Death investigation, racist memes, Trump's Texan judge picks: Your Thursday evening roundup

September 28,  2017 By Holly Rusak Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? [It's here](. The Timpa family claims their son Tony was killed by force used by Dallas police officers. Timpa died near the front of a Jimmy John's on West Mockingbird Lane after leaving New Fine Arts down the block. (Andy Jacobsohn/Staff Photographer) Investigations Police responded to his 911 call for help. He died. What happened to Tony Timpa? A man named Tony was dead in mysterious circumstances. That’s all that was in the tip that Cary Aspinwall got in August 2016. [The investigative reporter spent more than a year searching for answers](. Dallas police refused all her requests for 911 calls and footage from the body cameras worn by officers who responded, claiming there was an ongoing investigation into the death. A year later, the case still hasn’t gone to a grand jury — but a lawsuit claims Tony Timpa died at the hands of Dallas police, after he called 911 for help. We work for you: [Our most popular investigative stories](. SPECIAL OFFER For a limited time, newsletter readers can enjoy unlimited digital access to DallasNews.com for only $2.99 a week. [Sign up today]( and stay informed about the latest news that's important to you. The photos include (clockwise from top left) a slave being whipped, Michael Brown and former Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the World Trade Center, a KKK cross-burning rally and Lee Harvey Oswald after he was shot. richardson isd Memes at Pearce High include KKK burning rival Richardson High on a cross Some alumni, parents and students at [J.J. Pearce High School were shocked to see racist memes making the rounds on social media this week](. Others say they saw it coming. Richardson ISD and city police are trying to identify who's responsible for the offensive pictures, the district said. If the culprit turn out to be students, they will be disciplined accordingly, said Chris Moore, the district's chief communications officer. One meme depicts a burning cross with Richardson High's emblem in the flames and a group of klansmen bearing the J.J. Pearce logo in the background. Another picture depicts a slave being whipped by a slave driver, their faces covered by each school's name. Another shows Michael Brown and former Ferguson, Mo., officer Darren Wilson, who killed the teen in a shooting that triggered riots and fueled the Black Lives Matter movement. Murder arrest: White Settlement [police arrested brothers Kyle Garrison, 17, Tyee Garrison, 18, and Sean Garrison, 23, in the fatal shooting of Xavier Olesko](,18, outside a home last week. Commentary: [Bitter divisions ranging from Trump to Confederate statues mark the untelling of the American story](, writes contributor Fr. Joshua J. Whitfield. In this 2015 file photo, Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett, left, asks a question during oral arguments at the state Supreme Court in Austin,  (Eric Gay/AP) politics Trump picks Texas conservatives Willett and Ho for powerful appeals court President Donald Trump on Thursday announced his [intent to nominate two Texans to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals](. One is Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett, a colorful social media maven who was once floated as a contender for the U.S. Supreme Court. The other is James Ho, a Dallas attorney and former Texas solicitor general who would be the first Asian Pacific American to serve on the court. Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both Republicans, recommended Willett and Ho, also both Republicans, for the powerful appeals court following a review by the bipartisan Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, the senators said in a statement. Other picks: While Sen. John Cornyn is reconsidering, Sen. [Ted Cruz still supports federal judge nominee Jeff Mateer](, who once described transgender children as part of "Satan's plan." Taxing questions: [Four things we still don't know about the GOP's plan to overhaul the tax code](. Unfair? AT&T and other broadband providers [asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Obama-era "net neutrality" rule](. Advertisement (Tom Fox/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Day A few of old homes remain on Payne Street in the Dallas neighborhood once known as Little Mexico. The houses were listed under Charlie Villasana's parents' estate. The longtime Little Mexico resident has put off selling his more than $1.3 million dollars worth of property. While Little Mexico nearly gone in Uptown, [here’s what remains](. Around The Site Quick links - Trial begins: The former vice president of H-E-B and co-creator of Central Market who is accused of [possessing sexually explicit photos and videos of children could face up to 600 years in prison](. - Watchdog: [Has my identity been stolen](? An anonymous report sent to Dave Lieber proves it'd be that easy. - Commentary: Why [Valley View mall, which was supposed to be gone by now]([,]( remains a zombieland, writes City Columnist Robert Wilonsky. - Child porn charge: A former Garland school district teacher who is [charged with trading in child pornography had a lifelike adolescent sex doll in his home](, a federal complaint said. (DMN) Finally... Love photojournalism? Videos? Cool fall evenings? Please join us Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Dallas' Klyde Warren Park, 2012 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, as The Dallas Morning News photographers present a free 90-minute show of some of their favorite and most iconic work. [Get more details here](. 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