A Dallas, Texas, grand jury on Monday indicted fired Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver Monday on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old black teen Jordan Edwards.
A newly leaked video showed a Balch Spring police sergeant tasering a handcuffed Black man nearly a year before the department fell into more controversy with the shooting death of teen Jordan Edwards.
The ex-officer used excessive force, and his department failed to provide proper training and oversight, the lawsuit says.
Hundreds of people gathered at Mesquite Friendship Baptist Church for Jordan Edwards’ funeral on Saturday.
Balch Springs' police chief, citing an internal investigation, reverses his earlier statement about how the shooting unfolded.
