After a January raid left two dead and five officers injured, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo says the department will end “no-knock” warrants. According to NBC, Houston police will also be required to wear body cameras during raids. Officer Gerald Goines obtained a search warrant to confirm the sale of drugs at a Houston home. On […]

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HOUSTON (AP) — Activists praised Houston area law enforcement for pursuing a tip that led to the arrest of an African-American man in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 7-year-old black girl, a turn in the case suggesting the attack was not a hate crime as asserted by the girl’s family and some in the […]

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Oops. It looks like Houston police are in a trick bag after a newly released video flat-out disputes their claims about a Black social worker’s violent arrest earlier this year while talking to a 911 dispatcher during a traffic stop. Back in March, Earledreka White was stopped for crossing the double white line. During the […]

  Senior Officer Edward Thomas, a retired Houston police officer, was the Texas city’s first successful Black officer. The Houston Police Department honored Thomas late last month by naming its headquarters after him, capping a career than spans over 60 years. Thomas, now 94, was born near Shreveport, La. A former football player at Southern University, […]