… University officials earlier this month appealed The Dallas Morning News’ public records request for the bodycam footage to the Texas Attorney General’s Office to prevent the release of information.
Knotts died Nov. 29 after he ran away from UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, where Hutchins police brought him for a mental health evaluation.
UT Southwestern police chased Knotts, who suffered from paranoia, handcuffed him and struggled to get him inside a police car, according to the only publicly available police report of what occurred at the hospital. They brought him back to the hospital, where he died. …
This man was killed on November 29, 2022, almost a year ago, and police still haven’t even released the names of the cops who did it.
James Madison agreed