DALLAS (AP) — A White Texas police officer has been charged with murder in the shooting of a Black teenager for which the officer was fired, according to an arrest warrant issued Friday. Imam Omar Suleiman, center, The Rev. Dr. Michael W. Waters, right, and his son Jeremiah, stand in attendance at a candle light […]
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Texas DA: She’ll ‘Do What’s Right’ in Probe of Fatal Shooting of Jordan Edwards by White Cop
A Black teenager’s killing by a White police officer outside a suburban Dallas house party has prompted concerns from some community leaders over whether the new district attorney will follow in the steps of prior administrations, which they have criticized as not being sufficiently transparent when investigating such shootings. FILE – In this Dec. 7, […]
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Race Issues Loom over Dallas Suburb after Police Killing of Black Teen
BALCH SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — 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. Balch Springs now confronts the same issues of race and law enforcement as Ferguson, Missouri, […]