Garza implemented the policy just months after the 2020 death of George Floyd prompted nationwide protests and significant changes in policing practices across the country.
The footage showed gunmen standing on the Margaret McDermott Bridge, just west of downtown Dallas, firing weapons into the air as traffic passed below.
“This Afghan national came into America during the Biden administration and as alleged, explicitly stated that he came here in order to kill American citizens."
“There is overwhelming evidence — both direct and circumstantial — of partisan objectives, and any inference that the State inexplicably chose to use racial means is implausible."
In a formal proclamation, Abbott designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations as both a “foreign terrorist organization” and a “transnational criminal organization.”