John Wiley Price

After Price graduated from high school, he moved to Dallas, where he attended El Centro College and studied computer programming.

After winning, in the latter part of 1973, at the age of 23 Price was appointed to his first civic position on the advisory board of Crossroads Community Center near Fair Park.

In the spring of 1990 Price threatened a citywide “call to arms” if the city manager did not pick someone sensitive to minorities for a new police chief.

The verdict was rendered just days after the Rodney King riots in the Los Angeles area, and several jurors reported to have received threatening phones calls during the trial.

This group later formed the nucleus of the Dallas chapter of the New Black Panther Party, founded by Michaels.

[11] In July 2011, Price and multiple associates were served with search warrants obtained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation arising out of acts of alleged public corruption.

The warrant on Price's residence specified a search for data related to violations of the U.S. Code Titles 18, 26, or 31, specifically "Theft or Bribery Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds," tax evasion, fraud, false statements, money laundering, and "aiding and abetting and conspiracy to violate these statutes.

[15] U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn granted a lengthy postponement for Price's trial on charges of corruption.

[16] On June 24, 2016, U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn pushed the trial date back to February 21, 2017, due to the amount of evidence the government accumulated, 9.2 terabytes worth, and the time needed for the defense to sort through it all.

[18] On April 28, 2017, a jury found Price not guilty on several of the charges, and failed to reach a verdict on one count.

On May 19, 2017, the United States Attorney's Office announced it would not continue the prosecution of Commissioner Price as it pertained to the remaining count.