The suburbs of Houston will be home to a massive BLM demonstration today.
Activist and attorney Ben Crump is organizing a protest today to dispute the claims made by law enforcement about the shooting of a black woman named Pamela Turner.
The same attorney who represented the family of George Floyd is now coming to the Houston area. Ben Crump says his client was killed unlawfully.
The officer has a different story: he claims he was defending himself against a suspect who tried to use his own stun gun against him while attempting to apprehend a person with a warrant.
Both the officer and the purported victim/suspect lived in the same apartment complex together. Baytown Officer Juan Delacruz was charged with aggravated assault by a public servant more than a year after he shot Turner.
Delacruz was patrolling the complex, located about 25 miles east of Houston, and tried to arrest Turner because they'd had "prior dealings" and he knew she had outstanding warrants, Lt. Steve Dorris told in reporters in 2019. Court records showed three outstanding misdemeanor warrants against Turner at the time.
Dorris said Delacruz then shot Turner after she shocked him with his Taser. The shooting was captured on video by a bystander.