Saturday, August 8, 2015

Police in Texas fatally shoot unarmed 19-year-old football player in car dealership struggle - 8/7/2015 8:14:17 PM | Newser

Police in Texas fatally shoot unarmed 19-year-old football player in car dealership struggle - 8/7/2015 8:14:17 PM | Newser







NAAWP NEWS BRIEF: WHITE Arlington police officer in
training fatally shoots unarmed BLACK teen at car dealership!


 


A 49-year-old WHITE
police trainee killed an unarmed BLACK teen burglary suspect who drove an SUV
into the showroom of an Arlington car dealership early Friday.


 


WHITE Officer Brad
Miller shot 19-year-old BLACK Christian Taylor about 1 a.m. after officers
responded to a burglar alarm at Classic Buick GMC near Interstate 20 and
Collins Street, police said.


 


Taylor, a football
star and 2014 graduate of Mansfield Summit, was unarmed, police said.


 


The dealership’s
security company reported the break-in after its cameras recorded a man there
after hours, police said. Sgt. Paul Rodriguez said a burglar drove a
sport utility vehicle through the dealership showroom’s glass doors.


 


 


WHITE Arlington Police Officer Brad Miller


 


When police
arrived they found Taylor in the showroom and approached him. Police said
Miller shot Taylor after an “altercation.” Taylor died at the scene, according
to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.


 


A little more than
a week before his death, Taylor tweeted “I don’t wanna die too younggggg.”


 


Miller, 49, has
been with the Arlington Police Department since September and graduated from
the police academy in March, police said. He had no commendation or discipline
record at the department.


 


Before joining
the department, Miller had no police experience. At the time of the shooting he
was in field training and under the supervision of a police training officer.


 


 


After the
shooting, Miller was placed on administrative leave, Rodriguez said.


 


“That’s standard
across the board for us for anybody involved in a deadly force situation,” he
said.


 


Video: http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2015/08/arlington-police-officer-fatally-shot-a-man-early-friday-at-car-dealership.html/


 


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