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Fired officer in viral Texas City Buc-ee’s traffic stop won’t face charges
Read full article: Fired officer in viral Texas City Buc-ee’s traffic stop won’t face chargesA former officer who was fired by the Texas City Police Department after a video of a traffic stop at Buc-ee’s in April 2023 went viral will not face charges.
Texas Rangers open new tampering investigation into Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s office
Read full article: Texas Rangers open new tampering investigation into Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s officeTexas Rangers have opened a new public corruption investigation after Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s office “concealed” records subpoenaed in a Grand Jury’s review of how a multi-million dollar county contract was awarded, according to search warrants unsealed Thursday.
Travis Scott’s attorney provides more details on communication timeline
Read full article: Travis Scott’s attorney provides more details on communication timelineThe attorney for Travis Scott shared new details about the flow of communication between Houston police, event security and Scott’s manager the night 10 people were crushed to death at the 2021 Astroworld Festival.
Manhattan grand jury votes to indict Trump, making him 1st ex-president charged with crime
Read full article: Manhattan grand jury votes to indict Trump, making him 1st ex-president charged with crimeA Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.
La Marque officer cleared by grand jury in fatal shooting of 22-year-old Joshua Feast
Read full article: La Marque officer cleared by grand jury in fatal shooting of 22-year-old Joshua FeastOn Tuesday, a grand jury has cleared a La Marque officer in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Joshua Feast, according to the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office.
2 Baytown officers, detention officer appear in court after being indicted for 2019 aggravated assault of Kedric Crawford
Read full article: 2 Baytown officers, detention officer appear in court after being indicted for 2019 aggravated assault of Kedric CrawfordA Harris County grand jury indicted two Baytown police officers and a detention officer for the involvement in the July 2019 assault of Kedric Crawford, according to a press release from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
Grand jury declines to indict former Harris County doctor accused of stealing COVID-19 vaccines
Read full article: Grand jury declines to indict former Harris County doctor accused of stealing COVID-19 vaccinesA grand jury has decided not to indict a former Harris County Public Health doctor, who accused of stealing at least nine doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the district attorney’s office said on Wednesday.
In rare move, Breonna Taylor grand jury proceedings released
Read full article: In rare move, Breonna Taylor grand jury proceedings releasedHours of grand jury proceedings were made public Friday in the case of Breonna Taylor’s fatal shooting by police, a rare release of such material. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, whose office led the investigation into police actions in the Taylor shooting, did not object to the file’s release. The grand jury did charge fired Officer Brett Hankison with three counts of wanton endangerment for shooting into a neighboring apartment. The audio recording of the jury proceedings will be added to Hankison’s public court file. Activists, Taylor’s family and one of the jurors called for the grand jury file to be released.
Texas sheriff indicted after probe into Black man's death
Read full article: Texas sheriff indicted after probe into Black man's deathAUSTIN, Texas – A Texas sheriff has been indicted on charges of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death in custody of a Black man, Javier Ambler, that was filmed by the police reality TV series “Live PD," prosecutors said Monday. Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody was booked Monday into his jail on a $10,000 bond and released a short time later. The traffic stop was filmed for the real-time police show “Live PD," which was canceled by the A&E Network in June. “The Live PD video would be wholly material to the investigation into use of force,” Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore said at a news conference. Chody, who said he would not step down while under indictment, said Live PD was never contacted by prosecutors for footage during the initial investigation.
Protesters take to the streets in Louisville after indictment in Breonna Taylor case
Read full article: Protesters take to the streets in Louisville after indictment in Breonna Taylor caseBen Crump, a lawyer for Taylor's family, denounced the decision as “outrageous and offensive,” and protesters shouting, “No justice, no peace!” immediately marched through the streets. Taylor, an emergency medical worker, was shot multiple times by white officers who entered her home during a narcotics investigation. State Attorney General Daniel Cameron said that while the officers had a no-knock warrant, the investigation showed they announced themselves before entering. "This justification bars us from pursuing criminal charges in Miss Breonna Taylor’s death.”Cameron said an FBI crime lab determined that Cosgrove fired the bullet that killed Taylor. ___This story has been updated to clarify that, according to the investigation, officers did not execute the warrant as a no-knock warrant, not that they didn’t use a no-knock warrant.
Grand jury makes ‘unprecedented’ visit to the site of deadly Harding Street raid
Read full article: Grand jury makes ‘unprecedented’ visit to the site of deadly Harding Street raidHOUSTON – KPRC 2 has learned a grand jury has visited the Harding Street site, where a deadly shootout with Houston Police Department happened in January 2019. KPRC 2 saw Harris County Constable Precinct 1 deputies and representatives from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office at the home. Transported via shuttle, the grand jury was taken inside the home for approximately a 20-minute tour. A botched January raid at a home on Harding Street led to a months’ long investigation and three people charged in connection with the deaths of Rhogena Nicholas and Dennis Tuttle. "That the grand jury is given an opportunity to see Rhogena and Dennis’ home is welcome news, but we also know that an independent forensic evaluation of the Harding Street incident is vitally necessary.”