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http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article205418824.html

Fort Worth police officer indicted on charge of lying about hitting suspect during arrest

A Fort Worth police officer is facing criminal charges stemming in part from a Nov. 5, 2016, incident in which he allegedly used excessive force against a possible suspect.

Jon Preston Romer Jr. subjected Henry Newson to mistreatment, arrest, and search and seizure that was unlawful because Romer struck Newson with his fist, and choked him with his hands and pushed him, according to an indictment for the charge of official oppression.

What Newson was doing to draw Romer's attention is unclear.

Romer, 38, also faces charges of aggravated perjury and making a false report to a police officer, according to court records.

Romer was in the Tarrant County Jail on Thursday with a bail set at $500 on the false report charge and $0 set on the other two charges, according to jail records. Bail may have been set on the other two charges but not been recorded in the system and is unavailable, according to a Tarrant County Sheriff's Office official.

Romer has been placed on restricted duty and all other questions were directed to the Tarrant County district attorney's office, a police spokesman said.

On March 10, 2017, Romer lied to investigators regarding his use of force against Newson, according to a separate indictment. Romer told investigators with the Tarrant County district attorney's office that his use of force against Newson had been approved by the Fort Worth Police Department, the indictment said.

Romer is also accused of making a false statement under oath on Feb. 23 and said he told Newson he was under arrest prior to hitting him in the face, according to an aggravated perjury indictment.

Romer was also involved in the Feb. 28, 2011, shooting death of a 32-year-old handicapped father, Charal "Ra Ra" Thomas, during a traffic stop in east Fort Worth, police said.

Thomas refused to get out of his Ford Expedition when police ordered him to and instead locked the doors. When Romer reached through a partially opened window to unlock the driver's door, Thomas rolled up his window, trapping the officer's arm, police said.

Thomas then drove forward, dragging Romer, who eventually hopped onto the SUV's running board, pulled his weapon and fired at Thomas, who later died. An adult passenger and three of Thomas' children were also in the SUV.

Thomas lost a leg when he was 12 after he was wounded by a shotgun blast, relatives said. Thomas' death caused a significant amount of friction between the police and the black community. Now Romer, who is white, is charged with hitting a black suspect, Newson.

Calls to Romer's attorney of record, Lance F. Wyatt, were not immediately returned.

An official with the Tarrant County district attorney's office said the case is being handled by a special prosecutor and that she did not have any information.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-stephon-clarks-death/?utm_term=.9c49b202c2d4

A deputy in Houston shot and killed an unarmed black man — days after Stephon Clark’s death

The woman that recorded the last moments of Danny Ray Thomas’s life thought it would end differently.

“He about to get Tased,” a woman says in the video, laughing. A police SUV’s lights flash near an apparent altercation involving Thomas and another man on a Houston street.

Thomas is in white, his pants around his ankles. He heads to the right of the camera frame, and the Harris County sheriff’s deputy comes into view. His gun is drawn. The deputy backpedals. A passing truck obscures the picture for a moment.

Then, the gunshot comes, a single round that pierces Thomas’s chest.

The woman behind the camera is not laughing any longer. Her video is a chaotic, tumbling stream of images as she tries to regain composure. “Why he shot him? Why he shot that man?” she shrieks. The woman eventually reframes the scene, with the deputy crouching over Thomas. He was pronounced dead at Houston Northwest Medical Center, authorities said.

Authorities indicated Thomas, a 34-year-old black man, had “some object” in his hand, but Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jason Spencer told the Houston Chronicle “we have not recovered a weapon at this point.” It’s not clear from the video if Thomas has anything in his hands.

He does not appear to raise his arms in a manner that would appear threatening before the passing truck blocks the camera’s view. About three seconds pass between the truck obscuring the frame and the gunshot ringing out.

Marketa Thomas, the victim’s sister, told reporters Thursday that they both struggled with mental illness and relied on each together, saying there is “no justification” for the deputy involved.

“Knowing that he was okay when I woke up every day made me fine,” she told reporters at the scene, according to a Chronicle video. “And knowing that my brother is no longer here — you think I’m going to be fine? I’m not going to be fine. That’s my brother.”

Thomas spoke through tears. “That’s my flesh and my blood. … He had my back through everything. And he promised me he wouldn’t leave me, and he didn’t leave me. Somebody took him from me.”

Family members said Thomas has been hit hard by the deaths of his two children, who were allegedly drowned in a home bathtub by their mother, Sheborah Thomas in 2016, when they were 5 and 7 years old. She is awaiting trial for capital murder, the Chronicle reported.

Tensions flared at a nearby gas station where media and members of the public gathered, including apparent witnesses who said Thomas appeared compliant. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez met the crowd face to face after the incident.

“But he threw his hands up,” a woman asked, in a moment captured by CBS affiliate KHOU. “But what if he threw his hands up?”

Gonzalez rebuffed the assertion. “We don’t know that. That’s why we’re out here to investigate. We’ll get to the bottom of it,” Gonzalez told the crowd of mostly black citizens.

Thursday’s killing occurred in the jurisdiction of the Houston Police Department, which will take the lead in the investigation. The sheriff’s office and Harris County District Attorney will also conduct probes.

Authorities released a brief summary of the incident on Friday.

“According to witnesses, Thomas was walking in the middle of the intersection of Imperial Valley and Greens Rd. with his pants around his ankles, talking to himself and hitting vehicles as they passed by,” the Houston Police Department said in a statement. Thomas struck a white vehicle, and a physical altercation ensued. A passing deputy stopped to disrupt the disturbance, the police said.

“The deputy gave Thomas verbal commands to stop, which he ignored and continued to advance toward the deputy. Fearing for his safety, the deputy discharged his duty weapon, striking Thomas once in the chest,” the department stated.

“Obviously they’re someone’s loved one. These situations are always difficult and so the main thing we can do is to make sure that we get the facts and that we’re thorough and transparent,” Gonzalez told reporters at the scene Thursday.

The shooting serves as a “a reminder of how things could escalate in these situations,” Gonzalez added. “Our deputies work in a very difficult environment where they have to make split-second decisions to protect their lives as well.”

Houston officer Kim Jones at the department’s crime center told The Washington Post on Saturday there was no information on whether the deputy was carrying a Taser or other less-than-lethal weapons. The sheriff’s office did not immediately answer an inquiry requesting information on the typical configuration of less-than-lethal weapons for deputies on patrol.

The Houston killing occurred just days after two Sacramento police officers shot and killed Stephon Clark in his own backyard after a foot pursuit on Sunday night. The police believed Clark raised a gun at them. Only a white iPhone was found near his body. He died at the scene after the officers shot 20 rounds at him.

That incident sparked waves of protests in the following days, with chants of “Phones up, don’t shoot” — a reference to the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. He was also unarmed when he was killed by police.

An analysis by The Post found 987 people were killed by police last year — 68 of them unarmed. Of those unarmed victims, 30 were white, 20 were black and 13 were Hispanic, showing an overrepresentation of African Americans compared to their percentage of the U.S. population. Five of the remaining fatalities were of unknown or other race.

At least 230 people have been killed by police this year, according to The Post’s database on fatal force.
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Stay_true64 said:
I can't get over this cop being able to have sex with a detainee shit. What in the entire fuck???

BS at its finest
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So what do people planning on actually doing? In districts where black out number whites, why not introduce minority’ judges, police chiefs, councilmen and other city officials.

And then, get out and vote, and then stay active in the proceedings of your area. And then also be the change that you want to see in your community for issues that happen within our communities.

All this outrage for what, to keep getting mad and keep acting like your shocked. This like the chick that stay with the dude that beats her, then when he snuffs her in public. She just holds her face wide eye and looks at bystanders.

My nigga do something, going on media, Twitter, Facebook, protesting shit don’t do nothing. You say the shit I just said to niggaz about being the face of gov in you area. And niggaz be like “ooooh how you gone trust the system that oppress you to protect you, that won’t do no good” never actually fucking do it.

But then keep doing the same shit that do no good.

074C8DD8-9F94-4E16-8DC3-D9FB1476C41C.jpeg Swear black folk make me sick sometimes
 






Fort Worth pigs caught again beating on a nigga.. I can’t wait for niggas to come in this thread and talk about how we need more “black” cops.. As you can see in this video that’s a coon cop smothering that man’s face into the ground...
 
We dont need more black cops..we need reformation. Some black cops are potentially more dangerous than whites. There are black police who've developed a sour taste for his own kind bc of police work
 
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