Wearing a blue suit and carrying a single rose in his hand, 11-year-old Timothy Murray emerged from the Cameron County juvenile court earlier today to loud cheers from supporters gathered outside. About four dozen members from the Rio Grande Valley community group Divest/Invest RGV joined a protest outside the courtroom and on their livestream, chanting: “Classrooms, not courtrooms!,” “Homework, not handcuffs!” “Education, not incarceration!,” and “Free, free Timothy!”
After Timothy struggled for nearly half a year through a succession of what his mom says were retaliatory actions by Brownsville Independent School District officials, district police, and county prosecutors, Cameron County Judge Adela Kowalski-Garza dismissed criminal charges against Timothy, finding the prosecutors lacked probable cause.
