Houston, Texas
An update on the story we brought you earlier, involving allegations of excessive force against a Houston Police Officer. There were conflicting reports on various blogs about how many bullet wounds the autopsy report revealed that the victim received. We now have video verification that the unarmed victim, John Barnes, was shot multiple times, including six times in his back by Houston Police Officer Ryan Gardiner.
Two and a half years have passed since that shooting, and it's been about a year and a half since a grand jury cleared Gardiner of any wrong doing.
But attorneys for the victim’s family have finally gotten their hands on the autopsy report for Barnes. They've now filed a civil lawsuit against Gardiner, the apartment complex, and the city of Houston.
"John Barnes was shot in the chest and 6 times in the back. He was unarmed," said Hodges. "I don't care who you are. A dog doesn't deserve to be gunned down 6 times in the back like John Barnes was that night. The family attempted afterward to get a copy of some of the documents that were relative to the case. They asked, ‘Can we get a copy of the police department report?’ No. ‘Copies of statements?’ No. ‘Or how about the public record, the autopsy report?’ That is public record for every autopsy done in Harris County and they were told no."
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