STILL
STILL SY
STILL SY IN -- STILL HASN'T SAID HOW ITD H ITK.
HERE'S MATT HOWERTON.
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♪ MATT+@:
♪ MATT+@: A YEAR AGO MARCH, FORT
WORTH POLICE TOLD A JUDGE THIS
WAS A DRU S
>> I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVE
+@20 YEARS.
+@20 YEARS. MATT: THEY GOT A SEARCH WARRANT
REQUE+@STING +@N RAID
THEY SAID THEY WOULD LIKELY FIND
NARCOTICS.
NARCOTICS. A NO-KNOCK WARRANT GAVE COPS
PERMISSION FOR FORCED ENTRY WITH
NO WARNING.
NO WARNING. >> WHEN WE STOOD UP, THE POLICE@
WERE COMING TOUHURFOT
DOOR.
DOOR.
DOOR. MATT: TAKE A LOOK AT THIS EMT
BOX.
BOX.
BOX. COURT DOCUMENTS READ, P+@OLICE
DIDN'T FIND GUS G, MEY
COURT DOCUMENTS READ, P+@OLICE DIDN'T FIND GUS G, MEY+@
OR ANYTHIGE SPICOS
>> IT WAS HORRIBLE.
MATT: JUST KNOW THE PRICE IN HER
NIGHTGOWN -- JUST NELDA PRICE
IN HER NIGHTGOWN AND HER
HUSBAND, BOTH I THEIR 60'S.
TWO TAXPAYERS TERRIFIED OMAK
ANY SUDE ET
>> I'M THINKING, JUST BE STILL,
DADDY.
DADDY.
DADDY. DON'T --
DON'T --
DON'T -- I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY. MATT: NELDA SUED THE CITY FOR
EXCESSIVE FORCE, NEGLIGENCE, THE
VIOLATION RIGHTS, BUT
MOSTLY BECAU JOHN DIED WEEKS
FOLLOWING THE RD
+@
FOLLOWING THE RD >> THEY'VE T+@AKEN AWAY --
I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY. MA+@TT: ACCORDING TO TH ASI,
PRICE AND HER HUSBANDWR U
IN FLEXC
PRICE AND HER HUSBANDWR U IN FLEXCUFFS, WHICH LOOKS
LIKE ZI+@P TIES, AND+@ WERE ORDD
TO STAY PUTO HI FRONTLINE
-- FR+@ONT LAWN.
>> THEY NEVER SAID ONE REASON AS
TO WHY THEW EE
MATT: SEVERAL HOURS PASSED AND
AS TIME WORE ON, JOHN RICHARD PR
ICE BEGAN FEELING ILL.
HE HAD ISSUES WITH HIS+@ BLOO
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE. I ASKED IF HE COULD HAEHS
MEDICI+@NE, BECAUSE I CUDTEL
THAT HIS BLOOD PRESSURE WAS
GOING UP.
GOING UP.
GOING UP. MATT: DESPITE NUMEROUS DESPERATE
PLEAS FROM+@ MRS PRICE, POLICE
+@
PLEAS FROM+@ MRS PRICE, POLICE IGNORED THEIR REQUETAD
CONTI+@NUDTHRLUL SEARCH,
CONTI+@NUDTHRLUL SEARCH, ACCORDING TO H LASI.
PRICE SAYS SHE DIDN'T RESIST OR
ACT UP, AND HER REASONING FO
THAT ISSMI YBAK
AMERIC+@ANS CAN LIKELY REC -
RELATE TO.
RELATE TO. >> WE DI+@DN'T GET RUDE OR GET T
OF LINE.
OF LINE.
OF LINE. BEING BLACK, YOU KNOW YOU DON'T
GET TOUGH, I GUESS IS WHAT YOU'D
SAY.
SAY.
SAY. MATT: AN AMBULANCE WAS
+@
MATT: AN AMBULANCE WAS EVENTUALLY CALLED AND JOHN WAS
TREATED, BUT 53 DAYS LATER, HE
DIED.
DIED.
DIED. PRICE FEELS THE NO KNOCK SEARCH
CONTRIBUTED TO HI DEATH.
THE WARRANT READS KNOCKING WOULD
BE FUTILE, DANGEROUS, OR
OTHERWISE IHBTTE
OTHERWISE IHBTTE INVESTIAI
INVESTIAI
INVESTIAI > IT DESTROYED MY LIFE.
MATT: WHAT EVIDENCE DID POLIE
HAVE T+@HATM MIKNLA
AND HER HUSBAND WERE ENGAGEDI
CRIME?
CRIME?
CRIME? PRICE'S ATTORNEY, TO THIS+@ DAY,
DOESN'T KNOW WHY, SA+@YING THE D
WILL NOT RELEAS H+@T
INFORMATION
INFORMATION WE ASKED THE SAME INFORMATION
THROUGH A RECRDS REQUEST.
NO LUCK.
NO LUCK.
NO LUCK. >> POLICE GET TRAINING.
THERE WERE STANDARDS OF CNUT
CLEARLY, THAT WASN'T MET IN THIS
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. MATT: THE ONLY THING THE CITY
HAS REVEALED IS THAT OFFICERS
HAD BADIT
HAD BADIT
HAD BADIT > THEY OBVIOUSLY GOT IT ALL
WRONG.
WRONG.
WRONG. MATT: THAT STANDS OUT TO HER.
TO GET THE GREEN LIGHT FOR A O
KNOCK RAID, TH+@E DEPARTMENT HAS
TO PROVE O JUDGE THAT THE
LIVES O OFFICERS WILL BE IN
DANGER IF SURPRISE IS IN ON
THEIR SIDE.
THEIR SIDE. WHAT INTEL POINTED TO THEM BEING
SO DANGEROUS?
SO DANGEROUS? >> UNFORTUNATELY, JOHN ISN'T
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. LOOK AT NELDA VERSUS 15, 20 SWAT
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. WHO WAS MORE IN DANGER?
MATT: LIKE A ATATIANA
JEFFERSON, SHOTI E W+@ HOME
DURING A WELFAR HC, A DEATH
THAT SENT SHOCKWAE HOGOT
THE COMUIA +@AMERICA +@ALIKE.
>> I BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULNT
HAVE HAPPENED IN A PREDOMINANL+@
WHITE, MIDDLE-CLASS NEIGHBORHOO
IN FORTWR
IN FORTWR
IN FORTWR > I --
> I --
> I -- MATT: THE NEW POLICE CHIEF TOLD
+@US HE BELIE TRANSPARENCY
>> ONE OF THE BEST PREDICTORS OF
THE SUCCEFRAISH IS
TRUST.
TRUST.
TRUST. THE RELATIONSHIP WE WANT TO HAVE
WITH THE COMMUY ONE BUILT
ON TRUST.
ON TRUST.
ON TRUST. TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, WE HAVE
TO BE TRANSPARENT.
MATT: HE DECLINED TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT PRICE.
>> I'M NOT ABLE TO COMMENT ON
THAT BECAUSE FTEOGI
LA+@WSUIT RTW
LA+@WSUIT RTW I APOLOGIZE.
I APOLOGIZE. WHEN WE CAN SAY MORE, WE W+@ILL.
+@
+@ MATT:
+@ MATT: JUST BECAUS+@E NELDA IS
SUING DOESN'T MEAN FORT WORTH
POLICE ARE BARRED FROM TALKING
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENING OR WHAT+@
WENT WRONG.
WENT WRONG. >> FOR US, NO-KNOCK WARRATS,
YOU DON'T SEE VERY OFT+@EN.
YOU HAV T E STRIC -- YOU
HAVE VERY STRICT RTRIAT
QUA+@LIFY.
QUA+@LIFY. MATT: THE CHIEF+@ D+@ID NOT PROE
ANY DETAILS TO SUPPRT I
ASSESSMEN,D SL ON'T
KNOW WHY HIS OFFICERS WERE
ADAMANT ABOTANO KNC ER+@H
OF THE RC HOME.
WE+@ ASK THE SAME QUESTION IN
MULTIPLE RED EUS.
WE ASK FOR THE BODY CAMERA
FOOTAGE.
FOOTAGE.
FOOTAGE. +@NO REPLY.
+@NO REPLY. A JUDGE RECENTLY DENIED NELDA
THE ABIL+@ITY TO INTERVIEW IY
OFFICIALS OR GATHR EVIDENCE TO
SUPPORT HER SUI.
SHE MAYNW TURN TO A FEDERAL
CIVIL COURT TO P+@LEAD HER CASE.
>> IT WOULD LOOK LIKE A WAR
ZONE.
ZONE.
ZONE. MATT: TEXAS OFFICERS AND CITIES
HAVE BROAD IMMUNITY OR
PROTECTIONS WHEN TCMSTO
REPAYIN RESIDENTS FOR ANY
DAMAGE THEM CAUSE NO +@KNOK
RAID.
RAID.
RAID. AT
RAID. AT THE VERY LEAST, SHE WANTS THE
CITY TO APOLOGIE AND CORRECT
WHATEVER WENT WOG
BUTTHIS -- BUT THIS HAUNTS THE
69-YEAR-OLD THE MOST.
IF THE POLICE HAD KNOCKED ON
YOUR DOORDKT OEI,
WITH YOURLI DIFFERENT?
+@WOULD JOHN STILL BE HERE?
>> I THINK SO.
IF THEY JUST KNOCKED AND SAID
THEY NEEDED TO DOWAEE HY
NEEDED O DO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE
HAD A PROM
MATT: YOU WOULD'VE LET THEM IN?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. MATT: