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One Dollar for a Life
Season 1 · Episode 2

One Dollar for a Life

With trust between the Latino community and Houston’s police destroyed, HPD needs to try something new.

Chicano Squad · Vox Media Podcast Network

January 12, 202146m 14sExplicit

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Show Notes

When the officers involved in the drowning of José Campos Torres get off with little more than a slap on the wrist and a dollar fine, racial tensions explode at a Cinco de Mayo celebration that will come to be known as the Moody Park Riot. With trust between the Latino community and Houston’s police destroyed and a rising number of unsolved homicides affecting Spanish-speaking Houstonians, the Houston Police Department needs to try something new.


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