Calls for Justice Follow Police Shooting of Danny Ray Thomas

Style Magazine Newswire | 4/6/2018, 2:11 p.m.
Several from the Texas Organizing Project were calling for justice at the intersection where Danny Ray Thomas lost his life. …
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Several from the Texas Organizing Project were calling for justice at the intersection where Danny Ray Thomas lost his life. They were calling for “no more bloodshed.” Others handed out flyers for a town hall to discuss potential policy changes with local politicians and officials stemming from the latest officer-involved shooting of an unarmed black man. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Rep. Jarvis Johnson, both Democrats from Houston, joined Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez and representatives from the county’s district attorney’s office and the Houston Police Department at a community meeting. Last month, Harris County Sheriff’s deputy Cameron Brewer, who is also black, shot and killed Thomas about 20 seconds after he saw Thomas and another man struggling in a busy intersection. The shooting garnered national attention. In 2017, Texas law enforcement officers injured or killed 158 people in shootings, according to data from the attorney general's office. Gonzalez said after Thomas’ shooting that he was concerned by Brewer’s use of deadly force since the deputy was armed with a Taser as well.

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