Houston police shootings

"The discharge of those 21 shots for those four members of the Houston Police Department are not objectively reasonable,"Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said of the deadly encounter with Nicolas Chavez in April.

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4 Houston Police Officers Fired Over Fatal Shooting Of Nicolas Chavez

1:57pm September 11, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

"You don't get to shoot somebody 21 times," Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said of the deadly encounter in April. "I cannot defend that."

Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo said Adrian Mereadis' family has requested that the footage capturing his death be kept out of public view.

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Family Asks Houston Police Not To Release Fatal Shooting Video Of Gospel Singer

9:50pm May 13, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"Not everybody wants their loved one to be in cyberspace for the rest of eternity and for their last minute on Earth to be public," Chief Art Acevedo said.