Guyger's arrests get tossed, progressivism at City Hall, Cowboys draft outlook: Your Thursday evening roundup

Prosecutors have dismissed at least nine cases that Amber Guyger investigated when she was still a Dallas police officer, months before she shot and killed Botham Jean in his home.  [Evening roundup]( 04/25/2019 By Wayne Carter Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( At least four cases investigated by Amber Guyger when she was a Dallas police officer have been dismissed due to her indictment on a murder charge for fatally shooting her neighbor, Botham Jean, in September 2018. (File Photos) CRIME & COURTS [Drug suspects arrested by Amber Guyger get a pass, thanks to her murder case]( Prosecutors [have dismissed at least nine cases that Amber Guyger investigated]( when she was still a Dallas police officer, months before she shot and killed Botham Jean in his home. Dallas County prosecutors in one case wrote that they were seeking the dismissal because the fired officer was "indicted for murdering an innocent man in his own home," court records show. Four dismissed cases stem from the arrest of two men during a January 2018 traffic stop by Guyger and another officer. Three were drug charges. The fourth, unlawfully carrying a weapon, was also dismissed and the gun was returned. But prosecutors' motion to dismiss that case was not found in the court file. Judges have dismissed at least five additional cases at prosecutors' request since the shooting where Guyger was the arresting officer, court records show. But prosecutors did not reference Guyger in their motions to dismiss the cases. Most of those are also drug cases. White-collar crime: A federal magistrate judge ruled Thursday that a surgeon and two others convicted in the Forest Park Medical Center bribery scheme [can remain free until sentencing.]( Car chase: A theft suspect [led police on a chase from Mesquite to Dallas]( authorities say. ADVERTISEMENT EDITORIAL & COMMENTARY [Empty progressive promises are fueling politics at Dallas City Hall]( From The Dallas Morning News Editorial Board: What’s more cliche than an empty promise in campaign season? A progressive bloc of Dallas City Council members delivered just that to city’s poor Wednesday, sitting on a moral high horse and thundering demands of equality and fairness at — well at whom exactly? Led by mayoral candidate Scott Griggs and council member Philip Kingston, the council voted 10-4 to give City Hall the power to force all businesses in the city to offer paid sick leave to employees. [The vote was not based in reality, however]( — something all 10 council members should have known as they delivered an empty symbol to a council chamber filled with activists for organized labor, democratic socialists and a group that raises funds to provide abortions to low-income women.   Community effort: Dallas needs more police officers, but even more, [we need citizens to step up for public safety]( writes Reid Porter.   Race strategy: Pete Buttigieg and Beto O'Rourke are pursuing different strategies [as they vie for Best New Face in the Democratic Party]( writes Carl P. Leubsdorf.  SPORTS [Jon Machota's 7-round Cowboys mock draft: Dallas lands versatile defenders, Ezekiel Elliott's new backup]( If the Cowboys don't swing any trades, they'll be making only six picks in this weekend's draft. That's their lowest total since 2010 when they drafted six players but also used a seventh-round supplemental pick on defensive tackle Josh Brent. Over the last three years, they've had nine picks in each draft. One way to gain another selection would be trading back from No. 58, if there are several players available that are graded relatively the same. For this draft exercise, though, [we'll have Dallas keeping the six picks it currently owns.](  Mock draft roundup: Here's who experts have the Dallas Cowboys [selecting with the 58th pick.](   Sitting pretty: The Cowboys are [focusing on their bright future with Amari Cooper]( as they wait out tonight's first round of the NFL draft.  ADVERTISEMENT (Rose Baca/Staff Photographer) PHOTO OF THE DAY A worker uses a small torch to caramelize sugar on top of a Matcha Creme Brulee latte at La La Land Kind Cafe in East Dallas. Made with house-made vanilla syrup and steamed milk, [its dessert-like deliciousness could make you forget that matcha is good for you]( writes Tina Danze. You’re on the clock! How well do you know the Dallas Cowboys’ draft history? [Take this quiz to find out]( Also, [check out]( who the SportsDay experts have the Dallas Cowboys selecting with the 58th pick. Life is better at the ballpark. Enter to win two tickets and a free parking pass to see Texas Rangers vs St. Louis Cardinals at the Globe Life Park in Arlington on Sunday, May 19, 2019. The game starts at 2:05 p.m.! [Click here to enter to win]( EDITORS' PICKS - Plane facts: Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said Thursday that the airline [might end its longstanding strategy of flying only Boeing 737s]( in the wake of the Max 8 crisis. - False alarm: Farmers Branch police said Thursday that there's no public danger [after an initial report Wednesday of an armed rapist.]( - Carrying contraband: Four people were arrested after leading police on chase into South Dallas [in a U-Haul carrying stolen motorcycles.]( FINALLY... [From highest peaks to ocean deeps, Dallas businessman Victor Vescovo is making history]( Roughly 4 miles under the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Victor Vescovo descended in an airtight titanium ball inside a state-of-the-art submersible and trained its bright lights on the moonlike floor below. The 53-year-old Dallas businessman and lifelong adventurer was likely the first person to lay eyes on the expanse before him. His Five Deeps Expedition is exploring the deepest points of each of Earth's five oceans. When Vescovo completes the ambitious undertaking, it will put him in the history books as the first to climb the highest peaks of all seven continents, ski to the North and South poles, and reach the deepest ocean depths. He's finished off three dives. [Next week's descent to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench is his most daunting — and dangerous — yet.]( 👋 That's all for this afternoon! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 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