Overview

• A 17-minute video released August 1 shows detention officers deploying a taser, punching and pinning 32-year-old Alexis Cardenas as he resisted being escorted out of the jail.
• Seven detention officers, including a sergeant, have been reassigned to positions without inmate contact after Sheriff Ed Gonzalez reviewed the footage.
• The Texas Rangers and the HCSO Internal Affairs Division have launched parallel investigations and will present evidence to the district attorney and a grand jury.
• The Harris County medical examiner is examining Cardenas’s death to establish an official cause before moving forward with potential legal proceedings.
• Release of the footage has triggered questions over late-night discharge procedures, adequacy of mental health screenings and use-of-force protocols at Harris County Jail.