Raw Video - Houston Police Beating Teen Burglary Suspect

By Jesse Muhammad
February 14, 2011

HOUSTON (FinalCall.com) - Black and Hispanic community leaders held a Feb. 3 press conference to express their disgust at seeing a video showing Houston police offi cers allegedly punching, stomping, and kicking a Black teen last March while he was handcuffed.

“This is a tragedy repeated one more time in Harris County. The community is standing here today to say we are outraged at what has transpired. While others were trying to cover it up and had managed to keep it out of the public eye, the truth is fi nally coming out,” said D.Z. Cofi eld, president of the NAACP Houston branch.

The video was released publically for the fi rst time on Feb. 2 to the local KTRK-TV Channel 13 news station by community activist Quanell X, who said he legally obtained the tape. He further said he had planned to hand it over to all media outlets but was stopped in his tracks by a state district judge’s temporary restraining order prohibiting further release.

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