Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Leads “No More Bloodshed Movement” Town Hall

Style Magazine Newswire | 4/2/2018, 2:59 p.m.
Jackson Lee: I am also concerned to know about the extent to which de-escalation policies are employed, or ignored, by …
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

Houston, TX –Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior Member on the House Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigation, will lead a town hall discussion about the recent series of police shootings involving unarmed African American men. This will be a detailed presentation and will consider whether Danny Ray Thomas’s killing by the Harris County Sheriff’s Department may have been unjustified. She will also discuss alternatives to the employment of lethal force, including de-escaltion training, and the provisions of legislation she will introduce this month, the Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act.

WHO: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzales, Pastor E. A. Deckard, Bishop James Dixon, Houston Police Asst. Chief Troy Finner, Bishop Shelton Bady, Dr. F.N. Williams, Dr. James Douglas, Harris County Community Relations Director Jacqueline Fortune, Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D.A. Kim Ogg, Deric Muhammad.

WHAT: “No More Bloodshed Movement” Town Hall

WHEN: TONIGHT - April 2, 2018, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

WHERE: International Green House Church, 200 W. Greens Rd., Houston, TX

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