Criminal Justice
UPDATE: Pamela Turner’s Family Files Lawsuit Over Deadly Baytown Police Shooting
Posted on · The wrongful death lawsuit comes on what would have been Turner’s 46th birthday.
Tag: police shooting
Criminal Justice
Family Of Nicolas Chavez Sues Houston, HPD For $100 Million After Deadly Police Shooting
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.
Criminal Justice
Baby Shot By HPD Officer Still ‘Fighting For His Life’ 2 Weeks Later, Mother Says
Posted on · The 1-year-old boy is in the ICU with bullet fragments in his head.
Criminal Justice
George Floyd Case: Jury Selection Begins In Derek Chauvin Trial
Posted on · The first potential juror said she's seen the video in which Chauvin holds Floyd down, as the other man says he can't breathe. "That's not fair, because we are humans, you know?" she said.
National
George Floyd Trial: Judge Postpones Jury Selection As Murder-Charge Question Looms
Posted on · A pool of potential jurors were in the court building, waiting to start the selection process. But they're being sent home for the day.
Criminal Justice
Robbery Suspect Killed, Baby Injured In Houston Police Shooting
Posted on · The 1-year-old boy was taken to a hospital in stable condition
Houston
Man Shot By Houston Police Sues City, Officers
Posted on · The lawsuit says Keith Martin just wanted to service the undercover officers’ cars when one of them shot him in early 2020.
Criminal Justice
Pasadena Police Officers Shoot, Kill Man Suspected Of Car Theft After Chase
Posted on · Police say the man brandished a gun after officers cornered him.
Criminal Justice
La Marque Police Identify Officer In Deadly Houston-Area Shooting
Posted on · The mother of Joshua Feast, 22, says an officer shot her son in the back.
Houston
Updated: Veteran HPD Sergeant Shot And Killed In Southwest Houston, Police Say
Posted on · A SWAT team was sent to the scene to respond to a potential barricaded person, police said.
Criminal Justice
Baytown Police Officer Indicted In 2019 Shooting Death Of Pamela Turner
Posted on · The officer allegedly fired on Turner after she grabbed his Taser. But documents obtained by Houston Public Media earlier this year revealed that the Taser model was incapable of shooting a second set of darts without being manually reloaded.
Criminal Justice
4 Houston Police Officers Fired Over The Deadly Shooting Of Nicolas Chavez
Posted on · Union leaders called the decision to fire the four unidentified officers an "unjust and deplorable decision."
Town Square
Town Square: A Conversation About Race and Equality (Sept. 1, 2020)
Posted on · Experts discuss the impact of yet another incident of police violence with racial implications.
Criminal Justice
Armed Man Shot And Killed By Off-Duty HPD Sergeant On Downtown Bus, Police Say
Posted on · The sergeant, who was commuting home after his shift, was not wearing a body camera at the time, Chief Art Acevedo said.
Criminal Justice
Death Of George Floyd Brings Renewed Scrutiny To Spate Of Houston Police Shootings
Posted on · Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said his department would start releasing videos of certain police interactions, on the heels of a spate of police shootings and the death of former Houstonian George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police.