Dallas Police Turned Down Donation From Group Led By Dallas Mavs CEO Cynthia Marshall

Style Magazine Newswire | 8/3/2018, 8:59 a.m.
The Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia Marshall had planned to bring breakfast to police as a gesture to recognizes the Dallas …
Dallas Mavs CEO Cynthia Marshall

Source: DallasNews.com

The Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia Marshall had planned to bring breakfast to police as a gesture to recognizes the Dallas officers killed in the July 7th ambush as well as two black men killed by police across the nation earlier that same week in 2016. But that didn't happen, and CEO Cynthia Marshall told KTVT-TV (Channel 11) it was cancelled because her group's call for unity included honoring Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, who were killed by police in Louisiana and Missouri in July 2016. According to Dallas News, following the breakfast a moment of silence for officers followed by a donation of $7,250 to the department. Dallas police turned down the donation "in response to internal member feedback and the current mood within our organization." The event was part of a grassroots movement Marshall started called #BB725 — it promotes unity between the public and law enforcement.

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