Thursday, June 3, 2021

 warning: as you read this you might wonder who else has been affected by similar situations in which the cops need to be policed;


Houston, TX — The murder of an innocent Houston couple made national headlines in 2019 as police took to smearing their names and threatening those who didn’t believe their official narrative. As the months passed, we learned that the Houston police department’s raid on the home of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas was based on lies and they and their dog were murdered for no reason.

The following May, the case had reached a turning point after the family hired a forensics expert to examine the home and found that there is no evidence the officers encountered gunfire. Then, in a major move in August of 2019, the cop who lied to obtain the warrant for the raid—was charged with murder in the first degree, with several others charged shortly after. Then, in January of this year, a half dozen more officers have been charged, with four of them facing life in prison.

On Tuesday, Steven Bryant, 47, became the first officer to be convicted in the case after pleading guilty to obstructing justice by falsifying records that justified the deadly raid.

The attorney representing Nicholas’ family said the news came as a relief.

“The family now has some hope that their efforts — and it’s been a long fight that they’re not stop — will hopefully start bearing some fruit and they’ll start getting some answers along with the rest of Houston,” Mike Doyle said.

According to Houston Public Media, in a statement to Houston Public Media, Bryant’s lawyer, Andy Drumheller, wrote that the former officer’s guilty plea reflected “his decision to take responsibility for his conduct.”

“He very much regrets what happened,” Drumheller wrote.

He definitely should regret what happened as he and officer Gerald Goines lies led to the deaths of two innocent souls who were loved by many...........read and watch more.......

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