Texas sheriff indicted after probe into Black man's death

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Source: ABC News

AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas sheriff has been indicted on charges of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death in custody of a Black man, Javier Ambler, that was filmed by the police reality TV series “Live PD," prosecutors said Monday.

Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody was booked Monday into his jail on a $10,000 bond and released a short time later. The third-degree felony charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

The indictment comes as prosecutors in Austin separately investigate the use of force in Ambler’s death in March 2019, when the 40-year-old former postal worker was pulled over for allegedly failing to dim his headlights to oncoming traffic. The traffic stop was filmed for the real-time police show “Live PD," which was canceled by the A&E Network in June.

“The Live PD video would be wholly material to the investigation into use of force,” Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore said at a news conference.

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[Sucha NastyWoman]

1. Sounds very similar to George Floyd's death.

Mr Amblers pleadings with the officers is a almost identical.l

Then the last sentence states that sheriff Chody won a $51 million lottery jackpot in 2001.

[iluvtennis]

2. Finally some good news with respect to police use of unnecessary force resulting in death. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Unfortunately this is just an indictment

I would not be surprised if at trial, there was an acquittal because they will blame the victim's other health conditions vs being murdered on the spot, as that is how "justice" rolls in the U.S. The cop "gets justice" and the victim of the cop remains 6ft under, with their family's lives shattered.

[louzke9]

4. People don't seem to understand....

why this continually keeps happening. Because that is how justice/laws are rigged in favor of the police in this country. All the protesting doesn't stop it 90+ percent of the time. JUSTICE REFORM is the only way to change this and it has to HAPPEN/START AT THE BALLOT BOX, NOT IN THE STREETS!

[onetexan]

6. the jury moved to indict, a big step forward. Chody is sheriff in my county. He is a corrupt POS

supporter of the Con, a racist & a showboater. He's been sheriff for a very long time & has had many lawsuits filed against the county under his watch. He condones a culture of violence, fires good deputies & hires brutality-loving bigots like himself. The majority of ppl in this county want him out & i believe especially with this indictment he will be voted out come Nov.

[sdfernando]

5. Disgusting that Javier Ambler is dead as a result of this

I hope the sheriff rots in prison.