The people in his district need to turn in their criminal family members. The cops need to make certain neighborhoods hot. Run these thugs out the hood. Arrest them and the judges need to throw the book at them.
Like the criminals say “it’s not a crime unless you get caught” so it is also unknow until it gets reported,
The citizens in the South Dallas area were heavy VOTERS, it was mostly the elderly who took pride in the neighborhood. This councilman doesn’t give a crap and the church are not calling him out. I don’t know if he is up for election on May 6 but he need to go.
He is out for the PAYCHECKS that he get from you SOUTH DALLAS.
Adam Bazaldua is on the May 6th Ballot. He even voted for that Agenda Item #22.
I hope they VOTE him out! Please go to the Polls.
Congratulations to Dallas Express for another useless hit piece on a Dallas City Councilperson. Councilpeople DO NOT police the streets. Councilpeople DO NOT prosecute criminals. Councilpeople DO NOT choose the socio-economic status of their constituents.
These stories are only meant to throw red meat to your preferred audience by creating FAKE NEWS that local councilpeople are totally responsible for the crime in their district.
You keep it real. The Council and the Councilman CAN and DO determine what crimes to focus on, along with the police. If the Councilman wants to become political about crime, then the prosecutor and police will respond.
Sorry this not Red Meat or FAKE NEW, you need too READ! That’s why are communities look like a CRIME SCENE. Once these citizens in his District to sit on their porch and walk to their mailboxes, that was their exercise.
World War II veterans bought homes through the GI Bill. Now we allow all of their beautiful homes and flowers in their yards.
Now it littered with trash because people dump trash in their yards. Yes he need to be replaced, walk the neighborhood with him or ride the neighborhood with a policeman and you ride with them.
As a 74 year old native of South Dallas, I find it offensive that your article refers to crime in South Dallas and then goes on to describe one in South Dallas and two in Pleasant Grove/East Dallas. Perhaps your article should have referred to crime in District 7. Media outlets describe crime in “South Dallas” that clearly occurs in Oak Cliff or even southern Dallas suburbs. Get your geography straight.
Ms. Dixon , I am 74 sometimes we have to call out politicians, it doesn’t matter about the politicians or party. Crime is rampant in the southern part of Dallas. We pay taxes and we should be represented.
Our problem is we VOTE the same representatives, state senator, councilman and councilwoman in. They smile in our faces and you never see them again, until they run.
Mr. John H. Johnson and Martin Luther King both said just because they look like you doesn’t mean they will help you.
We have people who have been in office for a long time but what are they doing.
Can’t blame the police for everything.
As Michael Jackson song said it all look at the man in the MIRROR.
Thank you for providing this information. Somehow the Dallas Mayor has a different report and informs us that crime is lowering. When I continue to read about crime, I find his reports hard to believe.
Accounting tricks.
• Inflating revenue assumptions
• Counting borrowed money as income
• Understating the true costs of government
• Delaying the payment of bills
Maybe in his gated neighborhood. Hmmm!
Not sure how any councilmen can stop crime. The lack of quality parenting, decency, discipline, morality, and fear of God are more likely to blame.
This started centuries ago. You can’t make it a crime for people to be educated, deny basic human decencies, and not expect this.
Criminal behavior simply gets passed down from generation to generation. (White collar as well as blue). There’s plenty of blame to go around.
But a council person ain’t on my list of people to blame.