Two Dallas Cops Face Charges for Alleged Excessive Force During George Floyd Protests

Brandon Saenz lies on a sidewalk bleeding from his eye after a Dallas police officer shot him in the face with"less-than-lethal" ammunition.The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office filed criminal charges against two police officers over their actions during summer 2020 protests.

In December, DA John Creuzot’s office obtained an arrest warrant for Williams, accusing him of shooting a protest photographer in the face with a “less-lethal” round. The round was a sponge/rubber bullet, and it crashed into the left side of This week, the DA said he was charging Mabry with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by a public servant, a first degree felony, and official oppression, a class A misdemeanor, in connection to the Saenz shooting. New evidence cleared Rocha and Williams in the Saenz case.

The same day the DA charged the two men, the Dallas Police Association came to their defense. In a press release, the DPA said many Dallas officers were hurt during “these riots while protecting peaceful activists and bystanders.” The DPA held a press conference on Thursday to respond to the charges. At the press conference, DPA President Mike Mata said: “I believe in the system. This organization believes in the system. These officers have been charged with a crime … and we will use that legal system to defend them.”For the officers to actually get indicted, Mata said, “It’s a high bar.” He said his bigger issue was with the process and the level of the charges the officers received.

Still, Washington said it was hurtful that the DPA came to the officers’ defense. “Brandon was not doing anything to violate the law,” he said. “Now that we’ve had warrants issued for their arrests, [the DPA] is now trying to make it seem like it’s Brandon’s fault and that’s a little disappointing.”“It’s sad that whenever something happens involving a Dallas police officer that there’s always some type of deflection,” Washington said. “It’s never the Dallas police officer’s fault.

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