Troy Finner out as Houston police chief amid suspended cases scandal

[@Vinny-dj9jm]

He quit because they are crooked downtown,we all know it tell the truth.too many bad ones in there, they will fix you .

[@kriswilldoo6042]

Majority of peace officers are crooked. I personally know this because my mother and father are retired peace officers.

[@JoshfishyG]

@@kriswilldoo6042HDP SO DIRTY

[@josephinefreeman5145]

So wonder all the people getting away with all this road rage, cause the law is not enforced. Turner is corrupted as hell too, I am a black woman don't judge a person by the color of their skin but the content of their character. Far as I'm concern they have no character, no empathy for the lives lost.

[@rrf6747]

Good he was very incompetent as chief

[@Yeah_eatsht]

You must be white... yeah I said it...

[@ItekTackle]

This should lead to federal charges for all involved. Police who do not uphold the law should be prosecuted. Failing to investigate violent crimes for ANY REASON is unacceptable!!!

[@josephinefreeman5145]

Retirement they don't deserve it, accountability is what they deserve.

[@jbland8561]

I agree let's talk with the insurrection

[@polynesia8733]

No. Then u need to file against Montalvo and Acevedo as well...too much fault to go around

[@ItekTackle]

@@polynesia8733 - It needs to encompass ANYONE who was in the know about this... Every leader in the department who knew about this needs to be disciplined. You do not give criminals a break! Period! Especially VIOLENT CRIMINALS! And we wonder why Houston is circling the drain... Our cops have a do not catch policy and our courts have a release on PR policy for the few they do catch!! Sxul Assault, Agg Battery, Armed Robbery, Road Rage Shootings, Murders.. Oh... No, we do not have the staff to investigate those crimes... BS!!! This is felonious apathy!! Unbelievable in a major U.S. City.

[@magnus08f250]

@@jbland8561imagine being this brainwashed😂

[@worldwidesports5k]

I told yall 3 months ago bye finner 🙋‍♂️. I saw it coming

[@SOLDOZER]

HPD is managed worse than Turkey Leg Hut

[@DivineFeminine99]

Get the 200,000 rape cases investigated already for Chrissake

[@nighthiker8872]

Check all the boxes! BINGO!

[@nitemedic99]

Honestly, Satterwhite should have been made the chief when Acevedo left. But we all know why that wasn't the case.

[@YoguapoHTX-DarkAngel]

It’s about race and politics

[@samwheat8348]

Yes we need more white faces in power. I agree

[@soufwesthoustontx]

@YoguapoHTX-DarkAngel Is that why we have a Caucasian mayor?

[@howulikedemrice]

@@soufwesthoustontx Mayor is a democrat though.

[@johnnycarson6170]

@@soufwesthoustontxpreach

[@Gsosa-b8]

Finally, more to go now get a real balls man that can talk like a police chief that is not protecting criminals.

[@holly0017]

Glad I don’t live in Houston anymore, I can see the murder rate rising as we speak.

[@timoanez4668]

Should be no pension for him, this is a big mess. He should be called lying Finner.

[@lososmith9087]

Troy Fibber

[@Vinny-dj9jm]

He wants to live and save his family you would do the same

[@timoanez4668]

@@Vinny-dj9jm The difference is, l didn't lie to the citizens of Houston, like he did.

[@joeldelarosa4351]

​@@timoanez4668I do not think you would do the same.

[@JamesGarrett-hl2we]

Latinos shouldn't be able to get government assistance since they just got here in this country too.........

[@EddieWhite-n6e]

No accountability for corrupt officials. They just let him retire. Sad!

[@c-mobucks4930]

That was the "friends and family" code. They used it to protect "special" people accused of crimes.

[@MotivacióndedicationBobb]

I was born and raised here in Houston this city is so getto

[@travislongwell]

Out of a job?!!? His retirement was accepted, meaning he gets all the benefits related to retirement, like pension,etc. HE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE JUST LIKE THE CIVILIANS HE WAS SWORN TO PROTECT AND SERVE!!!!!!

[@alejmez8594]

Is there going to be a protest downtown, or is it too hot?

How about we get rid of this clueless mayor who only is focused on bankrupting the city by making firefighters rich and not fighting crime which was his main campaign promise ? If anything crime is worse now . But yea yall fell for the okie doke huh

[@YoguapoHTX-DarkAngel]

Gotta Clean House First.😅

[@emmanuelmathews1718]

How would paying firefighters more be a bad thing

@@emmanuelmathews1718 did you miss the part about bankrupting the city ?

[@howulikedemrice]

@@emmanuelmathews1718 They want to give the firefighters 650Million extra to pay them more. That means reduced services across the city in other departments to pay the firemen. Less potholes being fixed, libraries, schools, police, everything.

[@seankimberley9671]

Retire? Without pension?

[@MaryLynn1]

DEI HAS GOT TO GO!!!!! 🤮

[@rook9309]

He could have stayed implemented changes to resolve it going forward, but he probably doesn’t want to deal with all of it at this point now with so many incidents swept under the rug and the dept’s dirty laundry being aired out publicly. Who wants to stick around for that

[@Erikcasas64]

We gone miss you, my brother Troy!

[@angelWWG1WGA]

This is what happens when you are appointed and not voted in by the people… do better Houston

[@WarFace-lj4kx]

Only Sheriff's are voted in not Police Chiefs. This is why you must be careful as to who you vote to be Mayor who selects the Police Chief.

[@angelWWG1WGA]

@@WarFace-lj4kx yup. And Houston is run by far left liberals. Democratic city. This will keep happening.

[@Big_Island_Boi]

Well... as much as I appreciate the general democratic bent of your comment, clearly voters rarely do a better job than the RIGHT person or persons appointment someone. Look at the 2016 presidential election for example. It was essentially a 50/50 tie but Trump got the nod via electoral college shenanigans. But Trump is just one in a LONG line of "elected" officials who where either crooked or incompetent--or both. (Sylvester Turner comes to mind immediately on a local level... and Richard Nixon on a national one.) What is REALLY needed is both Transparency and Accountability. We have NEITHER of those in Houston right now--at ANY level. And until we do, it will just be business as usual.

[@ronvera]

I wish that were true..lina hidalgo, sheila jackson lee, adrian garcia, al green just to name a few.

[@Lola-193]

Clean house Mayor Whitmire!! 🙌🙌

[@g_mason8867]

Yeah now we have a Satterwhite as chief

[@drm2364]

@@g_mason8867 couldn't possibly be any worse

[@shawndalashawn1483]

Now for Hildago she hiding something why else would you not meet with Mayor Whitmire

[@AY-nr5uy]

ABOUT TIME

[@tag7592]

Shouldn't of been Chief of HPD in the first place. He's not qualified, and neither was Art Acevedo (drama queen).

[@josephinefreeman5145]

No retirement, don't deserve it, look at all the people lives lost.

[@gusgarza6529]

Blaming Finner? No. Blame all Criminals causing these Crimes.

[@nighthiker8872]

NEWS NEVER SAID A WORD!

[@jeffhemmen9088]

Let me go ahead and retire so I can avoid accountability and get paid

[@SanchezJ08]

Good! He needed to go

[@LEESMITH-o3k]

The entire HPD should feel shameful, because if he knew the Officers working those cases knew, Acevedo flew to Miami and SLY TURNER knew so Finner is the fall guy, but getting rid of him will not change the status of those cases, I am praying for Satterwhite, because he cannot quick fix this either, I am also tired of hearing staffing shortage excuses, well the Taxpayers should have been told do not pay taxes because we cannot serve and protect, and lets not forget about the Union Chief all he want is membership dues, he knew too and should have advised the public, they are all in this together!!! Good Luck Finner

[@soufwesthoustontx]

@user-fr9cj3ub4g Finner is not a fall guy. He was a part of the problem.

[@johnmilner6419]

With the cases that are going to trial, ask the DA about them. Ask, "How can you manage?"

[@Yelo_54]

So I guess he’s don’t lining his pockets with govt corruption money and criminals corruption money..

[@FLAWLEZZ713]

Him and turner all crooked

[@getplaning]

Deny, deny, deny. That sure sounds familiar. The ONE thing HPD and City Hall could do to improve the lives of Houstonians is start putting road ragers in jail where they belong. And our worthless State Legislature needs to start funding the things our state needs, like police and jails.

[@howulikedemrice]

You're blaming the wrong people. HPD puts people in jail all the time. The problem are the local democrat judges releasing everyone and dismissing cases because the suspect is black.

[@getplaning]

@@howulikedemrice Not because they are black. What a stupid, racist comment. The jails are full. They are sending prisoners to private prisons in other states, which are also full. Tell your anti-tax Republican leaders to fund the justice system.

[@master.of.reality]

Finally…

[@jaejohnson4611]

They kept deleting my post on abc13 but let’s be real they never wanted to see this BLACK man make it in the first place they been wanting this since they Made him chief I never understood why black men get into law enforcement in the first place…..

[@ph3676]

Those are your thoughts about A Black Man making it, sounds like an excuse you like using for yourself. F@#$ Finner. He is a dirty cop. HPD is full of dirty cops. And they don't care about your race unless you are BLUE

[@enlighten2seven605]

Here we go

[@andygonzalez3939]

Is your diaper stinky?

[@eddym5532]

Power makes some people very stupid.

[@dps6198]

It's not a scandal when every police department in the country is unable to recruit or retain officers. When police departments are understaffed who the hell is going to investigate cases? The media characterization of HPD is is plain stupid.

[@luvnurseb5552]

We all saw this coming...

[@onoyudont]

top to bottom inventory of the evidence room ,cross referenced with the affected cases as well

[@davidescobar923]

After dinner talk at Lakewood church all hell broke lose

[@oscarramirez1914]

Retirement! What a freaking Joke! Send him to prision

[@daveb2280]

How's that DEI working out for ya' Houston?

[@Big_Island_Boi]

Wait... so you're saying that white people are never corrupt or incompetent...? :) Yeah. Good luck with that one.

[@johnmshaw49]

Great

[@Darkvirgo88xx]

They are definitely not getting solved now with agency head change. He is just a interim chief which is just to let the department continue to run. The city council isnt going to let the interim make any decisions.

[@gibsonlp1866]

I feel bad for this gentleman..I honestly belive he did the best he could with what he was left with...he bent over backwards for our citizens...he stepped up to bat for us, but now that he needs us we just gonna go about our day as if nothing??? This guy could not and would not turn a blind eye to illegal activity..his whole life has been about doing the right thing starting with his military and now our local police department....and we send him off Like this???? like he some type of criminal????shameful absolutely shameful....I don't know I just wish we treat our decent elected leaders better than this 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💔💔💔

[@ApacheCripTx]

Lmao you're an IDIOT , HOW STUPID IS YOU

[@UncleFjester]

*Another DEI Hire bites the dust!*

[@black_conservative45]

I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN

[@Southerntrashbandit]

Lina is next. The true silence of the mayor is telling she is going down.

[@brentnichols2457]

Sylvester T. Also involved.

[@dekaywill4572]

The usual suspect...

[@Dagger-Deep]

Every accusation is a confession.

[@WaveGod813]

Well, they got what they wanted

[@crinklecut3790]

Typical cop move- quit or retire as soon as the evidence comes out.

[@mandybradley3079]

He was horrible and they all lied?

[@ICallItAsItIs]

We should expect nothing less from a DEI hire.

[@shirleybush8253]

No justice for Duke the Jeweler and Takeoff.😢

[@IratePuffin]

Huh… I wonder if that’s the reason HPD didn’t care when I was chased on the freeway to the point I had to call 911 and take out my gun fully expecting to use it? 🤔

[@CrustyAbsconder]

Put him in jail for treason

[@hhhhhnnbhgg]

Bring back chief acevedo to trial too both are guilty as charged .

[@hydrowolfx]

New mayor really getting rid of almost everyone turner had lmao good they didn't shit for Houston cops never go patrol certain area's where it's needed.

[@SpaceCityProjectz]

Mayor needs to resign.

[@howulikedemrice]

Why would he need to resign. He just became Mayor 4 months ago LOL

[@OPTexas]

Hes exactly like Acevedo - Leaves when everything is starting to catch up.

[@stangman6291]

They shoulda hired outside the city new cheif is no better smh

[@scottscott548]

Busted

[@StopWars420]

Retired so he would lose benfits when fired. End qualified immunity.

[@dannypinyan3949]

Somebody Should. accept that mayor's resignation.The mayor is in charge of the police department. He's more responsible than the chief. He should be Arrested. For not doing his job.

[@Archimedes616]

And if SJL had been elected Mayor, would you be calling for her resignation as well?

[@dannypinyan3949]

@@Archimedes616 You bet! tyranny, anywhere is tyranny everywhere.

[@HannibalTheDragon]

I know it was just a matte of time

[@Deeg504]

He’s crooked? Wow, I used to like him during those press conferences.

[@Brasi713___]

If y’all think Whitmire being the Mayor is going to “magically” make this city better, we’ll come back to this post in 3 1/2 years. Y’all are so funny. Stuff like this from you good ol boys & gals be so telling of who y’all are. You people can’t stand to see black people making their way in this world….but the racism from the Mexicans be the funniest. Them people don’t give a damn about y’all either. No matter how white y’all think y’all are when it comes to it, they show y’all how they feel about y’all too. Ask Lina. 😊

[@AudiblePhysicsProductions]

They been throwing nothingburgers about Lina every day for years. It's the redtards backed into a corner and desperately trying to rig the system before they go extinct.

[@flowingwithporsh4769]

Definitely agree! But who is Lina???

[@AudiblePhysicsProductions]

@@flowingwithporsh4769 She's a judge in Htx that the fascists have been trying to remove by constantly making up reasons to investigate her. Millions of tax dollars wasted over the last couple of years on phony trials that go nowhere.

[@newmexicoballer3867]

Mexicans be like we are on the side of the Whites. Then when the Mexicans are on the news they get trashes by the racist whites talking about deporting them and how they live free off the system. Lol. But they are quick to take the white man's side when they attack blacks and other races.😅 I guess they forgot Texas was stolen from them by the whites.😂

[@Archimedes616]

@@flowingwithporsh4769 Presumably Lina Hidalgo, Harris County Judge.

[@bigdaddy9376]

Well Well Well

[@johnathanrmstrng186]

Troy Finner should keep his job. I don't blame him though. They know that there is no perfect person and they can find something wrong with anyone.

[@josephinefreeman5145]

Starting with Rotten Turner and Shelia Jackson Lee know one votes for this woman but she keeps winning.

[@jaunenito]

CODE BLUE

[@soufwesthoustontx]

They let him retire instead of holding him accountable. He'll get all his benefits from a job he failed to do. He was dishonest about the situation up until the very end. No integrity or morals smh. That's what makes it bad. Had no accountability, doubled down on his dishonesty, and as a leader put the blame on others.

[@jonblaze2091]

Corruption reason we need first amendment auditors

[@user-eh5cr4or6k]

Make those thousand cases disappear and then jump in front of the podium and claim that crime is down. That's it...

[@FlipMacz]

Too little too late

[@enlighten2seven605]

Didn’t he say he was the one that brought up all the issues this city has to the mayor? lol no look at em

[@dekaywill4572]

Ebonics was his strong point....fo sheeeeeezle!

[@Gddgig.6901]

I HATE OFFICER MARDY REEDY!!!!!

[@stevenrunyon170]

Accepted his retirement. lol

[@josephinefreeman5145]

And he don't deserve that for all the lives lost, I haven't heard know being arrested . What about all the children lives ,lost.

[@One6zips]

Like watching the wire lol , it's a mcnulty fucked up everything for finner (Daniel's)

[@Hoycelolland]

Another Huston police department disgrace. Remember the Tuttles.❤

[@boringlyawesum]

only question is who will be the next diversity hire.

[@june19th85]

Marshall-Law should take effect

[@conniewolf7300]

Looks like someone there finally grew a brain!!! Duh....

[@lucycan6363]

Good job chief Finner. We all knew you would have to go and it is best you leave on your own strength. The media had it in for you. Thanks for your service!

[@dekaywill4572]

He was a complete illiterate dummy.

[@gibsonlp1866]

🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻

[@jaxx-ld2bu]

ABOUT TIME!👍💯💯💥💥🤣😤🤬

[@CynthiePompey9999]

Honorable, good deed people. Whats in the dark bring to light. ( tell the people) Cynthie The ne-gro Indian Buddha

[@toybell673]

That was during covid and you ppl know it they want him out and they tearing up his character while doing it

[@toybell673]

First time being chief and hasn't been too long for him you ppl never made a mistake? Please

[@stilleatn4969]

Now we know why crime went down..

[@aamerkhan7233]

Out with the corrupt in with a Bigger Corrupt

[@samcam8284]

DEI boy is gone. Good.