/ Debbie Bush speaks at a rally to support the Texas George Floyd Act outside of the Texas Capitol in March. Her nephew, Marquise Jones, was killed by a San Antonio police officer seven years earlier.
For seven years, Debbie Bush has fought to make those in power see the injustice she sees.
In 2014, her nephew was killed by an off-duty San Antonio police officer at the age of 23. Marquise Jones was shot in the back running from the scene of a fender bender in a restaurant drive-thru lane. The officer said Jones had a gun other witnesses say he didn t. The officer was cleared of wrongdoing and remains on the force.
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âIf this doesnât push it, we donât know what will,â says Debbie Bush. She has been fighting for greater accountability for police violence since her nephew was shot in the back by a San Antonio officer seven years ago. Debbie Bush speaks at a rally to support the Texas George Floyd Act outside of the Texas Capitol in March. Her nephew, Marquise Jones, was killed by a San Antonio police officer seven years earlier. (Source: Charlie L. Harper III for The Texas Tribune)
The killing of
Mike Ramos by police last spring was a direct result of the racism that has permeated policing in Austin, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of his mother last week.
Brenda Ramos suit, prepared by
Rebecca Webber of the Hendler Flores law firm, asks for a jury trial and damages for the loss of her only son.
Mike Ramos, a Black and Latinx 42-year-old, died on April 24 after officers were summoned to his Southeast Austin apartment complex. A resident had called 911 to complain that a man was holding a gun to a woman s head as the couple did drugs inside a car. Several police units responded to the call, blocking the parking lot exit. Eight officers then pulled their weapons and ordered Ramos out of the car.