Overview
- Taneisha Thompson and civil rights attorney Lee Merritt addressed the Hurst City Council, and residents offered sharply different views of the arrest.
- Thompson says officers left her with a black eye, a stitched lip, and bruises, and Merritt said he may file a federal lawsuit this week.
- Hurst Police said an internal affairs probe found her excessive-force complaint unfounded and the department stands behind Corporal Morgan as the district attorney continues to review charges from the stop.
- The January 16 stop, captured on body-camera video, shows Thompson throw a citation, officers pull her from the car, and her 15-year-old son sitting in the passenger seat.
- Both Thompson’s team and the city accuse the other of posting edited clips of the video, and a criminologist who reviewed the footage said the officer’s use of force was lawful.