University of North Texas' Germaine Dawson
Sometimes I receive the saddest email here at the Stash. Last week I get this:
Yesterday I was told that an aquaintince of mine has been missing since wednesday after he drove to oakcliff in downtown dallas to deliver TWO OUNCES of pot to some people I dont know. Today I recieved news today that he’s been found in his car riddled with bullets.
And then the report from the Dallas Morning News, which mentions nothing about marijuana:
Germaine Lance Dawson, 21, who played football for four years at UNT, had a single gunshot wound to the head when he was found in a white SUV near a Lewisville auto repair business. He had been missing since Thursday.
No weapons were found in the vehicle, and police declined to say if there were signs of a struggle.
Dawson’s girlfriend reported him missing shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday, Denton police spokesman Ryan Grelle said.
Apparently my emailer was correct, for the North Texas college newspaper reported Thursday:
Lewisville police arrested and booked Ryan Treanard Harrison, 18, of Dallas, for the murder of NT student Germaine Dawson at about 7 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of Creek Cove Drive in Dallas.
Harrison was arraigned Wednesday morning in lieu of a $250,000 bond, said Capt. Kevin Deaver of the Lewisville Police Department.
According to the arrest affidavit, Dawson’s girlfriend told police he went to Dallas to sell marijuana to Harrison when the deal went “left.”
Dawson was a coach and mentor to kids in the local Boys and Girls Club, who remembered him at the funeral services Thursday.
Green and white balloons lined the railings of Fouts Field. Banners from the Boys and Girls Club of America where Germaine Dawson worked read “Coach Dawson, you will always be missed!” and “We miss you coach Dawson.”
Chris Miller, NT alumnus and former Mean Green teammate, led the service.
“It’s good to see people come out and support Germaine and celebrate his life,” Miller said. “It’s good to see him remembered in an honorable way.”
So an 18-year-old man murdered a 21-year-old man over two ounces of pot. A transaction worth perhaps $600-$700, solely because it is a contraband product. A sale requiring armed customers, solely because disputes can’t be settled by police and courts. Two ounces of weed that would sell for $60-$70 in an adults-only, highly-secure cannabis shop, if we were allowed to create such businesses.
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If you could spell and use good grammer it wouldn’t be illegal. Hell I smoked pot in college but I knew where to buy it or didn’t get it. Wrong place, wrong time. I hate it for his family. I agree – legalize it just as alcohol is legal. How oxymoronic…
THIS IS SAD FOR TWO OUNCES THAT IM SURE HE WOULD OF GAVE HIM IF HE ASKED WEED SUPPOSE TO BRING US TOGTHER NOT TEAR US APART (THIS WOULD OF NEVER HAPPEND IF CANNIBUS WHERE LEGAL) BUT YET ANOTHER LIFE GONE IN THE WIND FOR FOOLISHNESS THIS IS SAD MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY
This is sad and a important reminder of why it needs to be legalized, I am sorry for your loss Russ, its not far.
It can happen to anyone. You can’t always trust everyone anymore. No matter how much of a friend you think they are.
Imagine if that happened to Obama when he was young.
It could have.
Yeah, Oakcliff is a real tough area. It’s crazy to hear of someone dying over 2 ounces, especially cause most of the weed that goes through that area is not the highest quality. This incident was happened over $130 worth of marijuana. If only our politicians would listen to our pleas. Then the marijuana market wouldn’t have to go through places like Oakcliff, South Dallas, and Pleasant Grove. Then we wouldn’t have to hear of these stories.
Very sad to see this stuff. Always hits the heart hard. Please legalize soon
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