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Ex-Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver guilty of murdering teenager Jordan Edwards
Ft. Worth Star Telegram ^
| 08/28/2018
| By Nichole Manna
Posted on 08/29/2018 1:49:47 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
DALLAS —
A Dallas County jury has found ex-Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver guilty of murder in the death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, an African-American youth who was unarmed when Oliver shot him in April 2017.
The jury deliberated for about 12 hours over a period of two days before reaching its verdict. The courtroom erupted in cries and cheers from Edwards’ family afterward as they clapped and hugged each other.
Odell Edwards, Jordan Edwards’ father, said his family is relieved and happy. “It’s been a long time, hard year and we’re just really happy,” he said, holding back tears. “We did it.”
“God is good, God is good,” one woman said in the hallway outside the courtroom, as she hugged others.
~snip~
Oliver shot into the back of a 2004 black Impala where Edwards was a passenger on April 29 last year. The then-officer claimed the car was about to run over his partner, Officer Tyler Gross, but several witnesses and video taken from the officer’s body camera show the car was moving away from Gross.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: balchsprings; donutwatch; royoliver
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The fired Balch Springs police officer who shot and killed a 15-year-old in a car leaving a party has been charged with murder, law enforcement officials confirmed to FOX4. The murder warrant for Roy Oliver was signed Friday afternoon by a Dallas judge. Oliver turned himself in late Friday evening.
A suburban Dallas police chief said Monday that his department inaccurately described why an officer fired at a moving vehicle over the weekend, killing a 15-year-old boy. Jordan Edwards and four other teenagers were in a vehicle leaving a party in Balch Springs Saturday night when an officer shot at them with his rifle. Police initially said the vehicle was backing up toward police at the scene "in an aggressive manner."
BALCH SPRINGS -- The officer who shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards has been fired. In a news conference, Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber said the officer, Roy Oliver, violated department policies, but won't elaborate which policies. Oliver has been with the department since 2011. He has 10 days to appeal. Jordan Edwards was killed in front of his brother as they were leaving a party over the weekend. Neighbors said a large house party was underway at the time. Balch Springs police said officers responded to a report of intoxicated teenagers on a residential street in the 12300...
As family and friends mourned the death of a 15-year-old boy shot in the head by a police officer in a Dallas suburb over the weekend, the police chief said Monday that new evidence showed the killing did not unfold the way the authorities had originally claimed. The Police Department in Balch Springs, Tex., said Sunday that the officer, whose name has not been released, fired on a car carrying the teenager, Jordan Edwards, a freshman at Mesquite High School in Balch Springs, because the car was reversing down a street toward the officer in an “aggressive manner.” But Jonathan...
To: Responsibility2nd
FURO Love the thin blue line. Don't love this.
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:01:15 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: Responsibility2nd
“God is good, God is good...”
Yes he is!
To: Eddie01
Police cr@ppy training basically says, if there is any question, shoot, so you go home safely. A gun? Shoot. A knife? If within 21 feet - shoot. A nail clipper? Could be used to take your eye out - shoot. A club or pipe? Might break your bone - shoot. A cell phone? Who knows what he has in his hands? - shoot.
Then, all the cop has to say is: “I was in fear for my lie/my partner’s life/public safety” and no matter how outrageous the situation, the cop would get a free pass.
And, of course - The report: “The suspect pointed a gun at me”, “The suspect made a furtive gesture,” “the suspect didn’t follow my police instructions” - all based only on the claims of the officer - and those after a 48 hour “cooling down period”.
Videos are breaking down a lot of those stories, and “in fear for my life” is subject to review of the facts of the case.
Even with that, it is a very rare thing that an officer is charged, let alone convicted under these circumstances, and most of those are reversed at some point in the appeals process.
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:10:37 PM PDT
by
Fido969
(In!)
To: Eddie01
“Love the thin blue line.”
Not me. I love the Constitution and I expect law enforcement to do the same or find another job.
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:12:44 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: Responsibility2nd
If I hate BLM, Trayvon, Gentle Giant BUT ALSO hate cops who view all non-cops as the enemy:
What do I do..?
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:16:26 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Fido969
You forgot the all-purpose excuse of, “He lunged at me!”
They love that word because they invoke it like it’s a license to beat, assault, tase, shoot, and kill.
Lots of video on You Tube also puts the lie to too many claims of ‘lunging’.
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:18:01 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:18:02 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: gaijin
>> If I hate BLM, Trayvon, Gentle Giant BUT ALSO hate cops who view all non-cops as the enemy:
What do I do..? <<
Say hi to your new friend Megan!
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:19:00 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: Responsibility2nd
This was the same kind of crappy police work that killed that woman in Minneapolis.
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:20:20 PM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
To: MeganC
You forgot the all-purpose excuse of, “He lunged at me!”
______________________________
You don’t think Michael Brown deserved to be shot, do you?
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:22:15 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Rats, RINO's and O-Tips. They all want Sessions to stay.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Murder usually requires premeditation and intent. I guess that is irrelevant when Special People are involved.
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:22:30 PM PDT
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: Sans-Culotte
Yeah, the difference is in Texas, the cop’s partner testified against him. In Minneapolis, the partner apparently somehow didn’t see a thing.
To: MeganC
^_^
Hey I lived in Sacto, too..!
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:23:27 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Sans-Culotte
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:27:28 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Rats, RINO's and O-Tips. They all want Sessions to stay.)
To: Responsibility2nd
“So he sot and killer her.”
_______________________________________
Yeesh. Learn to proof read!
So he shot and killed her.
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:29:24 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Rats, RINO's and O-Tips. They all want Sessions to stay.)
To: MeganC
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:31:07 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
To: Responsibility2nd
Michael Brown had a lifetime of problems and at this point I’m satisfied that he was the cause of what happened to him.
I do not believe that everything the police do is wrong. But I do know from personal experience that some of them are sadists and some departments are institutionally corrupt.
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posted on
08/29/2018 2:38:58 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: gaijin
This video suggests to me that the shooting *might* have been justified.Without much more evidence I can’t form any firm opinion regarding this incident.
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posted on
08/29/2018 3:02:19 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
To: Gay State Conservative
The vast majority of cops are good cops. Some cops make bad decisions under stress. Those should not be cops.
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posted on
08/29/2018 3:14:45 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
(Cane Cutter, Deckhand,Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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