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Police Officers Are Almost Never Convicted of Murder; Body Cameras May Have Made The Difference in This Texas Case

Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune

Posted on August 28, 2018 · After more than 13 hours of deliberation, jurors convicted former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed, 15-year-old black teenager.

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Family Sues Texas Officer, Department In 15-year-old’s Death

Associated Press

Posted on May 8, 2017 · The family of a black 15-year-old shot and killed by a white suburban Dallas police officer has sued the officer and his department, accusing the department of inadequately training the officer and ignoring warning signs that he was prone to erratic behavior.

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Officer Who Fatally Shot Teen Had Once Been Suspended

Associated Press

Posted on May 5, 2017 · Records show that a white Texas police officer who was fired for fatally shooting a black teenager was briefly suspended in 2013 following a complaint about his conduct while serving as a witness in a drunken-driving case.

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Dallas Suburb Faces Racial Backlash After Shooting

Associated Press

Posted on May 4, 2017 · The Dallas suburb where a white police officer shot and killed a black teenager as he left a party has a population that's just 20 percent white but a police department that's 80 percent white.

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Police Chief Fires Officer Who Shot And Killed Black Texas Teenager

Doreen McAllister, NPR

Posted on May 3, 2017 · Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber has dimissed the police officer who shot and killed Jordan Edwards, 15, while he was riding in a car that was leaving a house party on Saturday.

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Chief: Car Driving Away When Officer Fatally Shot Texas Teen

NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press

Posted on May 2, 2017 · A suburban Dallas police chief acknowledged that an officer who fatally shot a black 15-year-old in a moving vehicle fired as the car was driving away — not as it reversed toward officers, as the department had previously asserted.

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