The heartbroken mother of 27-year-old Charion Lockett stood with dozens outside Houston police headquarters downtown voicing their concern over the nature of Lockett’s death, saying their loved one was unjustly killed at the hands of police.
The family is filing a federal lawsuit, saying the officers were not trained properly. The family’s attorneys held a news conference outside HPD headquarters and claimed that the newly released body camera video shows an officer firing first.
However, Lockett’s attorneys said the tip police got that prompted the warrant was bogus, saying the tip came from a known criminal.”They take the word of a known thug, they take out a warrant, and before you know it, this young man is gunned down,” Foley said. “My son loved the Lord. His routine every day was to wake up in the morning, exercise, and go back in the house and study for the LSAT test,” Shanetta Guidry-Lockett, Lockett’s mother said.Houston police released body camera video of the Feb. 7 operation, showing multiple angles from different officers’ viewpoints. Houston police Assistant Chief Belinda Null states in the video that Lockett fired at officers first and then officers responded.“As officers approached the residence, Mr.
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