As jurors began deliberations on Monday in the Dillard's suffocation case, they were asked to consider two specific questions. The case centers around the death of Darryl Robinson, who was allegedly beaten and hogtied outside the department store after he began acting erratically. Robinson's family filed a multi-million dollar suit against Dillard's, two Harris County sheriff deputies and five Houston police officers.
Different lawyers represent all of the parties involved.
Assistant City of Houston attorney Kelly Dempsey said that the officers acted correctly. We had to prevent him from hurting himself. Dempsey said that the two Houston police officers involved did not participate in hog-tying Robinson and that they responded to the scene after a 911 call. The other officer tried to prevent Robinson from banging his head on the sidewalk by holding his shoulders down. The deliberations were described as being intense, as the jury grappled with 16 questions.