Attorney ‘confident' criminal charges coming in Tarrant County inmate death

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For the first time since the Tarrant County Medical Examiner ruled Anthony Johnson, Jr.'s death a homicide by asphyxiation on Friday, his family voiced their…

“The ME’s report was exactly what we thought it was going to be," said Johnson's mother, Jacqualyne, during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.“I not only got to birth my son, but I also got to see him die," Jacqualyne said.

“Despite the political grandstanding of some, this case will go forward and all corroborated facts will be presented in the halls of Justice,” Waybourn wrote.Officer Rafael Moreno, who placed a knee on Johnson's back, and Lt. Joe Garcia, a supervisor present during the incident who Waybourn said should have intervened.

Moore said his client was on the scene for less than four minutes"until deferring to medical," and that Garcia followed policy during that time.

 

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