This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe head prosecutor for Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg’s trial division Monday after posting last week that equated protesters who remove Confederate statues with Nazis.The meme posted by Assistant District Attorney Kaylynn Williford last week shows a black-and-white photograph of hands holding a massive bin of rings.It says, “Wedding bands that were removed from Holocaust victims prior to being executed, 1945. Each ring represents a destroyed family. Never forget, Nazis tore down statues. Banned free speech. Blamed...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe head prosecutor for Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg’s trial division Monday after posting last week that equated protesters who remove Confederate statues with Nazis.The meme posted by Assistant District Attorney Kaylynn Williford last week shows a black-and-white photograph of hands holding a massive bin of rings.It says, “Wedding bands that were removed from Holocaust victims prior to being executed, 1945. Each ring represents a destroyed family. Never forget, Nazis tore down statues. Banned free speech. Blamed...WW…

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday dismissed almost 800 cases filed against protesters arrested during the George Floyd demonstrations last week in Houston.In total, prosecutors dropped 796 charges filed against 654 protesters, District Attorney Kim Ogg said. Many of those cases were cited in court filings as being dismissed “in the interest of justice.”Charges still remain against 51 adults and one juvenile accused of 35 misdemeanors and 19 felonies, Ogg said. Those include weapons offenses and charges of aggravated assault of a peace officer.Prosecutors made their...…The Harris County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday dismissed almost 800 cases filed against protesters arrested during the George Floyd demonstrations last week in Houston.In total, prosecutors dropped 796 charges filed against 654 protesters, District Attorney Kim Ogg said. Many of those cases were cited in court filings as being dismissed “in the interest of justice.”Charges still remain against 51 adults and one juvenile accused of 35 misdemeanors and 19 felonies, Ogg said. Those include weapons offenses and charges of aggravated assault of a peace officer.Prosecutors made their...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePreston Chaney died of COVID-19 after more than three months at the Harris County Jail on allegations he stole lawn equipment and frozen meat. Two days later, Chaney’s court-appointed lawyer, who’d logged just two hours on his case, billed for additional work.Chaney had a hold and was rejected for personal bail under Gov. Greg Abbott’s pandemic order banning the release of anyone with violent charges or prior arrests. Had the 64-year-old been able to scrape together $100, he could have waited for trial away from the packed...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePreston Chaney died of COVID-19 after more than three months at the Harris County Jail on allegations he stole lawn equipment and frozen meat. Two days later, Chaney’s court-appointed lawyer, who’d logged just two hours on his case, billed for additional work.Chaney had a hold and was rejected for personal bail under Gov. Greg Abbott’s pandemic order banning the release of anyone with violent charges or prior arrests. Had the 64-year-old been able to scrape together $100, he could have waited for trial away from the packed...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateFederal authorities on Friday arrested a Spring man in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, making him the first in the Houston area to be charged in the deadly insurrection.Joshua Lollar, 39, faces three criminal charges after the FBI combed through his Facebook page and found a myriad of now-deleted posts detailing involvement in the riot, in Washington, D.C., according to court documents. He is one of who have been arrested and in federal court over the event, numbers that are expected to mushroom as FBI...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateFederal authorities on Friday arrested a Spring man in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, making him the first in the Houston area to be charged in the deadly insurrection.Joshua Lollar, 39, faces three criminal charges after the FBI combed through his Facebook page and found a myriad of now-deleted posts detailing involvement in the riot, in Washington, D.C., according to court documents. He is one of who have been arrested and in federal court over the event, numbers that are expected to mushroom as FBI...WW…

Protests against President Donald Trump and Republicans happened in Houston Thursday following the deadly insurrection of the U.S. Capitol.“Hey hey, ho ho, Ted Cruz has got to go,” chanted a group of Houston activists around noon in front of the Leland Federal Building at 1919 Smith Street.Around a dozen people gathered, some with signs that read, “Remove Traitors,” “25th Amendment” and “Trump lost, fascists get out.”Drivers honked repeatedly as they passed the downtown skyscraper housing Sen. Ted Cruz’s office, where the protestors stood. Most of them called for the senator's resignation...…Protests against President Donald Trump and Republicans happened in Houston Thursday following the deadly insurrection of the U.S. Capitol.“Hey hey, ho ho, Ted Cruz has got to go,” chanted a group of Houston activists around noon in front of the Leland Federal Building at 1919 Smith Street.Around a dozen people gathered, some with signs that read, “Remove Traitors,” “25th Amendment” and “Trump lost, fascists get out.”Drivers honked repeatedly as they passed the downtown skyscraper housing Sen. Ted Cruz’s office, where the protestors stood. Most of them called for the senator's resignation...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCivil rights groups have formally filed complaints against two more state district judges in Harris County, adding to the list of jurists who are accused of violating state law in their case appointment practices.The Texas Fair Defense Project and Texas Civil Rights Project now contend that four judges favor certain private defense attorneys and overlook the Harris County Public Defender when appointing lawyers to indigent defendants’ cases. The groups on Thursday filed the new complaints against district Judges Frank Aguilar and...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCivil rights groups have formally filed complaints against two more state district judges in Harris County, adding to the list of jurists who are accused of violating state law in their case appointment practices.The Texas Fair Defense Project and Texas Civil Rights Project now contend that four judges favor certain private defense attorneys and overlook the Harris County Public Defender when appointing lawyers to indigent defendants’ cases. The groups on Thursday filed the new complaints against district Judges Frank Aguilar and...WW…