Criminal Justice
Houston Man Who Says He Was Beaten By Officer While Handcuffed Sues The City
Posted on · Aundre Howard says he was beaten and publicly humiliated by Houston police officers.
Posted on · Aundre Howard says he was beaten and publicly humiliated by Houston police officers.
Posted on · Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, has called the allegations “meritless” and questioned the claims against Watson, alleging they were made following a failed attempt to blackmail his client.
Posted on · HPD revealed late Friday afternoon that someone filed a report against Watson earlier in the day. Details of the investigation were not immediately available.
Posted on · Advocates are afraid these crimes are being underreported due to a lack of knowledge and familiarity with the reporting process, a dearth of Asian language resources and distrust of law enforcement.
Posted on · In his first interview with Houston Public Media, incoming Houston Police Chief Troy Finner also touches on the fallout from the Harding Street Raid, lawsuits against the department, and recommendations from Houston’s Police Reform Task Force.
Posted on · The news comes days after the annoncement that current Chief Art Acevedo was leaving to take a leadership job in Miami.
Posted on · The lawsuit aims to show that HPD policy allowed the officers to kill the 27-year-old because he picked up a Taser.
Posted on · With violent crime increasing in the city, Acevedo called the current criminal justice system in Houston "a failure," blaming judges, the district attorney, and "people who run the county that don’t care enough to actually fight back.”
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: We consider the qualities Houston's next police chief should have, City Council Member Letitia Plummer discusses city government, and we get answers to your questions about gardening and insects.
Posted on · The mayor said he would add a sixth HPD cadet class in next year's budget to help address a "significant uptick in violence" throughout Houston, and that he would propose the firefighter raise "with or without" input from the union.
Posted on · At a Florida press conference, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez praised Acevedo, calling him "the best chief in America."
Posted on · The suit draws parallels between the actions of HPD during the protests and the actions of the police officers who killed George Floyd, saying HPD and the city demonstrated "the very same propensity for the use of unjustified violence."
Posted on · The lawsuit says Keith Martin just wanted to service the undercover officers’ cars when one of them shot him in early 2020.
Posted on · Twelve HPD officers in total have been indicted. Two are charged with first-degree murder.
Posted on · The podcast's host, actor and comedian Cristela Alonzo, tells Houston Matters the true story of an all-Latino homicide squad in the late 1970s.