Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Texas Grand Jury Declines to Charge Police Officer for Shooting Unarmed Mexican

A Texas grand jury declined on Monday to charge a suburban Dallas police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Mexican national in another case that raised questions about racial bias by U.S. police.

Ruben Garcia Villalpando, a married father of four, was shot twice in the chest on the side of a highway in February by Grapevine police officer Robert Clark after a brief car chase.

Along with announcing the grand jury's decision, prosecutors also released a police dashcam video of the incident, which showed Villalpando raising his hands as he walked unsteadily toward Clark, who . . .

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