On January 16, 2014, Officer Juventino Castro of Houston Police Department shot and killed a 26-year-old, unarmed, black male by the name of Jordan Baker who was riding his bike through a strip mall where Officer Castro was working an extra job through the Department’s “Extra Employment System.” Although Castro was not on duty, he was still expected to enforce all federal, state, and city laws at the strip mall with approval from the Houston Police Department. Jordan Baker, however, was not breaking any laws or engaged in any unlawful conduct. Officer Castro claims that he confronted Jordan Baker because he looked “suspicious,” but Castro’s basis for claiming that Baker looked “suspicious” was based on Baker’s race and the fact that he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt. (Estate of Jordan Baker, by and through Administrator, Janet Baker vs. Juventino Castro, The City of Houston, and RPI Management…