HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) A woman is suing the police department and the city of Houston after she was trampled by a city police officer mounted on a horse during of a protest for George Floyd in 2020.
The lawsuit regarding the incident was filed on Jan. 15, 2021, by Melissa Sanchez, who is seeking $1 million in relief. According to court records, Sanchez was among the protesters in the 1300 block of Travis Street on May 29, 2020.
Video of the incident shows Sanchez in a black backpack, near the front of a police van, holding a sign. Documents state the officer approached Sanchez from behind, without warning, and charged into her. Following the incident, officers on the scene were said to not have helped Sanchez get medical help.
Houston s first daughter Ashley Turner is engaged
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Her boyfriend, Jimmie, popped the question this weekend, and she said yes. I m excited today because my daughter s boyfriend proposed to her about an hour ago actually, Turner said Saturday during a press conference on vaccines. You know, before she could say yes, I was about to say yes for her. She s taking too long. So he proposed, and I said, Yes, she will. Yes, you will .
He shared photos of the engagement on Twitter. He wrote that she was surprised at the end of her birthday drive-by celebration which benefitted Kids Meals Inc.
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was all smiles during a press conference Saturday about the city s ongoing efforts with distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.
An initial thought was that things were going well at the vaccination site where he spoke so his spirits were high, but the real reason for his energetic energy was that his daughter, Ashley Turner, had just got engaged.
Turner made the announcement in the middle of the press conference.
“I’m excited today because my daughter’s boyfriend proposed to her about an hour ago, Turner said. “He proposed and before she could say Yes I was about to say yes for her. ”
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has weighed in on the Texans quarterback situation with Deshaun Watson saying in part that "I am humbled to be his Mayor. I hope that won't change anytime soon."
Gov. Greg Abbott and his top health advisers swung by Houston on Tuesday to meet with Houston Methodist CEO and president Dr. Mark Boom to talk about the statewide COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and to praise Houston Methodist for being the top vaccinator in all of Texas.
Abbott said that Harris County as a whole “has administered far more vaccines than any other county in Texas.” He cited Department of State Health Service statistics which show that as of Monday, 259,848 vaccine shots had been doled out in Texas’s most populous county, “almost double the amount” of vaccines given out by number two-ranking Dallas County so far.