HOUSTON – Barbara Hudson is the attorney for the family of Alva Braziel. He was shot and killed by HPD officers on July 9th and police body cams were inconclusive because they were turned on “after” the fatal shots were fired. Hudson says the family has not filed suit against the City of Houston…yet. She says they just want to change the way police react to Black men “When they encounter a Black man, why are they so quick to draw their guns?”she asked. “I don’t think it would have been happening if it was over on Westheimer. Would they have drawn their guns on a White man so quickly? “Hudson says published details about the shooting may not be correct. That there is no proof Braziel was firing a gun prior to being shot. Much more with Ms. Hudson on this this week’s Houston Newsmakers on Click2houston.com
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The Harris County Street Olympics are finishing up within the next week with final events and the parade of champions at NRG Arena on Friday August 5th. Brian Rego is the Executive Director of the program and says it was started by the Late Precinct One Commissioner El Franco Lee 30 years ago simply as a way to give kids something to do during the Summer. “The Summer games, a program under the Street Olympics was the first of four,” he said. “And it’s simply a 12 week summer program that developed into a lot of year round programming that we have now.” Much more with Brian Rego, Johnnie Means, the Director of the Harris County Aquatics program, and Amber Carter, a former swimmer in the program who competed at LSU and the recent Olympic Trials.
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15, 000 athletes from 45 states are in Houston to compete in the 50th annual AAU Junior Olympics. Paul Campbell is the Chairman of the competition and says Houston is a great location for many reasons but says the main reason is the quality of Houston area track programs. “We have five thousand participants from the Houston area alone that participate in track and field,” he said. “15 hundred have qualified for the Junior Olympic Games.” Campbell talks about the unique make-up of the AAU and its role in developing the Olympic athletes of the future.