UPDATE: Jordan Edwards’ family has filed a lawsuit, reports AP. Oliver was fired last week and arrested on a murder charge. The lawsuit, filed Friday, says police should have known Oliver had “exhibited a pattern of escalating encounters with the public,” including a prosecutor’s complaint about his aggressive behavior detailed in personnel records. The complaint […]
DALLAS (AP) — The prosecutor’s office investigating the death of a 15-year-old black teenager who was shot by a Dallas-area police officer had once filed a complaint over that officer’s aggressive behavior, according to records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Personnel records from the Balch Springs Police Department show former officer Roy Oliver was […]
In this emotional commentary, Shaun King provides an update on the details surrounding the killing of Jordan Edwards at the hands of a Balch Springs, Texas police officer. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
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, […]
BALCH SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Police in suburban Dallas fired the officer Tuesday who shot and killed a black 15-year-old boy riding in a vehicle leaving a chaotic house party, taking the swift action sought by the teenager’s family and protesters who link the case to other deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law […]
Tom Joyner Morning Show co-host Sybil Wilkes talks with Lee Merritt, the attorney representing the family of Jordan Edwards, the 15-year-old unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer in Balch Springs, Texas. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
I am so angry right now that I have to admit I’m struggling to put one sentence in front of the other. Police murdered a boy, then lied about it to cover it up, only to be exposed a few hours ago. I think we will know the name Jordan Edwards for the rest of […]
Jordan Edwards' family demands answers.
