
Criminal Justice
Supporters Of Pamela Turner Call On Baytown Police To Fire Indicted Officer Juan Delacruz
Posted on · Delacruz, who was indicted in Turner's killing, has been placed on paid administrative duty with the Baytown Police Department.
Posted on · Delacruz, who was indicted in Turner's killing, has been placed on paid administrative duty with the Baytown Police Department.
Posted on · Turner was fatally shot in 2019 by a police officer in the Houston suburb of Baytown, Texas, after a struggle over his stun gun. Attorney Ben Crump is also representing Turner’s family in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed April 8.
Posted on · The wrongful death lawsuit comes on what would have been Turner’s 46th birthday.
Posted on · Four Houston police officers were fired and one Baytown officer was indicted this month in two separate deadly shootings, amid a growing movement to hold police more accountable for deadly force.
Posted on · The Taser Pamela Turner took from the officer who tried to arrest her was not capable of shooting incapacitating darts at him.
Posted on · After a recent fatal police shooting in Baytown, a local criminal justice professor examines how the handling of such incidents has changed in the nearly half-decade since the shooting of Michael Brown in Missouri sparked riots and demonstrations.
Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.
Posted on · The Texas Rangers have taken the lead in the investigation of the officer-involved shooting that killed Pamela Turner. Her family says her death was unjust.