#Black man found not guilty trial#

#Black man found not guilty trial#

And that’s not how you do that type of work. An Indian River County man on trial in connection with a deadly 2017 SWAT raid in Gifford was found not guilty of five of the six. HPD did not do any investigation of the deceased officer. Looney continued, saying, “No evidence was ever developed that showed that there was not a self-defense right in this case. This should have been referred out to either the Harris County Sheriff’s Department or the Texas Rangers.” “They had a conflict of interest and a desperate conflict of interest that showed up in the quality of their work. This investigation should’ve never been taken on by HPD,” Attorney Paul Looney said in a news conference Wednesday. “Our client was failed by the system for the better part of two years. Soliz claims the shooting was in self-defense.Ĭlosing arguments wrapped up Tuesday morning, and the verdict was handed down around 5 p.m. A black man has been acquitted of all charges in the shooting death of a white man outside a bar in a case his attorney said stemmed from 'ugly racism.' Jurors deliberated for four hours. Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty of murder over shootings at Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha By Jordan Hayne with wires Posted Fri at 11:29am, updated Tue at 7:53pm Kyle Rittenhouse was interviewed by a journalist moments before killing two people in Kenosha.

Soliz said he did not know the victim was an officer until later that night.ĭuring the trial, who actually initiated the road rage was a point of argument. He was not charged with capital murder of a police officer because it was not known if Rios, who was off duty at the time, identified himself as law enforcement. He was placed in the Harris County Jail and charged with murder. Soliz fled the scene but was apprehended during a traffic stop on the Katy Freeway 24 hours later. Rios was heading to work a shift at Bush Intercontinental Airport the day of the shooting. The officer ran into the lobby of the Taj Inn & Suites, where he collapsed and died. The two men engaged in a gun battle, police said, and Rios was shot. when they got into some sort of altercation. 9, 2020, Rios and Soliz were both traveling along the North Freeway around 1:30 p.m. A Jasper County SC jury found Devon Dunham, who confessed, not guilty of murder in the deadly shooting of a former Hardeeville fire chief in a parking lot.