A press conference was held in response to allegations of Beaumont police paralyzing a man. Author: Cameron Sibert, Tiana Johnson (KBMT), Kierra Sam (12News) Published: 6:51 PM CDT July 9, 2021 Updated: 7:28 PM CDT July 9, 2021
BEAUMONT, Texas The Southeast Texas community and members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People gathered at a Friday afternoon press conference in Beaumont to condemn police brutality allegations against the Beaumont Police Department.
NAACP Beaumont and the Texas Coalition Of Black Democrats held the event Friday in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse in response to Beaumont police officers allegedly paralyzing 40-year-old Christopher Shaw.
Community groups ask for transparency in alleged injury by BPD
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Members of the the Beaumont NAACP chapter, 100 Black Men of Beaumont, the 100 Plus Black Women of Beaumont and other groups met at the Jefferson County Courthouse on Friday to publicly request that administration with the police department and the detention center share information about an alleged incident on June 12 that possibly left a man paralyzed. Photo taken July 9, 2021. Jacob Dick/Beaumont EnterpriseBy Jacob Dick/Beaumont Enterprise / Jacob Dick/Beaumont Enterprise
Local community action groups in Beaumont are calling for transparency from law enforcement and city officials as investigations continue into the alleged injury of man by the Beaumont Police Department.
The Jefferson County Sheriff s Office has identified 38-year-old Michael Shane Marr of Labelle as the fugitive felon who fatally shot himself when deputies were preparing to serve him with an arrest warrant for Aggravated Sexual Assault and a Parole Violation. His family has been notified. He d once served time for murder.
The warrant went out last week and Sheriff Zena Stephens and Capt. Crystal Holmes say Marr evaded deputies who were looking for him. They considered him armed and dangerous.
Deputies were following up on tips they received and they tell us the man had family in the Labelle area.
Pandemic causing delay in jail releases, overcrowded prisons, Texas judge and lawyer agree
They say Texas citizens are the ones paying to keep inmates behind bars longer than normal, but the trouble is twofold. Author: Almiya White (KBMT), KBMT (12NewsNow) Published: 10:19 PM CDT June 29, 2021 Updated: 10:19 PM CDT June 29, 2021
BEAUMONT, Texas Texas jails and prisons are both overcrowded. Judges and lawyers are calling it a COVID-19 pandemic side effect.
They say Texas citizens are the ones paying to keep inmates behind bars longer than normal, but the trouble is twofold. County jails are full of defendants awaiting trial, and Texas prisons are housing people who have already been cleared for parole.
A man who escaped from jail in Jefferson County is behind bars again.
Sheriff Zena Stephens told KFDM in Beaumont that Robert Lake, 38, who escaped from the Jefferson County Jail complex late last week was captured on Saturday morning on Cable Street, just north of Downtown Beaumont after he jumped out of a stolen truck and attempted to run across Interstate 10.
Stephens said lake, who was being held on felony probation violation, escaped from the jail complex on Highway 69 shortly after 5:00 on Friday when he climbed onto the roof of the jail and then jumped over a fence near the visitation area.