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Author Dwight Watson dedicated the chapter "The Storm Clouds of Change: The Death of José Campos Torres and the Emergence of Triracial Politics in Houston" in the book Race and the Houston Police Department, 1930–1990 A Change Did Come. The chapter covers the impact of Torres' murder on society and on changes in Houston's policing policies.
Rodney Joseph Johnson (October 24, 1965 - September 21, 2006) was a Houston Police officer who served 14 years with the agency prior to his death in the line of duty on September 21, 2006.
The Houston Police Department (HPD) is the primary municipal law enforcement agency serving the city of Houston, Texas, United States and some surrounding areas. With approximately 5,300 officers and 1,200 civilian support personnel it is the fifth-largest municipal police department, serving the fourth-largest city in the United States.
Early in the morning on June 17, police received a call about the discovery of Nungaray's body lying in a ditch near her home. [ 7 ] Two suspects, identified as 22-year-old Johan José Martínez-Rangel and 26-year-old Franklin José Peña Ramos , were arrested on June 20 at 13355 Northborough Drive at the Canfield Lakes Apartments. [ 3 ]
A week later the Houston City Council approved $1.7 million to defend itself and former Police Chief Art Acevedo against the lawsuit. This was in addition to $1.25 million paid to law firm Beck Redden, to file a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the lawsuit. [38]
Much of Houston's Black community cast doubt on the police version of events surrounding Hampton's death, as more than 30 groups called for, among other demands, the firing of the police chief Herman Short. [4] A grand jury chose not to indict. [5] Discussion of the circumstances of his death continue in the Houston community. [6] [7]
Paul Broussard was walking across a parking lot just after 2:00 a.m., [2] on July 4, 1991, in the heavily gay Montrose neighborhood of Houston, Texas, accompanied by his friends Cary Anderson and Richard Delaunay, when the trio encountered ten juveniles from The Woodlands: Jaime Aguirre, Javier Aguirre, Derrick Attard, Jon Buice, Chance Paul Dillon, Rafael Grable Gonzalez, Gayland Randle ...
The murder of Darren Goforth refers to the shooting death of a ten-year deputy sheriff of the Harris County Sheriff's Office on August 28, 2015. [1] [2] Goforth, who was in uniform at the time, [3] was killed by Shannon Miles, a repeat offender with a history of mental illness, who shot Goforth repeatedly in the back of the head with a .40 caliber handgun while Goforth was fueling his car.