The district attorney vows his office will prosecute any law enforcement officer who violates the law. He says he hopes this prosecution seeks justice for the family involved and sends "a loud and clear message" to every ICE officer who feels they have a free pass to terrorize the streets.
The receipt
- Who
- Harris County District Attorney Sean Tier
- Where
- briefing - Harris County District Attorney news conference in Houston, Texas
- Original footage
- C-SPAN · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 39 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 2 on Instagram
Read the transcript
And fourth, so long as I am district attorney, this office will prosecute any law enforcement officer who violates the law. An ICE badge does not give you free reign to injure, kill or violate the constitutional rights of anyone. My hope is that this prosecution will do more than just seek justice for the Parahernandez family and Mr. Paranandas. I hope that it also sends a loud and clear message to every ICE officer who feels that they have a free pass to terrorize our streets. The time to stop is now.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.