Family of Texas College Student Killed by Police Launches Their Own Investigation

Family of Texas College Student Killed by Police Launches Their Own Investigation

Sharon Jenkins received a late-night call at home in The Woodlands, Texas, from a Lubbock County officer the week of Thanksgiving 2024. She was told there had been a “horrible accident” involving her son.  The words hit hard.  Although she understood them, she couldn’t quite process the reality. She never imagined her only child, a psychology major at Texas Tech University, would become another hashtag — a Black life killed by law enforcement. O…