After my reporting on Ericka Lomick, who later suspended her campaign for Texas House District 93, I started digging into another candidate currently asking Texans to send her to Austin. Meet Brittany Black. Black is the Democratic nominee for Texas House District 61 in Collin County. She is running against Republican incumbent State Rep. Keresa Richardson and Green Party candidate Anissa Chilmeran in the November 3 general election. Black describes herself as a senior software engineer and business owner whose work has supported the Department of Defense, NASA and the State Department. She campaigns on what she calls “accountability, affordability and action.” But campaign websites are designed to tell voters the best version of a candidate’s story. Police reports, court records and arrest records sometimes tell a much more… different one. Her records go back at least to 2005, when court paperwork later recovered by police showed that Black had been placed on conditional discharge for driving while her license was suspended. Then came April 16, 2006. According to a Johnson County Sheriff’s report, a deputy clocked Black traveling approximately 86 mph in a 65-mph zone on I-57. When law enforcement attempted to stop her, police say Black did not pull over. Instead, she continued onto I-24 and accelerated. The pursuit reportedly reached approximately 120 MPH. Police said Black passed vehicles while fleeing before ultimately losing control of the vehicle and crashing into a ditch. She was cited for aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude police, driving while her license was suspended and speeding 120 mph in a 65-mph zone. According to the deputy’s report, officers discovered a small straw containing white residue inside Black’s wallet. The deputy wrote that when he questioned her about illegal drugs, Black referenced the straw and reportedly stated that she had not used “coke” for approximately nine months. The straw was submitted for forensic testing. Illinois State Police laboratory testing identified the residue as cocaine. Black ultimately pleaded guilty to felony possession of a controlled substance. lack entered Illinois’ first-offender probation program, meaning the court withheld a final judgment while she completed probation. After successfully completing that program, the cocaine case did NOT result in a final felony conviction. The aggravated-fleeing charge was also dismissed. (Weird IMO) But this part is STILL true, regardless of how much she pushes back… Black pleaded guilty to felony cocaine possession after a police pursuit that officers said reached approximately 120 mph. And according to the police report, Black told the deputy she fled because she did not have a valid driver’s license and knew it was suspended. Police then found paperwork inside her vehicle documenting the earlier suspended-license matter. Less than TWO MONTHS later, Black was dealing with law enforcement again. Court records allege that on June 7, 2006, Black slapped her then-boyfriend in the face. She was charged with domestic battery. A second count alleged that Black slapped another woman, identified in reporting as her boyfriend’s mother, in the face as well. Those charges were ultimately dismissed after prosecutors were unable to subpoena the alleged victims and witnesses. Then came 2008. On June 11, 2008, Black was booked for disorderly conduct in Champaign County. Police records cited in subsequent reporting describe the incident as a drunken fight in the street. Roughly six weeks later, Black was arrested again, this time for criminal damage to property. Continue on for part 2 in thread 👇 Yes… there’s more.