joe torres
Brown Beret Joanne Salas on Capital steps, Austin Texas
Submitted by tadavi on Sun, 01/15/2017 - 09:21José Angel Gutiérrez, speaking at protest at State Capital, Austin
Submitted by tadavi on Sun, 01/15/2017 - 09:17Crowd protesting police brutality in Texas
Submitted by tadavi on Sun, 01/15/2017 - 09:11Stop Police Brutality
Submitted by tadavi on Sun, 01/15/2017 - 09:08Justice para Jose Torres - Protest
Submitted by tadavi on Sun, 01/15/2017 - 09:01Crowd at police brutality protest
Submitted by tadavi on Thu, 01/12/2017 - 15:46The Death of Joe Torres & the Continued Fight Against Police Brutality
Jose “Joe” Campos Torres was born on December 20, 1953 and died tragically on May 5, 1977. The 23-year-old’s death sparked outrage throughout Houston, Texas where it occurred. Torres, a Mexican-American and Vietnam War veteran, was dressed in his Army fatigues at a bar in a Hispanic neighborhood when he was arrested for disorderly conduct [1]. He had gotten into a fight with another man in the bar, and the bar’s owner called the police [2]. Six police officers took Torres to “The Hole,” a place where police were known to beat Mexicans and other minorities [2].