Death Of Unarmed Honor Student By Texas Cop Appears Unlawful

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Posted May 1, 2017 6:32 pm by Comments

By Bob Owens

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A small town police department in Texas is in the withering gaze of the public eye after one of their officers responding to a call about loud teenagers wandering around a neighborhood shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old honor student who was a passenger in a car driven by his brother as it was being driven away from officers.

Balch Springs’ police chief admitted Monday that the car in which a teenager was fatally shot was actually driving away from police when an officer armed with a rifle fired into it.

After reviewing body cam footage, Police Chief Jonathan Haber said the teen behind the wheel was not driving aggressively, as the department had originally said.

“It did not meet our core values,” Haber said of his officer’s actions.

Jordan Edwards, a freshman at Mesquite High School, was leaving a party over the weekend when he was shot through the passenger’s side window of a vehicle, attorney Lee Merritt said.

The medical examiner’s office said Jordan was killed with a rifle and ruled his death a homicide, which doesn’t necessarily indicate charges will be filed. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department and the district attorney’s public integrity unit are investigating the shooting.

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Source:: Bearing Arms

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