There are some people who privately would benefit from you not being on the air." 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. When you poke your finger in as many people's eye as I do every day, you make enemies," said Berry. "I've always said when you do what I do, the way I do it, you make enemies.
On his radio broadcast Thursday, which was posted online as a podcast, Berry alluded to the controversy. 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. 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." The DA's office would not comment about the case.
I mean that's corruption at its best," he said. 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 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.
The video shows him ordering a beer and walking down a hall to the restroom on two trips.īennett 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.