HOUSTON, Feb. 8 Three former Houston police officers were found guilty in Federal District Court here today of beating a MeicanAmerican prisoner last May and then pushing him into a downtown bayou, where he drowned. Reuben Bonilla of Corpus Christi, who heads the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Texas, called the verdict "the most deplorable and unconscionable in recent memory," and said he fears Hispanic-American violence unless the Justic Department acts promptly to bring a federal case against the officers. Attorneys for the three defendants said they would probably appeal the verdict. Bring on the Shiplap? The jury returned a probated sentence of one year in jail and a $2,000 fine. Houston firemen put out fire of burning car flipped during a riot that began in nearby Moody Park. City Employees Are Heading for the Exits. At least 22 persons were arrested at a city park after violence broke out in the chiefly Mexican-American neighborhood following a disturbance which led to vandalism and bottle throwing among the estimated mob of 1,500 persons. Torres subsequently drowned. Welcome! 12 pick, Tips for bringing your dog or cat on a flight, West Texans share apocalyptic photos of after massive dust storm, This Houston rodeo food vendor wants you to eat his rattlesnake. The summer of 1979, detective sergeant Jim Montero floated an idea past HPD chief Harry Caldwell: if he got permission to recruit a small group of Spanish-speaking patrol officers, he could train them to serve as translators in the field, helping the department to close the growing number of unsolved crimes in Houstons barrios. Rather than taking him directly to the nearby jail, six responding Houston Police Department officers took a detour to a secluded spot near Buffalo Bayou that they called The Hole. All six officers were found guilty of violating Torres' civil rights, and given a ten-year suspended sentence. The US Department of Justice subsequently conducted its own investigation. Family members and friends of his are working to win approval of historical markers at Moody Park to commemorate Torres' death and the community's reaction. There, they brutally beat him for several hours. You were a victim [of a crime], so Im going to treat you as a victim. Two of the officers who had beaten Torres, Terry W. Denson and Stephen Orlando, were charged with murder. . Mr. Torres was arrested May 5 at Houston tavern on charges of disturbing the peace. "We never got justice," his sister Sandra Torres told the Houston Chronicle in 2011. Because the felony and misdemeanor sentences are concurrent, the three will probably serve less than a year in prison. 512-485-3073 When Black and Latino communities are asking for change, some people treat it like an impossibility, she says. In 2004, Poe was elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving for 14 years. The people would open their hearts towards us because we were able to communicate with them, Mosqueda says in the podcast. October 7, 1977 Two former Houston policemen on trial for beating and drowning a Mexican-American prisoner in their custody last May were convicted by a jury today of misdemeanor charges that. In May 1977, Houston Police arrested Army veteran Joe Campos Torres following a disturbance outside an East End bar. There, they brutally beat him for several hours. Denson testified that Torres had said he could swim and had jumped into the water. Houston firemen fight a blaze which was reportedly set by rioters in the 4400 block of Fulton. Given the departments broken relationship with the Latino community, making headway on the cases would be extremely difficult, especially because of the officer recruitment problem. Abe Weiner, owner of the Leonard's Department Store in the same shopping center which suffered looting and smoke damage, said the store burned over an hour before firemen responded to the call for help. Its possible.. And though her mother instilled in her a love for the U.S., Alonzo was also aware that her identity as a Mexican American sometimes made her a target. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Following a month-long trial, an all-white jury convicted Denson and Orlando on a reduced charge of negligent homicidea misdemeanoron October 6. Before that he was a member of the Houston law firm of Vinson, Elkins, to which John B. Connally, the Republican presidential candidate, also belongs. Defense attorney Mike Ramsey and his client, Steven Orlando, follow. His body was found days later. On the one-year anniversary of Torres' death, the simmering social unrest erupted into riots. In interviews with members of the Chicano Squad, the podcast shines a light on its predicament. A new podcast explores the history of the Chicano Squad as part of a Houston police department effort to repair its broken relationship with the Latino community. The three former officers, Terry W. Denson, 29 years old, Joseph J. Janish, 25 and Stephen Orlando, 24, were found guilty in Judge Sterling's court last year of responsibility for the death by drowning of Joe Campos Torres, 23, a laborer. Many segments are silent and would have been voiced over by the anchorperson during a live broadcast. It is the headquarters for the Texas prison system. The killing of Torres - a Hispanic veteran arrested at an East End bar - was the spark that set off a series of protests, firings and reforms that eventually transformed the Houston Police Department into the modern crime-fighting institution that we know today. Three days later, on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 8, 1977 his dead body was found severely beaten and floating in the Buffalo Bayou, a creek on the outskirts of downtown Houston. Jose "Joe" Campos Torres, shown in a photo held by his sister Janie Torres in 1998, was arrested after a 1977 Cinco de Mayo disturbance. Attorneys for the three defendants pointed out that the new sentences, because they exceed one year, would render the former officers eligible for parole, which would not be the case had their sentences remained at precisely one year. Houston firemen fight blaze which was reportedly set by rioters in the 4400 block of Fulton. The sergeant said he told the officers to take the prisoner to a nearby hospital; instead, they took Mr. Torres back to the 16foot embankment overlooking Buffalo Bayou near downtown Housotn, where they had beaten him. 'I am the chief of police, but I am a son of Houston, and what people need to understand is if you cannot see and feel 44 years of pain and suffering of this family, you're not human,' Finner said. Latinos around town began pinning a single dollar bill to their shirts, meant to symbolize what their lives were worth in the eyes of the criminal justice system. While Bond says that he "cannot create a police review board," the Houston Police Department established the Internal Affairs Division soon after Torres' death to investigate police misconduct. Robert Bennett, attorney for Mr. Denson, who had been specifically charged with pushing Mr. Torres into the water, said that he would argue against a prison sentence for his client. Films shown; previous state trial of 2 officers and demands of local Mex.-Americans for Justice Department probe noted. Chief Bond introduces possible disciplinary action against the offending officers through the civil service law, KPRC reporter Don Shelby speculates on the possibility of a second assault on Torres in between the time when officers brought him to the jail and when he ended up in the bayou. Every passing month seems to bring news of some officer killing an unarmed young man - we're still mourning the death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards in Balch Springs, a Dallas suburb. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner comforts Margarita Campos Torres, the mother of 23-year-old Jose Campos Torres killed by police in 1977, as they stand in front of a trail at 1301 Commerce with an Army photo of her son dedicated in his honor April 2 in downtown Houston. On January 15, according to a $100,000 damage suit filed by Robert and Alice Gleason, N. W. Holloway and his partner J. T. Olin were among several other cops who stormed into their Pasadena trailer. Its not uncommon for the stories of Latinos to be minimized or excluded entirely from Texas history books. We can change these systems. On June 28, a Harris County grand jury indicted two of the officers, Terry Denson and Steven Orlando, for murder and a third, J. J. Janisch, for misdemeanor assault. We can only hope that the next congressional delegation brings along Sessions so that he, too, can learn the story of Joe Campos Torres and Chief Caldwell. The group cleared forty homicides by the end of 1979 and later earned the recognition of the National Latino Peace Officers, in 1997, when they solved 91 percent of the cases theyd been assigned. By Gloria Rubac posted on April 12, 2022. In the case of the burglary suspect, Garcia pointed out that a 14-year-old witness had disputed the officer's claim that the suspect had lunged at the officer. 09/13/1977 - Fired HPD officer Terry Denson, right, arrives for court at the Criminal Justice Center at Sam Houston State University where his trial for the May 6 murder of Joe Campos . The convicted former officers are Terry W. Denson, 27, and Stephen Orlando, 22. "Let's see if the wetback can swim." With those words, Officer. The sentences that Judge Sterling imposed were each one year and one day, but they were set to run concurrently with separate oneyear sentences he imposed on the three men last year for a misdemeanor count of violating the victim's civil rights. 1977 - Joe Campos Torres -- his death triggered an outcry from the Mexican-American community about police brutality in Houston. In the wake of Torress death, frustrated residents of Houstons barrios staged rallies and protests around the city. A desk sergeant ordered the six officers to take Torres to Ben Taub General Hospital for medical treatment. To some of their fellow officers, it didnt matter whether they wore a badge or passed their exam, they were Mexicans first. He said looters from the riot at Moody Park knocked out windows and forced the clerk to flee through the back of the store as the crowd looted. The city was quickly growing into the murder capital of the United States as a slew of unsolved killings in Houstons barrios piled up. Prince Harry 'hated woke nonsense' and 'made jokes we are no longer allowed to make' before meeting Meghan, Charles felt he had to act as king rather than as a father: REBECCA ENGLISH reveals why Charles backed moves Don't just stick to the Malbec! After a jail booking officer refused to accept Torres because of his injuries and ordered him taken to a hospital, the officers returned to the secluded spot, where one of them allegedly pushed him over a 17-foot embankment into the water after saying, "Let's see if this wetback can swim.". This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. The apology to Torres' family was the first by any city official, and Finner promised to work with the family to build a monument in Torres' name. Police responded to a call at the park on the evening of May 7, 1978, and as the crowd began chanting Justice for Jose Torres, a riot broke out. He said it demonstrated once again that there is "a dual standard of justice" in Texas, adding, "Our only redress in the federal courts.". ", State Rep. Ben Reyes of Houston, also a Mexican-American, called the verdict "pathetic" and "the worst miscarriage of justice that I've ever seen." "People rose-up and started throwing rocks and bottles at the police, overturning police cars and shouting 'Justice for Joe Torres' and 'Viva Joe Torres,'" Barthe said. Officers Terry Denson and Stephen Orlando were convicted of negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, and were fined $1 and sentenced to probation. Healthy mother-of-two, 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class. They were ordered to take him to Ben Taub General Hospital, but instead of doing so, the officers brought him back to the banks of Buffalo Bayou and pushed him into the water. 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Brinkmeyer said Denson previously had boasted throwing a wino down a ravine and had beaten other hand-cuffed prisoners. (Studio) Report on conviction of 3 former Houston policemen accused of violating civil rights of Mex.-American who drowned while in their custody. City officials vowed to memorialize Torres in some way, The worst thing for her, she said was that, 'No matter how many apologies we get, it can never change the fact because Joe, at the end, never got justice.'. Outraged Mexican-American spokesman immediately called on the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute the case in federal court as a civil rights violation, for which the officers could receive up to life in prison. They had only ninety days to solve them. Officers Terry Denson (left) and Stephen Orlando (right) were the only two officers convicted of negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, in the death of Torres, and each was fined $1 and given probation. Burning car flipped during a riot that began in nearby Moody Park. One of the counts, involving a violation of Federal civil rights laws in which death results, is a felony, with the maximum sentence life in prison. Torres, a 23-year-old Mexican American and Vietnam War veteran, drowned . Who Said It: Legendary Houston Comedian Bill Hicks or New El Paso District Attorney Bill Hicks? TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. The cops got to go home to their families while he was floating in the water for three days.". By John M. Crewdson; Special to The New York Times. You have three options if you'd like to view this item: If you believe that you are associated with a sponsoring college or university and have received this message in error, please let us know. Denson and Orlando were also convicted of assault and sentenced to nine months in prison. State District Judge James Warref of Walker County sentenced them to one year probation and a $1 fine. The officers on trial, Stephen Orlando, 21 years old, and Terry Denson . Torres' death and the light punishment the officers involved received would spark the infamous Moody Park riot one year later. The Houston Police Department first arrested Phillips's replacement, a Security Guard Services, Inc. employee named Robert Taylor. The judge sentenced them to one year of probation and fined them each $1. Truth about Covid care home testing row: Timeline lays bare what was said, by who and when. Anyone can read what you share. If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. Find Terry Denson's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. local news and culture, Olivia Flores Alvarez You may visit the Television News Archive on the Vanderbilt campus to view on-site from the Archive's collection. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. Forty years ago Torres was killed by police in an incident that sparked massive riots across Houston. Janie Torres is the sister of Jose "Joe" Campos Torres, who on May 5, 1977 was beaten and thrown into Buffalo Bayou by Houston police officers. There, the officers beat Torres, bruising and bloodying him to the point that when they finally drove him to the city jail, officials there wouldnt process him, telling the officers to take him to a nearby hospital. Facebook gives people the power to. The former officers have admitted that they beat their handcuffed prisoner for insolence before booking him. During the research process, Moravec found that the Chicano Squad posted a consistently higher clearance rate than other HPD units. Instead, they brought him back to the Hole. 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Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business. In 2010, because HPDs increasingly diverse workforce now includes a higher number of Spanish-speaking officers, the group was disbanded. Instead of being taken to jail, police took Campos Torres to "The Hole," an isolated area behind a warehouse along Buffalo Bayou where Houston Police Department officers could write reports, question suspects and sleep. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. "No parade, no day of remembrance. The officers involved were found guilty of negligent homicide and ultimately given a year and a day in prison for civil rights violations. An all-white jury found them guilty of negligent homicidea misdemeanorand sentenced the officers. On June 28, a Harris County grand jury indicted two of the officers, Terry Denson and Steven Orlando, for murder and a third, J. J. Janisch, for misdemeanor assault. Though he served in that role for less than three years, Caldwell instituted key reforms that still exist today, such as HPD's first internal affairs department, HPD's first formal manual and the first liaisons to minority communities. REPORTER: Walter Cronkite, (Houston, Texas) Background of case involving alleged beating of Joe Campos Torres, which resulted in his drowning, by officers Terry Wayne Denson, Stephen Orlando and Joseph Janish given. Margaret Torres, mother of Joe Campos Torres, speaks to a crowd gathered at the Houston police station Oct. 8, 1977 to protest the verdict handed down by a Huntsville jury in the the murder trial of former Houston policemen Terry Denson and Stephen Orlando. 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TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Of the six, initially only officers Terry Denson and Steven Orlando were charged with murder. Following another beating, officers pushed Torres off a raised platform into Buffalo Bayou. Houston police officers administer first aid to Officer Tommy A. Britt, injured by a car that broke through a police line at Irvington and Fulton during a riot that began in nearby Moody Park. Nonetheless, Garcia said he is distressed by incidents, including the recent shooting deaths of a black police erroneously believed to be an armed robber and of a 16-year-old unarmed Mexican-American burglary suspect. Two of the officers who had beaten Torres, Terry W. Denson and Stephen. About 150 protesters met at Commerce and San Jacinto on May 21, 1977 near the site where the body of Joe Campos Torres was found just weeks before. Service station vandalized by riotersduring riot at Moody Park. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. HOUSTON, Oct. 30 Federal District Judge Ross N. Sterling, acting under orders from a Federal appeals court to impose prison terms on three former Houston police officers he had sentenced to probation for their roles in the death of a young MexicanAmerican man, today handed the three what amounted to an extra day in orison. After the Huntsville verdict was reached last fall, pressure from Texas political leaders, including Gov. 'My mother was never the same after Jose was killed,' his sister Janie Torres, who was 10 at the time her brother's death, said. Vilma Martinez, president of the MexicanAmerican Legal Defense and Educational Fund, also called for the judge's impeachment. The Killing of Jos Campos Torres. Terry W Denson of Harris County, Texas was born c. 1950. The protests that . On an overcast evening in early May 1977, 23-year-old Vietnam War veteran Jose Campos Torres was in handcuffs for drunk and disorderly conduct at a cantina in Houstons East End. Houston police officers give first aid to officer Tommy A. Britt who was injured by a car that broke through a police line at Irvington and Fulton during a riot that began in nearby Moody Park. Dolph Briscoe, prompted the Department of Justice to seek indictments against the former officers on charges of having violated Mr. Torres's civil rights. Any time in the penitentiary would be unacceptable, Mr. Bennett said, adding that Mr. Denson was an outstanding public servant to this community.. Aided by the research of producer and Austin-based journalist Eva Ruth Moravec, Alonzo guides listeners through interviews with Chicano activists, former police officers, scholars, and Torress family members. , 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class other ;! 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