Jury found Baytown police officer not guilty in the fatal shooting of Pamela Turner in 2019
activist Tamika Mallory and other civil right advocates sat next to Pamela Turner's family as District Court Judge Chuck Silverman announced the jury's verdict.What to know about the trial of ex-Baytown cop charged in Pamela Turner's death, which earned national attention
"At some point, Black women's lives have to matter as equal in America," Crump said after the verdict. Delacruz was accused of shooting the 44-year-old woman during an encounter at a Baytown apartment complex in May 2019. Turner, who's family say she's a diagnosed schizophrenic, was having a mental health crisis when the officer responded.
“Pamela Turner’s killing was a tragedy for her family and community. Bringing excessive use of force charges against an officer is always difficult and uncomfortable,” Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said Tuesday. “We respect the jury’s verdict.”The key to a missing Fort Bend woman’s cold case was sitting in an evidence room for almost 40 years
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