“The Case of Joe Campos Torres” is a documentary film about one of the most infamous cases of police misconduct in Houston history. Produced at KPRC-TV, Channel 2 in Houston in 1978 by Tony Bruni and written and edited by Carlos Calbillo, this documentary feature is reported by John Quiñones, now of ABC News in New York City.

Shot on location throughout Houston, this film chronicles the event and subsequent community protest meetings and community/police department negotiations and the legal actions taken by the Torres family against the Houston Police Department.

The writer/editor, Carlos Calbillo will be present for Q&A after the film. Members of the Torres family and representatives of the Houston Police Department have been invited to the screening and may also take part in the Q&A.

To be screened on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 7PM at the Houston Community College Northline Campus, 8001 Fulton St. Houston, TX 77021

FREE and open to the public.

This is ironic, as Anahuac was considered in the pre-Cuahutemoc days, as sort of the the territory of the united allies of Mexico. In fact, Nicaragua gets its name from Nikan Anahuac (up to this point is Anahuac). I digress.

Deleon writes “In the city of Houston proper, Mexicans were apparent since its earliest days-in fact they helped develop it.” He points out that in 1836 the whites put together some of Sant Anna’s prisoners to work clearing the swampy grounds around the city when it was founded; the Mexicans “along with black slaves” endured insect stings and malaria, snake bites, impure water, and other hardships, “which no white man could have endured,” according to his source. Muchisimas gracias.

More later.