police brutality

Prosecutors were asking for the former police officer to be sentenced to a 30-year prison term. The defense attorney called for probation and time already served.

Several successor bills to House Bill 88 have advanced to the Senate, but they do not include one significant part of the original bill – limiting qualified immunity for police officers.

Marquise Jones was killed by an off-duty SAPD officer in 2014. After the death of George Floyd, another Black man killed by a police officer, demands to reopen Jones' case became louder. But the Bexar County District Attorney announced he would not bring the case before a second grand jury.

SAPD claimed that Darrell Zemault Sr. grabbed an officer’s gun during an attempted arrest for outstanding warrants. But the department continues to withhold body camera footage of the encounter. The killing kicked off a familiar cycle: a lack of transparency from law enforcement, muddied coverage from local news media and promises of incremental reform from elected officials.

The sleepy, suburban town of Schertz made national headlines in November after officers repeatedly kicked and tased Zekee Rayford, a Black 18-year-old. Rayford faced felony charges for allegedly evading arrest, as well as a since-dropped misdemeanor charge for possession of marijuana. The Guadalupe County Attorney’s office told Texas Public Radio that the misdemeanor was dropped due to a “premature search.”It wasn’t the first time the Schertz Police Department conducted an improper search on the property.

The family of Zekee Rayford is continuing to call for justice. Rayford, a Black 18-year-old, was repeatedly kicked and tased by Schertz police officers after he didn’t immediately pull over during a traffic stop for allegedly running a red light.

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