Posted on · On Wednesday's show: Four HPD officers dismissed in 2020 after shooting and killing Nicolas Chavez have been reinstated, the week in politics, and advice on preparing and filing your taxes.
Posted on · Chavez was shot and killed by police in 2020, but an arbitrator said the city could not justify the officers’ firing.
Posted on · The decision comes nearly six months after a grand jury declined to indict the four officers.
Posted on · Nicolas Chavez was shot more than 20 times by Houston police in April 2020.
Posted on · Chavez' family sued the city of Houston, the Houston Police Department, and five officers after Chavez was killed by police in April 2020.
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 · Union leaders called the decision to fire the four unidentified officers an "unjust and deplorable decision."
Posted on · Just before Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Houston police shot and killed six people in five weeks.