VIDEO: Video Released of El Paso Prisoner Shot to Death at Jail
Video: Released El Paso Prisoner Shot to Death at Jail
Video of the March 8, 2013, shooting death of a handcuffed prisoner was released Monday in response to an open records request after a grand jury declined to indict an El Paso PD officer in the shooting.
June 18, 2014
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An El Paso police officer pulled his TASER after he drew his handgun and fatally shot a handcuffed prisoner at the Downtown Jail last year, according to security camera footage released Monday by the city of El Paso, reports the El Paso Times.
The video of the March 8, 2013, shooting death of bodybuilder Daniel Saenz was released after the Texas Attorney General's Office ordered the city to comply with an open-records request made by the El Paso Times in February. The video was requested after a grand jury declined to indict Officer Jose Flores in the shooting.
The Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) stated that Flores drew his handgun because "Saenz could quickly front his cuffs and turn them into a deadly weapon, given his considerable strength, agility and demonstrated resistance to the Taser ... At the same moment Officer Flores draws his weapon, Mr. Saenz pushes off on that curb and, with remarkable strength, sends the civilian escort flying backwards. The civilian escort's arm then hits the trigger hand of Officer Flores, causing his weapon to discharge."brough Drive.
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