A Harris County judge acquitted a former Houston Police officer in the death of a 71-year-old man in a November 2020 crash.

HOUSTON – A push for justice in the death of Walter Cooper, a 71-year-old man who was hit and killed by HPD officers in a patrol vehicle in northeast Houston. On Sunday, the family held a rally calling for justice and change. Dozens of people held signs demanding justice. READ: Driver killed, 2 HPD officers injured in crash in northeast HoustonOn November 24, Cooper was pulling off Darien Street onto Ley Road when an HPD police unit hit his car causing it to spin across the street and land in the grass. The family also wants to improve city infrastructure by adding speed bumps, traffic signals and signs in communities.

HOUSTON – The family of a man who was killed Saturday after a Houston Police Department patrol vehicle crashed into his car announced Tuesday they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the department. At that same moment, the video shows an HPD SUV westbound on Ley Road, the two officers inside responding to a weapon disturbance call. The impact from the patrol vehicle sent Cooper’s car across the street into the gas station parking lot. READ: Driver killed, 2 HPD officers injured in crash in northeast HoustonHe died at Memorial Hermann hospital Saturday afternoon. He was very instrumental in the care of my children, my children could have been in that car,” said Cooper’s daughter, Dr. Brandi Cooper-Lewis.