I am beginning however to get extremely upset. I am upset that only KPRC Channel 2 is expending resources on this story. I am almost sure that this would be top news on our four major networks had this been one of our Democratic or Liberal citizens and leaders. I have seen stories by Dolcefino blown out of proportion. Dolcefino, where are you on this one!
Here we have a hate spewing “conservative” that lies continuously on his radio show in a compromising position and both the news media and law enforcement seem to be attempting to give him a pass.
It is time for a change. It is time to clean house in Harris County and it is time to call out our local media to ensure that news is really covered. Thank you KPRC. Keep up the good work.
Video shows talk show host inside gay bar on night of hit-and-run
Author: Stephen Dean
Published On: Feb 16 2012 06:01:46 PM CST Updated On: Feb 16 2012 10:31:20 PM CST
HOUSTON – New witnesses have stepped forward to say they saw a talk show host behind the wheel after a hit-and-run crash outside a popular gay bar, and Local 2 Investigates has obtained video from inside the bar that is now in the hands of police.
Houston police obtained video from inside T.C.’s Show Bar on Converse and Fairview in the Montrose to confirm that the conservative activist was inside the club around the time of the Jan. 31 hit-and-run outside the club.
"Videos don’t lie. They don’t paint pictures that don’t exist," said Tuderia Bennett, whose car was damaged in the hit and run. "I want my money more than anything else."
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The video that was provided to police was obtained by Local 2 Investigates on Thursday afternoon, and it shows a whisker-faced Michael Berry wearing a jacket as he walked into the show bar during a featured drag show event.
The video shows him ordering a beer and walking down a hall to the restroom on two trips.
Bennett told police he saw the crash and wrote down the license number, and he also told police he could positively identify Berry as being the man behind the wheel. Bennett told police he rushed up to the SUV that hit his car right after impact and flashed the beam of his flashlight into the window.
Police officers assigned to the case told Local 2 Investigates that prosecutors from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office declined to file hit-and-run charges against Berry, saying that no one could positively identify him as being behind the wheel.
Bennett calls that a cover-up.
"I’d say that’s the government at work. I mean that’s corruption at its best," he said.
The DA’s office would not comment about the case.
Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland was also tight-lipped Thursday, saying, "Until we have a named suspect or are ready to charge someone, it would be inappropriate for me to mention any possible suspect."
Michael Berry, a former Houston City Council member and a conservative talk show host on 740 KTRH has declined to comment to Local 2 Investigates, emailing that he does not respond to such things.
On his radio broadcast Thursday, which was posted online as a podcast, Berry alluded to the controversy.
"I’ve always said when you do what I do, the way I do it, you make enemies. When you poke your finger in as many people’s eye as I do every day, you make enemies," said Berry.
He said that his detractors "will accuse you of most anything" and he added, "You have to trust that in the end, the system works itself out, that there are checks and balances, there are people who will verify. But you also recognize that there are some people who want you to be crushed. There’s some people who hate you. There are some people who privately would benefit from you not being on the air."
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