It was

it was the night of May 5th, Joe Campostore, stopped by the 21 club in Houston's second ward.

On Cinco de Mayo in 1977, the city of Houston was rocked by an appalling death at the hands of the city's own

's own police.

At the time, Houston's police department had a reputation

of being out of control.

Poise Torres, an army veteran,

had been arrested in one of Houston's Latino bars.

But instead of taking him to jail, police took him to a secluded spot on the bank of Houston's Buffalo Bayou.

Arsoa says the officers decided to teach Torres a lesson.

His body was found floating in the water two days later.

Mama, they found our boy.

Mama, somebody killed our boy.

But when the officers involved were cleared,

Houston exploded.

Black jackets and shields were handed out.

Oh my God, you know, they wanted to burn that place down.

The arsonist wrote the name of Joe Torres on the wall.

People responded to rocks and bottles, shouting Viva Jose Campos Torres.

The community's demand for justice led to an audacious experiment.

Five young Latino officers were pulled out of their patrol cars

and offered a chance to become America's first Latino homicide squad.

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