The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office released body camera footage of a controversial encounter between deputies and two teenagers following the circulation of a cell phone video capturing the incident. The family of one of the teens expressed outrage over the encounter, leading to the Sheriff's Office releasing the footage in the interest of transparency. The video shows deputies detaining the teens after responding to an active burglary call with limited information.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office has released body camera video of a controversial encounter between two teenagers and deputies.One of the teen's family's shared cell phone video of the incident with FOX 26 earlier this week and expressed their outrage.On Friday, the sheriff's office said the investigation is still ongoing, but they are releasing the deputy's body camera footage "in the interest of transparency.
The hour-and-five-minute video shows deputies talking about the investigation and the detentions, speaking with the teens and speaking with one of the teen's family members. Parts of the video have no audio.About 32 minutes into the video, the deputy is heard telling one of teens, "So right now, we're just going to review something real quick on our video footage. And if we can, if we determine that you guys aren't involved, guess what, you're free to go.
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