Pamela Turner - Part 2

Say Their Name

04/04/22 • 70 min

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On May 13th, 2019, 44 year old Pamela Turner was shot and killed by Baytown Police Officer Juan Delacruz while she was outside her apartment complex. Turner, who suffered from Schizophrenia, had had previous interactions with the officer we hear about the families journey for justice as they await the court date for Officer Delacruz

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Chelsie:

In the video, you can see that someone is recording of course. The officer pulls up and literally hops out of his car, and walks straight up to her, very aggressive like. It was not a welcoming situation, he was hostile already as if he had gotten a call, So he walked up to her and there was someone who was out there who actually said they watched him drive and see her and hurry up and turn the car and go to her and then hop out. And then he immediately tries to arrest her without announcing himself, any probable cause, anything like that. And of course, my mom, just like any other person would've done, just like I would've done resist, and it's like, hey, what's going on here? Why are you harassing me? What did I do? I hear my mom screaming. Why, why, why, why so many times, but not one response from him. And then, she moves and he tries to tase her, he did tase her. And I see her go down to the ground, and I see him standing on top of her. First of all, he kneeled in her chest and then he stood up, and then I immediately see him back away and pull out his gun. And that's when you just hear shots ring out. Probably worse 40 seconds of my life. All of that happened within a very short amount of time.

Antoinette:

She actually was sitting up looking at him-

Chelsie :

She looked at him.

Antoinette:

You can't see it clear, but you can see the figure she was actually sitting up. And when she went backwards, I told Chelsie, she was shot in her eye. I felt it.

Chelsie :

You could see how her head snapped back on the video-

Antoinette:

And Chelsie said, "What make you think that?" I say," just look the way she falls." And she actually was shot under the eye. But I just felt it's like a pain. And I said she was shot in her eye. I guess we were so close that just like, I felt everything she went through. And it just makes me angry.

Chelsie :

He shattered the left side of her face right here.

Antoinette:

They had to-

Chelsie :

They had to reconstruct her face.

Antoinette :

But that wasn't what killed her.

Chelsie :

Nope. She felt that.

Antoinette:

The second shot was not the shot that killed her, the third shot is the shot that ricocheted and hit her organs and killed her.

CALL TO ACTION

Push to have your state require Officers to have adequate training when dealing with mentally ill civilians
Keep praying & keep fighting for Pamela Turner’s family and other impacted families
If you are a family impacted by police violence, Chelsie wants you to know to please reach out to her so they can be part of your support system – And if you need help contacting her, you can reach out to us at DCP to help you get connected
Contact your local officials to demand that they ban Qualified Immunity

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