Fired Houston Officer in Racist Video Files Civil-Service Appeal
The challenge puts the department’s firing decision under civil-service review.
Overview
- Houston Police Officers’ Union President Doug Griffith said former officer Ashley Gonzalez has appealed her termination.
- HPD dismissed Gonzalez after identifying her as the woman in a widely shared video that used racial slurs and demeaned Black people.
- Before she was fired, the department relieved her of duty during an internal probe that included a planned meeting with Chief J. Noe Diaz.
- The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing all pending and past cases linked to Gonzalez to assess impacts on prosecutions and on her credibility as a witness.
- Mayor John Whitmire and Chief Diaz condemned the remarks as abhorrent and said such conduct has no place in law enforcement.