Fort Worth officer remembered, Confederate memorial issue, UT, UNT win big games: Your weekend roundup

September 16,  2018 By Todd Davis and Tommy Cummings Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines of the weekend so far ⛈️ Weather: Scattered thunderstorms possible in the afternoon. Rain chances are 50%. High of 91, low of 76. Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald announces the death of officer Garrett Hull, a 17-year veteran of the department who was killed trying to thwart a robbery at a Fort Worth bar the morning of Sept. 14, 2018. (NBC5) CRIME Fort Worth officer killed in robbery was the 'rock' who held his unit together Fort Worth police officer Garrett Hull was a 17-year veteran of the force. He died Friday night after trying to stop a robbery. Garrett Hull was the glue who held his Fort Worth police unit together — a rock who loved the department so much he came back to serve it after he left it for two years. On Friday morning, Hull was shot in the head while investigating a robbery at a Fort Worth bar. He died at 9:40 that night at John Peter Smith Hospital. ["We've lost a true hero,"  Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald said shortly after midnight that night.]( "Someone that has dedicated more than one tour of service to this great city was senselessly killed by three known criminals, two of which are in custody now." Dallas County: A man suspected of intentionally crashing his truck into [KDFW-TV building out has been released by the Sheriff's Department](. Mesquite: The owner of a home daycare operation has been arrested and [accused of mistreating infants and toddlers under her care.]( Race relations Dallas must deal with its 'monument to white supremacy' From city columnist Robert Wilonsky: Dallas City Hall live-streams and records and posts to its website every meeting of the Dallas City Council. But the video shot during Wednesday's meeting is incomplete: Approximately 34 restive minutes are missing from The Official Record. Into those 34 minutes of turbulence stepped the Rev. Michael Waters, founder of Joy Tabernacle A.M.E. Church on Holmes Street in South Dallas. Dressed head to toe in dark blue, his top adorned with a button featuring the smiling visage of Botham Jean, Waters — the activist, author and professor — strode to the lectern reserved for people addressing the council. The mic was muted, but it didn't matter. The room quieted as he approached the podium; we could hear Waters' roar even in the back rows. [Waters began by addressing not the fresh wound, but an ancient one still raw: the Confederate War Memorial in the founders' cemetery just outside City Hall](. Watchdog: [Why I became a honorary member of the Ku Klux Klan](, and what I did with the membership card. Commentary: I see now that [race is more of a factor in policing than I've wanted to believe](. college football The sequence that caused No. 15 TCU to implode against No. 4 Ohio State, 40-28 ARLINGTON -- TCU played powerful Ohio State on Saturday night to get a feel for where its young team is three games into the season, coach Gary Patterson said. The verdict: [Good enough to push the No. 4 Buckeyes into the fourth quarter but not ready yet to close the deal.]( TCU gave up an eight-point lead in the third quarter during a disastrous sequence and could not recover, losing 40-28 before a turnout of 64,362 at AT&T Stadium. A stretch of less than five minutes of game-time during the third quarter doomed the Frogs (2-1). In that implosion, there was a 20-point swing in the score. Texas 37, USC 14: A record crowd and 900th victory as a program: [Is win against No. 22 USC Tom Herman's biggest at Texas](? UNT 44, Arkansas 17: [How the Mean Green stunned Arkansas]( and won their first game against an SEC opponent since 1975. Texas Tech 63, Houston 49: [Freshman QB Alan Bowman had a record-setting day]( as the Red Raiders defeat Houston. Texas A&M 48, Louisiana-Monroe 10: [Texas A&M knows it wasn't at its best against ULM](, so here's what needs to change before the Alabama game. Oklahoma 37, Iowa State 27: [No. 5 Oklahoma holds off Iowa State]( in its first game without RB Rodney Anderson. Duke 40, Baylor 27: [An early deficit was too much for Baylor]( to overcome, as the Bears fell to Duke in the first loss of the season. (Louis DeLuca/Staff Photographer) Photo of the WEEKEND SMU safety Brice Madison (34), safety Patrick Nelson (2) and other teammates watch a replay you can see on the video board behind them during the first quarter while facing Michigan on the road Saturday. [SMU dropped to 0-3 on the season with the 45-20 loss](. Around The Site - Galveston: A man is accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend's cat with a kitchen knife and then [pinned it on his 4-year-old boy who fired an AK-47 in their home.]( - El Paso: A 22-year-old man is in jail, charged with murder in the [shooting deaths of three teenagers Friday at an apartment complex.]( - South Texas: A border agent has been arrested by authorities hunting a serial [killer who's terrorized women in the Laredo area this month.]( - Stamp of approval: [President Donald Trump endorses Pete Sessions]( for re-election to Congress. - Big week for book fans: Sally Field, Dave Eggers, Craig Johnson, Sarah Bird [among authors visiting Dallas-Fort Worth.]( - Commentary: More immigration does not lead to more crime, [writes Alex R. Piquero, University of Texas at Dallas professor.]( - Review: The Fort Worth Symphony sounded good in an all-Tchaikovsky concert from [Miguel Harth-Bedoya, critic Scott Cantrell writes.]( Finally... Are the Cowboys and Giants living in the past? From sports columnist Tim Cowlishaw NBC loves this historic matchup because you've got the biggest market in the league (and by far the more popular of the two teams sharing that market) against the constant ratings success that is the Cowboys. Fans like to live in the past. Between them, the Giants and Cowboys own nine of the NFC's 27 Super Bowl victories, even if Dallas' most recent triumph pushes some memories to the limit. [And yet these storied franchises leave us scratching our heads today](, wondering if maybe their determination to relive the past doesn't represent some kind of glaring mistake. Giants at Cowboys, 7:20 p.m. tonight, NBC: [Check out our predictions.]( 👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? 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