Houston, Texas
A group of protesters chanted on the steps of City Hall this morning and demanded a federal investigation and more severe penalties for Houston police officers accused of beating teenaged burglary suspect Chad Holley last spring.
The demonstration by Houston-area members of the National Black United Front was one of four scheduled today by different groups of civil rights activists, many of them critical of the misdemeanor charges brought against four officers.
Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland immediately suspended officers involved in the arrest when he was mailed a private surveillance tape last April, and announced the firing of seven officers the same day a grand jury returned misdemeanor charges against four of them last June.
After the protest ended, the Rev. Johnny Jeremiah led the group in prayer and urged Houston citizens to rise up and protest the police brutality case that is garnering nationwide attention.
"God, give us the power to bring them down for beating that child,“ Jeremiah said.
Jeremiah said he wanted to ask Mayor Annise Parker why she kept secret a surveillance tape of the March 2010 beating, and why she said last week a television reporter who broadcast the tape should be held in violation of a court order.
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We ALL know why she wanted to keep the Video a secret. It is COMMON practice for a GJ hearing to be lead by an Asst. DA. One who is a YES MAAM boy to LYKOS WHO NEVER HAS A WORD TO SAY. Silence is her alliby
Parker states that she wanted the video to be held so that the Boy would have a fair TRIAL!!!
NOT SO> The video does NOT lie. There is NO way on gods green earth that after viewing this video a JURY would rule in any other manner than GUILTY. With that being said. Parker wanted to conceal the VIDEO from the PUBLIC> NOT knowing WHEN the case would go to trial and WHO would view the video and then sit on the jury. The threat to charge and to conceal was a tactic. to save the reputation of the Department at the expense of The young BOY.
IF THAT VIDEO HAD NOT BEEN RELEASED. YOU CAN BET THAT A JURY WOULD HAVE NEVER SEEN the video.
A yes mam boy will get an inditement or a NO bill. if he wants one. THIS IS A KNOWN FACT THEY HAVE A RUBBER STAMP..... It happens EVERYDAY ITS WRONG ITS ILLEGAL Criminal Conduct procedure code chapter 20;11 MUST BE CHANGED a victim of law enforcements lawless activity MUST have the RIGHT to be PRESENT DURING GRAND JURY HEARING of the evidence in their case. OR all cases will end as mine did.. A WRONGFUL NO BILL gained by permitted perjury LYKOS>>>>>the silent partner
If the Video had not been erleased
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