Former General Counsel For Williamson County Attorney's Office Indicted In Javier Ambler Case

[TexasTowelie]

A Travis County grand jury has indicted former Williamson County general counsel Jason Nassour in the case of Javier Ambler. It's the third indictment this week.

Nassour faces a third-degree felony charge of tampering with physical evidence.

Ambler, a 40-year-old Black man from Pflugerville, was chased by Williamson County deputies for 22 minutes after a traffic violation in March 2019. Deputies tasered him as he said he couldn't breathe, and he died shortly after.

The encounter was documented by a film crew from the reality television show "Live PD." The Williamson County Sheriff's Department had a contract with the show at the time.

"The charge stems from events surrounding the death of Mr. Ambler and missing video footage," the Travis County District Attorney's Office said in a press release. "The video remains unaccounted for to this day."

Read more: https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2021-03-31/former-general-counsel-for-williamson-county-attorneys-office-indicted-in-javier-ambler-case

[Grins]

1. What's with this county...?

I think this is the third instance of ethical or criminal behavior by county prosecutors - just in the past few years.

[summer_in_TX]

2. Williamson County has long had the reputation of being one of

the toughest on crime. Their punishments were draconian and mercy wasn't in their vocabulary apparently.

Lately they've had some scandals and political wrangling that has busted into the public arena.