I'll tell you what just get on the ground
get on the ground I ain't got to lay on the
ground it was during a traffic stop last
September the
28 year old Lorenzo Colston got into a scuffle
with a dps trooper and a Henderson County Sheriff's
deputy. Officers tried to subdue Colston with
batons and eventually shot him.
A Henderson County jury last week convicted
Colston of assaulting the officers.
And security was tight as jurors met to assess
punishment. Their verdict, no jail time, no fine,
just two years probation. But defense attorneys
weren't happy, saying the trial was a travesty.
No human, no American citizen ought to rest
with this kind of verdict that was gotten at
the expense of this man
with every underhanded trick in the book that's
been played outside the courtroom.
Obviously, I don't feel good about it, but I
feel like the justice will prevail.
They plan to appeal, NAACP leaders plan to watch.
To say that I feel that justice has been done,
I would have said no.
In complete contrast were the prosecuting
attorneys here in Athens who asked for a
maximum of 10 years in prison for each of two offenses.
They were happy with probation.
He's never had a prior criminal record. He
showed that he's lived a good 28 years and I
think justice has been served.
Not according to Heath, who accused unnamed
officials of a cover-up.
We know some of them and it ain't over yet, folks.
In Athens, Brian Mylar, Texas News 5.
legal channels proper in the courtroom put on
evidence let this judge deal with