Jack of Harts

The Second Great Depression hit the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Metroplex harder than nearly any other city or group of cities in Texas and the rest of America. Demonstrations became protests and riots, and the civilian leadership actually encouraged them, ordering the police to stand down so the protestors could air their grievances in peace. Gangs and drug cartels fought in the streets. Business districts burned and common men and women on simple walks were shot and killed. It was beyond anything the region had seen in decades, eclipsing even the 2020 riots with their sheer lethality and property damage. The various rioters, gangs, and drug cartels even sought to burn down the Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base on numerous occasions. That proved to be a step too far for them. The mayors and town councils may have supported the looters, but the military base did not answer to them. And it did not cooperate when the riots and fighting came for them.