Houston Police Officer's Racist Postings On Facebook Investigated

Houston, Texas

The Houston Police Department has launched an internal investigation after an officer posted on Facebook that she would arrest anyone of a certain nationality for merely looking at her in a certain way.

Numerous postings by Officer Deyna Carabajal, 32, spelled out her dislike for Hondurans, including numerous posts where she suggested she would arrest them for various reasons.

"Zero tolerance 4 yall today," she wrote in one of her posts. "Y'all look at me wrong at all today -- y'all riding," she wrote. "Riding" is police lingo for taking a trip to jail.

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Teen Testifies To Grand Jury on Beating by 8 Houston Police Officers

Houston, Texas (Update To Previous Posts)

The high school student at the center of an alleged beating involving eight Houston police officers caught on videotape testified in front of a Harris County grand jury today

Eight members of HPD's Westside Gang Unit were suspended with pay pending the outcome of the department's and district attorney's investigations.

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On-duty Houston Police Officer Accused of Sex Assaults

Houston, Texas

Demetrie Trevail Dixon, a second-year Houston police officer was jailed Friday on charges that he stalked women while on duty, raping two of them repeatedly in secluded warehouse building parking lots. In each case, the women told investigators Dixon approached them from his patrol car for questioning before driving them to a secluded location where he threatened them with jail unless they submitted to a strip-search.

Two of the women, who reported that Dixon detained them twice on different occasions, told investigators the officer forced them to perform oral sex and then raped them before letting them go.

One additional charges stems from an undercover HPD officer who reported Dixon detained her as she walked down a public street and took her behind a warehouse to pat her down.

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Houston Police Officer Arrested For Welfare Fraud

Houston, Texas

A Houston police officer accused of welfare fraud was arrested Tuesday and taken to the Fort Bend County Jail, officials said. Officer Tiffany Mayes was about to testify in traffic court Tuesday morning when her fellow officers took her into custody. She has been with the department for a year. Mayes was suspended with pay, pending the outcome of the case.

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Pasadena, Texas Cops Caught Bullying On Tape

Pasadena, Texas

9 Pasadena TX cops shown on jail video allegedly using excessive force, breaking man's leg, to force DUI blood draw.

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Bellaire Cop to Explain Why He Shot a Young, Black, Unarmed Male

Bellaire, Texas


The Bellaire Police sergeant Jeff Cotton offers testimony concerning an incident on Dec. 31, 2008 that led to the shooting of Bellaire resident Robbie Tolan, a young black resident, and the subsequent felony trial.

“I felt like at this point he’s drawing a weapon and I’m behind the curve,” Cotton told the jury. “It was fast. Very fast.”

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Another Houston Police Officer Is Under Investigation in Beating Caught By Security Cam

Houston, Texas

There are tough questions about why a Houston police officer did not report what he may have seen the night a teenager was reportedly beaten by a group of officers.

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