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>Neighbors said officers told them they couldn’t intervene in the disputes unless someone was injured or killed. Without evidence of immediate danger — and with Joss declining mental-health assistance from police — officers had limited authority to intervene.
>San Antonio police officials told the Express-News an officer with the department’s San Antonio Fear Free Environment program maintained regular contact with Joss and neighbors for over a year, supported by the department’s mental health unit.
>Police officials said they couldn’t provide additional information due to federal privacy laws. However, Park, Joss’ ex-wife, said he was twice detained for mental-health evaluations and that she saw him use methamphetamine. A law enforcement source close to the murder investigation told the Express-News the same. The long-running series of disputes made for a volatile environment, neighbors say — and it’s also why some of them dispute the contention that Joss’ shooting was a hate crime.
Hate-crime allegations
>The claim that Joss’ shooting death was a hate crime motivated by his sexual orientation first came from his husband.In a social media post the day after Joss’ death, Gonzales alleged that he and Joss endured threats and homophobic slurs, and suggested that neighbors might have set the fire that gutted their home. But Joss had said shortly after the January fire that he had left a grill lit inside the house before the blaze broke out.
>Gonzales said he and Joss reported repeated threats from neighbors to law enforcement, “and nothing was done,” Gonzales wrote. “Throughout that time, we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship,” he said. “Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.”
>Neighbors said officers told them they couldn’t intervene in the disputes unless someone was injured or killed. Without evidence of immediate danger — and with Joss declining mental-health assistance from police — officers had limited authority to intervene.
>San Antonio police officials told the Express-News an officer with the department’s San Antonio Fear Free Environment program maintained regular contact with Joss and neighbors for over a year, supported by the department’s mental health unit.
>Police officials said they couldn’t provide additional information due to federal privacy laws. However, Park, Joss’ ex-wife, said he was twice detained for mental-health evaluations and that she saw him use methamphetamine. A law enforcement source close to the murder investigation told the Express-News the same. The long-running series of disputes made for a volatile environment, neighbors say — and it’s also why some of them dispute the contention that Joss’ shooting was a hate crime.
Hate-crime allegations
>The claim that Joss’ shooting death was a hate crime motivated by his sexual orientation first came from his husband.In a social media post the day after Joss’ death, Gonzales alleged that he and Joss endured threats and homophobic slurs, and suggested that neighbors might have set the fire that gutted their home. But Joss had said shortly after the January fire that he had left a grill lit inside the house before the blaze broke out.
>Gonzales said he and Joss reported repeated threats from neighbors to law enforcement, “and nothing was done,” Gonzales wrote. “Throughout that time, we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship,” he said. “Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.”
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