Posted on 09/15/2020 2:22:05 PM PDT by matt04
A Baytown police officer was indicted Monday in connection with the fatal shooting of Pamela Turner last year.
A Harris County grand jury indicted Officer Juan Delacruz on a charge of first-degree aggravated assault by a public servant in the May 13, 2019, shooting.
According to investigators, Delacruz encountered Turner, 44, while on patrol and knew that she had warrants out for her arrest. Turner resisted arrest and was able to get hold of Delacruz’s Taser and shock him with it, investigators said. Investigators said that was when Delacruz fired, killing Turner.
Turner’s family said she suffered from mental illness.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said the shooting was investigated by not only her office’s civil rights division but also by the Texas Rangers.
“Ultimately, we presented all of the evidence to a grand jury that determined the Baytown Police officer should be charged with a crime for his actions when he shot Ms. Turner,” Ogg said in a written statement. “We respect their decision and we will be moving forward with prosecution.”
Ogg said Delacruz is being given the opportunity to turn himself in to authorities for arraignment.
Nationally renowned attorney Ben Crump, who represents the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and more, is also representing Turner’s family. After the indictment was announced, Crump released a statement saying “justice delayed is justice denied.”
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Houston rapper and activist Trae The Truth says the charge of aggravated assault is not what they had hoped for but it’s a start.
“I don’t know how they could feel comfortable with aggravated assault she wasn’t aggressive she was screaming for her life," he said. "I think these days it’s important to have someone trained positions to de-escalate situations like this.”
(Excerpt) Read more at click2houston.com ...
So the officer saw her, knew she had warrants, went to arrest her and she dedicated to fight, steal the taser and use it on the officer who returned fire. These are the heroes of BLM to Crump & Co.
Yeah, he should have let her kill him as part of her therapy.
>>Turner resisted arrest and was able to get hold of Delacruz’s Taser and shock him with it
It is considered a deadly weapon when you incapacitate a police officer with it because you can take his firearm.
>>”I think these days it’s important to have someone trained positions to de-escalate situations like this.”
Criminally insane is criminally insane. If you cannot be held accountable for your actions because you are criminally insane, you should have a legal guardian with you at all times or be locked up for own safety and the safety of others.
Lock up the loonies. Same is true of people who rampage kill who were on meds that made them pass for normal, until they didn’t.
Resisting arrest, fought with him, stole his taser and shot him with it and she’s not aggressive...Right...
Got it...
Going by what little I know about this attorney, Crump, I’m also betting she was not screaming for HER life, she was screaming for HIS...
So, I can resist arrest, and tase an officer...and then be angry when the cops react.
Got it.
We are living in Bizzaro world. (And this is in Texas.) What the hell is wrong with the Grand Jury system there?
Seems that mental illness is the latest excuse for resisting arrest. I assume drug addled brains count as mental illness because scoring meth on the streets and injecting it is considered a disease.
Oops...just read it again, it was some dumbass rapper said she was screaming for her life, not Crump...
My bad...
damn...did I really just defend that worthless race baiting POS lawyer????
I bet the DA is a leftist form Houston who picked a grand jury they would their desired result from.
Here in Coryell County he would have gotten a medal.
Big city cops should just quit. Walk away. Work in a community that appreciates you and where the DA, mayor, and chief of police have the officers’ backs. This is insane.
“Turner’s family said she suffered from mental illness.”
Turner’s family is guilty of neglect for not having her wear the yellow striped public warning vest that would alert the public, police and medical personnel that she was a mental case and extremely dangerous. She then could have been tranquilized safely from a distance.
Jury nullification. No matter what case they put on all we need is one person to vote not guilty. Just like OJ
Yes, the Democratic party has literally Crumped.
drug induced psychotic state
It is hard to understand the DA’s conclusion without seeing the Texas Ranger report.
Somehow I doubt they would sign on to prosecution.
and FakeNewsMSM are, undoubtedly, aware of the Crump involvement in the following, yet they ask no questions!
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It’s Harris county. Deep blue. Kinda like Vermont.
I haven’t lived in Vermont for 40 years.
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