Just shy of two years after 2019’s fatal Harding Street raid, the families of the married couple killed by Houston Police Department officers during the incident sued the City of Houston and multiple Houston cops for violating their relatives’ constitutional civil rights.
Lawyers for the families of Rhogena Nicholas and Dennis Tuttle each filed federal civil rights lawsuits Wednesday night in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Nicholas family attorney Mike Doyle said he believes the two lawsuits filed Wednesday will ultimately be combined into one case in federal court; Both suits are seeking monetary damages from the city, but didn’t list specific dollar amounts.
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The wave of sexual misconduct allegations against Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson continued Thursday night as four additional women sued Watson for sexual assault. Seven women have now sued Watson for harassment or assault that occurred during private massage appointments with the football player, including one woman who alleges that Watson. March 12 at 5 a.m.
In a breathtaking bit of legalese, attorneys for the Houston Independent School District are arguing that because a special ed student told his teacher and not his principal that he was being sexually abused by a classmate in a school restroom, his lawsuit against the district is without merit. Somehow,.
Police Chief Art Acevedo acknowledged Wednesday just how serious and dangerous the street culture in Houston is becoming, addressing another viral video of a street takeover.
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Dr. Steven Hotze, president of Conservative Republicans of Texas, speaks at a Restrain the Judges news conference, while Janet Porter of Faith2Action listens at right, in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, April 27, 2015.
Attorney and former judge Jay Karahan has known Dr. Steven Hotze since the 1990s. And for just as long, he’s had firsthand experience of Hotze’s influence in Harris County politics.
The two had begun interacting in 1996, when Karahan was running for office and seeking Hotze’s endorsement.
“As I was moving up in Republican politics back then, it was made very clear to me that a Republican would not be able to become a judge unless they had Steven Hotze s approval and blessing, if you will,” Karahan said.