05-02-2017, 01:32 PM
TEXAS
Another shooting of an unarmed juvenile citizen, another false narrative by police.
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^ Jordan Edwards, 15, was a freshman at Mesquite High School and loved to play football. Jeff Fleener, the head football coach at the school, told the Dallas Morning News he is “crushed and heartbroken” by Jordan’s death, saying the teen was never in trouble and had a GPA over 3.5. Fleener said Jordan played on the freshman football team and he had a “smile that could light up a room.”
On Saturday, Jordan went to a house party with four friends. There was underage drinking, a fight broke out and someone fired a gun. Jordan and his friends left the party at that point. When they pulled away from the house, a cop pulled out his rifle and shot into the car, hitting Jordan in the head and killing him.
Right after it happened, Balch Springs PD attempted to justify shooting at the unarmed teens by claiming they aggressively backed up towards police, using their car as a weapon, and that's why the cop had to shoot.
Well, as is too often the case and the Chief now acknowledges, video footage proves the initial police claims were bullshit. The teens were simply leaving the scene, going forward, and never backed up in the direction of arriving officers.
RIP Jordan Edwards.
Story: http://heavy.com/news/2017/04/jordan-edw...es-family/
Another shooting of an unarmed juvenile citizen, another false narrative by police.
^ Jordan Edwards, 15, was a freshman at Mesquite High School and loved to play football. Jeff Fleener, the head football coach at the school, told the Dallas Morning News he is “crushed and heartbroken” by Jordan’s death, saying the teen was never in trouble and had a GPA over 3.5. Fleener said Jordan played on the freshman football team and he had a “smile that could light up a room.”
On Saturday, Jordan went to a house party with four friends. There was underage drinking, a fight broke out and someone fired a gun. Jordan and his friends left the party at that point. When they pulled away from the house, a cop pulled out his rifle and shot into the car, hitting Jordan in the head and killing him.
Right after it happened, Balch Springs PD attempted to justify shooting at the unarmed teens by claiming they aggressively backed up towards police, using their car as a weapon, and that's why the cop had to shoot.
Well, as is too often the case and the Chief now acknowledges, video footage proves the initial police claims were bullshit. The teens were simply leaving the scene, going forward, and never backed up in the direction of arriving officers.
RIP Jordan Edwards.
Story: http://heavy.com/news/2017/04/jordan-edw...es-family/