Houston, Texas
Tonight, ABC13 took a look into the truth about Houston police brutality complaints -- they virtually never result in an officer getting punished.
HPD's own records paint a controversial portrait; during the last decade, 2,135 complaints about alleged police brutality. Only 33 were sustained -- less than two percent. And if you count only citizen complaints, the number of times the brutality allegation has been confirmed is just 16 -- 16 of more than 2,100.
Even HPD brass admits without the recent video depicting officers beating teenager Chad Holley, the officers would have likely never faced an internal probe.
But there's another reason too. None of the HPD officers on the scene that day said a word about what we can all clearly see on the video.
Under current state law, a person who complains about a cop is not allowed to even see what internal affairs investigations did, who they talked to.
And the public isn't allowed to see an officer's history of complaints unless police prove they are true. We've got the numbers but no names.
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