Would Prop B hold San Antonio police accountable or defund them? Both arguments are a stretch
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Ananda Tomas, deputy director of Fix SAPD, hands out yard signs to volunteer Arturo Ordoqui. Fix SAPD is a leader in efforts to pass Proposition B.Robin Jerstad /Contributor
In an otherwise low-key local election, Proposition B on San Antonio’s May 1 ballot is arguably generating more debate and heated campaign activity than even the mayoral race.
One reason is the intense spotlight on allegations of police misconduct as witnessed recently in courtrooms and via camera footage across the U.S.
The protest marches and rallies in San Antonio and nationwide that emerged after George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis have now segued to political action about police accountability.
San Antonio has experienced four deadly officer-involved shooting incidents in less than a week
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Taylor Pettaway
In less than a week, there have been four officer-involved shootings in San Antonio. All four incidents resulted in at least one fatality.
Below are details of the recent officer-involved shootings:
April 15
A San Antonio Park Police officer is credited with stopping a potential mass shooting at the San Antonio International Airport. According to police, a man, later identified as 49-year-old Joe Gomez, was driving the wrong way on the lower level terminal and was stopped by Park police officer John Maines. Gomez then got out of his vehicle and began shooting at bystanders and the officer, police said. Maines returned fire, hitting Gomez twice. Police initially said that Gomez was killed by Maines, but the Bexar County Medical Examiner s office said Gomez died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
San Antonio records four fatal shootings involving police in a week s span
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Police personnel investigate a scene after a shootout on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. San Antonio police shot and killed a man accused of gunning down another man in a shed on the South Side, police say.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographer
Over the last week, San Antonio law enforcement agencies have been involved in four separate fatal shootings, two of them occurring on the same day. In at least three cases, officers were returning fire.
The most recent shootings happened within two hours of each other Tuesday, with the first occurring about 4 p.m. on a VIA bus and the second at a home on the South Side.
Apr 19, 2021
Officials are identifying a man killed in a shootout with an officer at San Antonio International Airport last week. The Bexar County Medical Examiner identified the shooter on Saturday as Joe Gomez, who opened fire at Terminal B on Thursday. San Antonio Park Police Officer John Maines returned fire, wounding Gomez twice. The autopsy revealed Gomez s fatal wound had been self-inflicted. Police say Gomez has a history of arrests in Bexar County dating to 1999, but had no history of weapons-related offenses or violent crime.
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