Justice for Joshua Feast march planned in La Marque
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The Justice for Joshua Feast march is planned for noon in La Marque.
Feast died after the Dec. 9 shooting across the street from his uncle s house where he was staying. According to police, Officer Jose Santos was attempting to arrest Feast.
The 22-year-old s family says an independent autopsy showed he was shot in the back as he was running away. Police say Feast was holding a gun when originally confronted.
Previous demonstrations have called for the firing of Officer Santos and the La Marque police chief.
An investigation into what happened is still underway by the Galveston County Sheriff s Office.
Nearly 100 people showed up to march to the La Marque police station in the first demonstration since the release of body camera video showing showing the Dec. 9 shooting death of Joshua Feast. We feel the same as anyone else with any type of logic. To see a man who is trying to get away get shot in the back, protestor Mathia Preach said. There s no way you can possibly keep using the lie that you were in fear of your life.
You can watch the released bodycam footage in the video player above.
Feast, who Crump and his family said posed no threat, was shot to death by Officer Jose Santos on Dec. 9. across the street from Feast s uncle s house, where he was staying.
Feast had been outside talking to the mother of his child, his uncle said. Moments later, Santos was driving down the street and made a sudden U-turn. He pulled up and yelled Feast s name. Feast ran. His uncle said the officer shot Feast in the back.
Investigators said he was a person of interest and possibly connected to recent shootings in town.
La Marque police release bodycam video from fatal shooting of Joshua Feast
Joel Eisenbaum, Investigative Reporter
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LA MARQUE, Texas – La Marque police released video Monday from the bodyworn camera of the officer who shot a man to death earlier this month.
The City of La Marque said they received requests for Officer Jose Santos’ bodyworn camera footage in the Dec. 9 shooting of 22-year-old Joshua Feast.
“The Texas Public Information Act requires this specific footage to be released near the end of December. In keeping with the city’s promise of transparency, the video is being released early on Monday, December 21, 2020,” a news release from the City of La Marque said.
Texas police release video of cop fatally shooting Black man
Updated 12/21/2020 4:30 PM
LA MARQUE, Texas Police in a Houston suburb released body camera footage Monday of an officer fatally shooting a Black man in the back, though key moments of the nighttime encounter were missing or obscured.
The footage released by the La Marque Police Department does not include audio for the first 30 seconds, including the moment that Officer Jose Santos shot 22-year-old Joshua Feast. It shows Feast running from Santos, who has his weapon extended, and shows Feast lying on the ground, wounded, while Santos yells Show me your hands three times.