A deadly fight at Denny’s caused quite a controversy (video attached on bottom). The husband of a Harris County Sheriff’s deputy was involved in a confrontation which left a man dead – still the lawters claim he did nothing illegal.
“They certainly don’t show the beginning where Mr. Hernandez attacked my client. He was the initial aggressor,” said Courtney, who confirms his client is Terry Thompson. Investigators say Thompson is married to a sheriff deputy according to abc.
Hernandez died last week following the May 28 incident at a Denny’s near Crosby. Investigators say Hernandez was urinating outside the restaurant and that Thompson had yelled at him to stop.
There’s no evidence as to who started the confrontation.
“I was pretty shocked. It’s a very sad video. You’re watching a man basically being killed,” Attorney Jack Carroll said. “He was kicking his legs in a helpless fashion, and you could hear him gargling just begging to stop.”
“He has this dude in a choke-hold and he cannot breathe,” an eyewitness said.
The video is difficult for Hernandez’s family to watch. On Sunday, they held a vigil at the Denny’s restaurant in his memory. Despite heavy rain, people like Gilberto Garcia brought their families to call for justice and support the Hernandez family.
“It’s not fair just because he’s Mexican nobody helped him. It is because the other guy was married with the (deputy),” Garcia said.
