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Former Balch Springs, Texas, Officer Who Shot and Killed Jordan Edwards Indicted on Murder Charge
The fired Balch Springs, Texas, police officer who shot and killed Jordan Edwards, a black teen who was leaving a party earlier this year, was indicted on a murder charge Monday by a Dallas County grand jury. According to the Dallas Morning News, 37-year-old Roy Oliver was also indicted on four counts of aggravated assault…
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Leaked Police Bodycam Footage Shows Balch Springs, Texas, Officer Tasing Handcuffed Black Man
What’s done in the dark will usually come to light, as the Balch Springs, Texas, Police Department is apparently learning. Just two weeks after a now-fired officer shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, the police chief is now also in the middle of an investigation regarding who leaked a video of another controversial incident involving…
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US Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into the Fatal Shooting of Jordan Edwards
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the police shooting death of Jordan Edwards, an unarmed black teenager, in Balch Springs, Texas, a spokesperson for the local district attorney’s office confirmed Thursday. Now former Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver, 37, is facing murder charges in connection with the April 29 shooting…
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Family of Jordan Edwards Sues Balch Springs, Texas, Police Officer and Department in 15-Year-Old’s Death
The family of Jordan Edwards, the 15-year-old who was fatally shot by a white suburban-Dallas police officer, has filed a lawsuit against (now former) Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver and the Balch Springs Police Department. According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit accuses the department of inadequately training Oliver and also ignoring warning signs…
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Roy Oliver, the Texas Cop Who Killed 15-Year-Old Jordan Edwards, Was Previously Suspended for Aggressive Behavior: Report
As the investigation continues into the death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, who was shot and killed by then-Balch Springs, Texas, Police Officer Roy Oliver, more and more details are coming to light. Recently, it was discovered that the prosecutor’s office had once filed a complaint about what it called Oliver’s aggressive behavior. According to personnel…
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Police Officer Roy Oliver Fired for Fatally Shooting 15-Year-Old Jordan Edwards
Balch Springs, Texas, Police Officer Roy Oliver was fired Tuesday after fatally shooting 15-year-old Jordan Edwards Saturday night as the teen was leaving a party, the Dallas News reports. Jordan’s family released the following statement: We are grateful the decision has been made to terminate the officer responsible for Jordan’s murder. Over the past 24…
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Jordan Edwards’ Family Releases Statement: ‘Jordan’s Brothers Lost Their Best Friend’
The family of Jordan Edwards, the 15-year-old fatally shot Saturday night by a Balch Springs, Texas, police officer wielding a rifle, have released a statement to The Root via their attorney, S. Lee Merritt. Read the Edwards family’s full statement below: We would first like to thank everyone for their kind words, thoughts, prayers, and…
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Texas High School Football Team Mourns Loss of Jordan Edwards, 15-Year-Old Killed by Police
Monday morning was meant to be the first day of spring football practice at Mesquite (Texas) High School. Instead, a group of grieving high school athletes gathered in the hour before classes were scheduled to begin, mourning the loss of one of their very own, who lost his life in a police shooting. According to…
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Jordan Edwards Killing: Police Chief, on His Claim That Vehicle Was Backing Toward Officers Aggressively, Says ‘I Misspoke’
Updated Monday, May 1, 2017, 7:06 p.m. EDT: Balch Springs, Texas, Police Chief Jonathan Haber has retracted his earlier statement that the car in which Jordan Edwards, 15, was traveling Saturday night was “backing down the street toward officers in an aggressive manner,” which he initially claimed prompted a police officer to open fire with…