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The family of Jalen Randle, a man who was shot to death by a Houston police officer during an attempted arrest, is speaking for the first time since a grand jury declined to charge the officer who killed him.
Randle’s family and civil rights lawyer Ben Crump called for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate.
Police were trying to arrest Randle on three felony warrants in April 2022 related to accusations he assaulted his girlfriend and pointed a gun at her. Body camera video shows Randle hopping out of the passenger’s side seat of a car after a short chase and getting shot once in his neck less than two seconds later as police told him to stop.
Police later found a gun in the bag Randle was holding.
“The video is clear," said Crump, who is representing Randle's family in an ongoing civil lawsuit against HPD. "Imagine if that’s your child. It could be any of our children.” Read more: https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/jalen-randle-family-ben-crump-officer-investigation/285-f66ad243-8767-4439-88c0-f7412a67d57a