A woman in Plano, Texas, has been convicted on charges of hate crime after allegedly physically and verbally attacking several Asian American women in 2022. The Collin County District Attorney has announced that 59-year-old Esmeralda Upton was convicted on Friday, June 14, of three misdemeanour assault charges and one misdemeanour charge of terroristic threat. Texas woman Esmeralda Upton convicted in …
When the Texas House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton in the waning days of a regular legislative session, some Texans were shocked that the 121 “yes” votes included every representative from Collin County, where voters and local leaders have long rallied behind the now-suspended official’s vocal brand of conservatism. Abraham George, chair of the Collin …
