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After spike in misdemeanor marijuana arrests, Houston mayor blames district attorney
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (1096+ words) The spike in arrests under Mayor John Whitmire coincided with an increase in prosecutions by the district attorney — one year before the current DA took office. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Houston Mayor John Whitmire blamed a sharp spike in…...
Gov. Abbott blocks state agencies from spending money on Flock cameras
2+ week, 1+ day ago (764+ words) Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered all state agencies to pause funding for Flock cameras as scrutiny over the AI-powered surveillance devices has mounted. The order came as The Texas Tribune was preparing to publish an investigation detailing how a state…...
ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (879+ words) The company that makes the gloves, Compliant Technologies, says they’re a nonlethal tool to make individuals compliant during arrests. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to give its officers high-tech gloves that deliver electric shocks to people they’re trying to…...
Harris County DA???s investigation into fatal ICE shooting gets $2.5 million boost from commissioners
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (423+ words) The longtime Houston man’s death drew national attention and raised questions surrounding the incident — which federal authorities said happened when he attempted to run over an ICE agent with his vehicle. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare’s investigation into the…...
Leaders of new Fort Bend LULAC chapter say fatal ICE shooting in Houston accelerated its launch
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (519+ words) Latinos make up about 25% of the growing population in the suburban county outside Houston, and that demographic is trending upward, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Organizers with Fort Bend County's new chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens,…...
Senators demand ICE answers and body cameras after 2 fatal shootings in Maine and Houston – Houston Public Media
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (418+ words) WASHINGTON — Dozens of Democratic U.S. senators and the Independent senator from Maine pushed for more details Monday from Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the agency’s vetting practices for new agents and how officers conduct vehicle pursuits, even as they demanded…...
Hundreds protest ICE operations in Houston, demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (784+ words) Protesters gathered at Ervan Chew Park Sunday afternoon, calling for transparency and accountability for the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents. Ronaldo, Salgado Araujo’s son, said the family laid their father to…...
ICE should do traffic stops despite recent shootings, Trump says, seeming to oppose new suspension
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (747+ words) At least four people in vehicles have been killed during immigration operations since the start of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, including a man in Houston last week. WASHINGTON — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency should continue vehicle stops…...
Hundreds protest at Houston City Hall as Whitmire says city shared evidence with DA’s office
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (559+ words) Residents spoke out Tuesday against ICE operations in Houston and last week’s fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, which is being investigated by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. Mayor John Whitmire says the city is assisting. Hundreds came to…...
Rodney Ellis says Harris County should earmark funding for local investigation into fatal ICE shooting
2+ mon, 17+ hour ago (883+ words) Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent last week during what the agency has called a “targeted enforcement operation” in Houston’s East End. Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis said Monday he would ask commissioners court to…...