Youth assault cops, photojournalist with fireworks ., page 2

For those of you who may be wondering why the cops were on the scene to begin with, please keep in mind that many areas of Texas have received very little rain and actually put a 90 day ban on fireworks. Especially the bottle rocket and roman candle variety that were being carelessly fired in the video.

These same people shooting off roman candles at the cops would probably blame the fire department and the police if they accidentally set their own public housing complex on fire with these banned fireworks. Its always someone else's fault.

Dallas County has implemented a 90-day outdoor burn ban due to drought conditions that have created a higher potential for wildfires.

"In a County-wide survey of unincorporated areas the vegetation has become very dry and dangerous. While the wild land fire activity in Dallas County has been very minor and does not yet meet the normal criteria for instituting a burn ban, the State of Texas has issued a State of Disaster Declaration under Section 418.015 of the Code, and requested that all counties who have not yet issued burn bans do so," the Dallas County Commissioners Court said in a news release Tuesday.

Under the 90-day ban, residents are prohibited from open-acre fires, fireworks and burning trash. There are exceptions to these rules, one being that you can still burn trash if you live somewhere that does not have waste removal services and if you meet other residency requirements. Fireworks will be permitted in unincorporated areas of Dallas County only with a permit. Violators will be issued a citation -- a Class C misdemeanor.