US Justice Department to probe police shooting of Texas teen

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Claudia Lauer, Associated Press
Updated 10:09 pm, Thursday, May 11, 2017


DALLAS (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of a black 15-year-old by a white police officer, a spokeswoman for the Dallas County District Attorney's Office confirmed Thursday.

The investigation prompted by the April 29 fatal shooting of Jordan Edwards by Balch Springs police Officer Roy Oliver is separate from the district attorney's prosecution of Oliver on a murder charge, said Brittany Dunn, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Faith Johnson. She said she did not know the scope and focus of the investigation of the Balch Spring Police Department, and a message left for a Justice Department spokesman was not returned.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said he believes sweeping federal investigations of police departments can hurt officer morale and undermine crime fighting. He has also promised his Justice Department will prosecute individual officers who break the law.

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Like Ferguson, Balch Springs has a small white minority in its population but an overwhelming white majority in its police department. The Dallas suburb's population of almost 24,000 is 19 percent white, but its police force is 80 percent white.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/US-Justice-Department-to-probe-police-shooting-of-11140092.php

[StanleyBolten]

1. Personally I don't trust the Justice Department

Personally I don't trust the Justice Department.

I have had some bad dealings with them, and I know others who have also had bad dealings with them.

I know several people that have been victimized by corrupt U.S. Attorneys or some corrupt FBI.

It saddens me.

I hope that the corruption in our local police departments can change in the future?