Texas Observer<p>Attorney Jeff Blackburn, a crusader for the innocent, fought injustices across <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> in his improbable, utterly original, and often profane life.</p><p>A memorial for a social justice lawyer, from our senior writer Lise Olsen, who spoke to some of those who knew him best: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/remembering-a-social-justice-lawyer-extraordinaire/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/remembering-</span><span class="invisible">a-social-justice-lawyer-extraordinaire/</span></a></p><p>(CW: Description of suicide)</p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/memorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memorial</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/JeffBlackburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBlackburn</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Tulia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tulia</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>