Rep. Jasmine Crockett confirms security team member killed by Dallas police in standoff

[RandySF]

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Monday confirmed that a 39-year-old man who was killed in a standoff with Dallas officers last week was a member of her security team who had been using a fraudulent identity.

Diamon Mazairre Robinson lived as “Mike King” for years, during which he operated security businesses that hired off-duty officers, Dallas police said during a Monday press conference. Robinson’s real identity was exposed after Irving police put out a bulletin for a vehicle with stolen government plates, which a Dallas officer had seen while working with Robinson on a security job six months earlier.

Robinson fled Dallas police, who attempted to pull him over on March 11, escaping a brief chase before being located once more in a hospital parking garage, officials said. After an hours-long standoff with negotiators, officers shot and killed Robinson after he stepped out of the vehicle and drew a handgun.

In a statement posted on social media, the Dallas congresswoman confirmed that Robinson had helped provide security for her for years, and said her team had followed U.S. House procedure for contracting security. She also said Robinson, acting as Mike King, had worked with multiple law enforcement agencies, including Capitol Police. A spokesperson with the Capitol Police did not respond to an immediate request for comment.




https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/16/texas-jasmine-crockett-security-team-member-alias-killed/

[stopdiggin]

1. holy smokes !! now THERE is a story !!

And have to admit - I haven't the slightest idea - if, when, and where blame can (or should) be assigned here.
Is it really that easy to manufacture a false identity - in today's day and age ?

[PeaceWave]

2. Who is doing the hiring?

Between this story and Kyrsten Sinema's bodyguard (yeah, the one she was having an affair with), you have to question the vetting of these sensitive security positions. In the case of Sinema's bodyguard, it is now being revealed in her North Carolina "homewrecker lawsuit" that "Sinema eventually began paying for psychedelic treatments for Matthew Ammel (the bodyguard) for his PTSD related to his military service." That's right, a man guarding a U.S. Senator was simultaneously being treated with MDMA for his PTSD. At the risk of using one too many acronyms, WTF could possibly go wrong?

[Skittles]

8. why bring up only Dems?

how were people able to so easily shoot at you know who?

[Torchlight]

9. Let us know after you look into it! We're all ears!

Peavewave: "Who is doing the hiring? ...WTF could possibly go wrong?"

Sounds like a very meritorious and weighted question, and I'm certain this good-faith query of yours warrants much more than a simplistic "WFT!" response followed by a deletion. Let us know when you find out, please! We're looking forward to it!

[JI7]

3. I think it shows there probably needs to be stricter standards when setting up a security business

which involves armed guards.

They probably just check to see if it's a legitimate business which many people can do.

[orleans]

4. damn! sometimes you think you know people. and then something like this happens.

Robinson had posed as a federal officer under the “Specialty Dignitary Police,” a nonexistent agency he created identification cards for, officials said. He also had two active felony theft warrants from 2017, a parole violation, two vehicles with stolen government plates and multiple stolen firearms, including the one he produced before being shot, Kenneth said.

(from op link)

multiple stolen firearms... i'm glad nothing bad happened to jasmine.

[BaronChocula]

5. The current labor secretary is having an affair with her security guard

That may be an even worse fate.

[Cha]

6. What? OmGosh!

Suicide by cop..

This must be a Shock to Rep Jasmine Crocket and her Team. ☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜

[cstanleytech]

7. So, multiple law enforcement agencies worked close with him but failed to do a background check themselves? Damn!!!

[City Lights]

10. WHOA!

[haele]

11. Yeah, well...isn't really anything new.

Dirty cops worked fraudulently or with wealthy political or business elites in the past since to provide personal security in the past since civil policing and/or need for security needs began.

The conundrum faced now is the choice between the a method to deny both fraudulent businesses and under the table paid employees committing fraud - a front end approach, or allow for some minor fraud and adjudicate the egregious fraud as it occurs.

A Surveillance state will deny fraud. It also has no mercy, no exceptions for any activity except actions that benefit the state or state agencies that control the surveillance. It provides an up-front control to reduce criminality, but it also significantly reduces individual innovation and personal activity and growth. Every individual or group action must be adjudicated and approved ahead of time.

There are flaws (and regulatory gaps) within the system we currently have that can result in individual disasters. But these can be mitigated with tighter but flexible verification and validation regulatory requirements legislation to ensure risks to the public and environmental safety, or to the social economy and resources in in general.

I fear knee-jerk legal overreaction to one-off or complex situations worse than the situations themselves.