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Family advocates, commissioners press for answers after jail deaths; missing footage and delayed reports draw criticism
Summary
Speakers at the May 20 Tarrant County meeting renewed demands for release of investigations and video in the deaths of people held in county jails, citing missing footage and long delays in formal reports.
Advocates and some commissioners used the May 20 Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting to demand transparency and answers in recent deaths at county jails, highlighting two cases that residents say have not been properly explained.
In an announcements segment, a speaker noted it had been “358 days, almost a year” since the May 16, 2024, arrest and subsequent May 27, 2024, death of 35‑year‑old Chastity Bonner in the custody of Sheriff Bill Weyburn, saying the family has not “received a single report of investigation into Chastity's death in our…
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