20211115 Letter to Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board about the actions of DART Police

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November 15, 2021 Edward H. Sebesta 1502 Seevers Ave. Dallas, TX 75216 edwardsebesta@gmail.com Michele Wong Krause Chair Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board 1401 Pacific Ave. Dallas, TX 75202 Dear Ms. Krause: I am writing to you about two incidents in Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) police officers claimed authority based on the false assertion that we were standing on DART real estate property when in fact not only were we not on DART property, but nowhere near DART property. It wasn’t a matter of determining some boundary by the exact amount of feet or knowing the accurate measurements, it simply wasn’t even close. It maybe that DART police have some authority by some agreement with the city or some ordinance with the City, and if you feel so, please provide the specific ordinance in a manner that it can actually be found in the City of Dallas, Dallas County, or State of Texas codes, with the text of the ordinance or agreement. However, whether you had or didn’t have authority under some municipal code or agreement, the assertions that were made claiming authority on the basis that the property we were standing on was owned by DART is still a falsehood. I am not a lawyer, but I think you should consider the following points. 1. If an individual police officer made such a claim of DART property ownership knowing it to be false, that officer’s testimony in court that he might have been made in the past should be called into question and to the extent the testimony’s credibility is based on his honesty, it needs to be considered whether if it is still valid, and any convictions depending solely on it should be overturned. I don’t think it is unreasonable to speculate that if someone stated a falsehood in one situation that they might state a falsehood in court. 2. If it was a general known practice of DART police offers to make claims of property ownership knowing them to be false, I would think that the testimony in general that DART police officers might have made in court should be called into question and to the extent its credibility is based on an officer’s honesty, it needs to be considered if it still valid, and any convictions depending solely on it should be overturned.


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20211115 Letter to Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board about the actions of DART Police by Edward H. Sebesta - Issuu