A group of Houston police cadets gathered Friday morning to hear family members of Joe...
was beaten and thrown into Buffalo Bayou by police officers, his nephew spoke to cadets Friday morning to stress how important their decisions can be to families and communities they serve.Torres’ brutal death at the hands of Houston police officers
"It's important to understand the effects of your decisions on generations of people," Molina said."Here we are in 2023 and still talking about many of the same issues."But that began to change when city officials in 2021 issued a public apology to Torres' family, and announced plans to create a memorial him.
Torres went out drinking May 5, 1977, at a neighborhood bar near his home in the East End, Molina told cadets. Police were called to the bar after Torres got into an argument with other customers at the bar and six patrol officers arrested him. But rather than taking him directly to jail, the officers took him to an area near Friday’s discussion, known as “The Hole,” where police often took people to beat them at the time, Molina said.
Instead, the officers took him back to “The Hole,” and continued beating him. Officer Terry Denson reportedly used an ethnic slur to refer to Torres, before pushing him off the platform and into the bayou 20 feet below. Torres was found floating on the Bayou three days later, on Mother’s Day.
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