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The Michael Berry Show

AM Show Hr 3 | Not Even Sure What We Talked About

The Michael Berry Show

KTRH

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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0:00.0

At 2 o'clock today, a black eye for the Houston Police Department

0:15.0

where it will be revealed and discussed,

0:18.0

although I think a lot will still be hidden,

0:21.0

that the Houston Police Department was not following up on sexual assault cases. That's rape. And for years, and it, the Sylvester Turner legacy is going to be And the

0:43.4

the Sylvester-Toner legacy is going to be corruption,

0:49.6

thievary, William Paul Thomas going to prison, the Director of Marketing going to prison for kickbacks,

0:56.6

the affordable housing deal where he fired the housing director who was a whistleblower of.

1:05.1

And I want to be very clear because sometimes nuance and complexity and

1:09.1

subtlety does not convey well.

1:11.4

I don't convey it well. So my, but I want to make sure you understand this, this is not the

1:17.2

fault of rank and file cops. This is the fault of the top offices of the police department. This is a

1:26.0

decision that is made. This is the generals, not not the soldiers. The Houston Police Officers Union has been very vocal in their anger

1:40.7

over this. This is not their fault. They represent the officers and they just want to

1:45.8

fight crime and they know that this was a decision that was made that is a

1:49.6

terrible terrible thing. The president of the Houston Police Officers Union is Doug

1:54.1

Griffith and he's our guest. Doug, what was your reaction when you learned this

1:59.7

after you got over the shock I suppose.

2:09.6

That's exactly worried. I was in shock. I've never heard of a case being cleared by lack of manpower. It's just ridiculous. And we're talking about at least today they're going to disclose 2,000 at 2,000 cases.

2:20.0

Yes, sir, that's the rumor we're's the rumor we're hearing is close to 2,000 cases.

2:25.0

We really don't have a grasp yet on the total numbers

2:29.0

because we don't know what other cases were cleared like this.

2:32.0

It's specific clearing code. we don't know what other cases were cleared like this. A specific

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