When Black Cops Kill White People
A recent murder conviction in Houston, Texas highlights racism in the justice system, even for cops who commit crimes
A story I covered for the last five years has concluded in what many people have deemed as justice being served. And in many ways, it is. For the families of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, the white couple killed in a botched raid, it certainly is. But for the family of Breonna Taylor, it highlights what happens when Black cops do the killing compared to when white cops wrongfully target Black families.
A few years ago I wrote an article titled, “When Black Cops Kill” focusing on Black cops killing Black people and how they often get away with it. But when Black cops kill white people, the full force of the system is used against them. Despite former Houston police chief Art Acevedo seemingly trying to help cover up the extremely violent 2019 botched raid to protect the police department itself, the murder of two white people was not going to occur without justice.
It’s worth noting that Acevedo blamed Tuttle and Nichols for their own deaths.
The case of former narcotics officer Gerald Goines is an explosive one not just for the murders of Tuttle and Nichols, but also for his history of framing Houstonians to pad…
