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Larhonda Biggles holds a photo of her son, Jaquaree Simmons, as she talks about his death Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022 in Houston. Simmons was beat to death during an altercation with detention officers at the Harris County Jail during the February 2021 freeze. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez fired 11 employees and suspended six others in connection with Simmons’ death.Jaquaree Simmons was a toddler when Tropical Storm Allison lashed the Houston area with torrential rains in June 2001.
In May 2021, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez fired 11 employees and suspended six others after an internal investigation into Simmons’ death found that they had used excessive force, made false statements to investigators, and violated other rules. A criminal investigation by the Houston Police Department is ongoing; no charges have been filed, and Simmons’ mother,. “I’m in a place right now that I want answers,” she recently told Chronicle reporter Alejandro Serrano.
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