Joe Campos Torres walk retraces Houston veteran's fatal beating by HPD
Family members recently honored Joe Campos Torres, a Mexican American veteran killed by Houston Police Department officers in 1977.
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Family members recently honored Joe Campos Torres, a Mexican American veteran killed by Houston Police Department officers in 1977.
How the Country’s First Latino Homicide Squad Transformed Houston Policing—At Least for a While A new podcast explores the history of the “Chicano Squad” as part of a Houston police department effort to repair its broken relationship with the Latino community. February 10, 2021 The Houston Police Department Chicano Squad, founded in 1979 after the killing of Jose Campos Torres. Raymond/Frequency Machine On an overcast evening in early May 1977, 23-year-old Vietnam War veteran Jose Campos Torres was in handcuffs for drunk and disorderly conduct at a cantina in Houston’s East End. Rat...