HOUSTON – The family of 19-year-old Ester Gonzalez, who also identifies as Isis Calderon, held a news conference Tuesday to announce that lawyers are working to hopefully dismiss three criminal charges against her.
One of her lawyers said they’re in discussions with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office about the three pending criminal charges against Gonzalez: resisting arrest, assault of a public servant and failure to identify.
Gonzalez’s lawyer said she did not have the mental capacity, nor the intention to commit these alleged crimes.
FIEL also announced a GoFundMe fundraiser for Gonzalez.
Footage of Gonzalez’s arrest at the hands of Harris County sheriff’s deputies went viral. Her family believes Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies used excessive force when arresting her on July 27 at a convenience store in the 12300 block of Eastex Freeway in east Harris County.
Read more on the case from KPRC 2.
“It has taken us some time to gather true legal help for the Calderon family but we are happy to have put together such and exceptional team for the long road ahead,” FIEL executive director Cesar Espinosa said via a news release. “We look forward to working with the attorneys as well as the community to assure that Isis and her family get the justice they deserve.”
Watch KPRC 2′s report from early August below.
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Isis Calderon: Lawyer says they’re in talks to hopefully dismiss pending criminal charges after HCSO arrest went viral - KPRC Click2Houston
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