HPD holds memorial service to honor officers killed in line of duty
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HPD honors officers who died in line of duty
HOUSTON – Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, police Chief Troy Finner and members of the Houston Police Department honored officers who were killed in the line of duty during a memorial service Friday.
The ceremony, which was held at the Houston Police Officers’ Memorial at 2400 Memorial Drive, started with a procession down Memorial Drive and conclude with the placing of a wreath at the HPD officers’ memorial.
There was also a “blue light” vigil for fallen officers, a roll call of the 119 HPD officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty, a 21-gun salute, TAPS by the HPD Honor Guard, and a fly-over by HPD helicopters.
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Not even a full 24 hours after the Greater Houston Partnership was cut from its involvement in state of the city and state of the county events in Houston and Harris County, respectively, the leading political executive in neighboring Fort Bend County said it will no longer consider joining GHP, citing the organization s silence over Texas voting reform bills.
In a statement Thursday, County Judge KP George threw his support behind his colleagues, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, in their opposition to Senate Bill 7 and House Bill 6.
Fort Bend County Judge KP George spent this past week aligning himself with his Democratic allies Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in their public battle with the Greater Houston Partnership over proposed changes to state voting laws, and lambasting his colleagues on the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court for allocating millions in federal coronavirus relief funds without any public input.
On Thursday, George threw his support behind Turner and Hidalgo for their decision to pull out of their annual State of the City and County speeches before the Greater Houston Partnership due to the business group’s failure to speak out against a pair of controversial voting bills up for debate in the state legislature.
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“When Georgia happened, there was a proliferation
of companies trying to jump on the woke bandwagon,” said David Carney, a GOP strategist and advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott.
But, Carney said, Democrats harmed their cause by overstating the impact of the Georgia bill, including President Biden misrepresenting how it affected voting hours. He said Texas Republicans were able to avoid a full-blown business uprising
in their state
with a simple message: “Read the bill.”
Supporters of the Texas legislation say its requirements to make voting procedures standard across all counties are widely popular and that expanding the power of poll watchers is a step toward transparency.