By one estimate, 93 police officers have been charged with murder or manslaughter as the result of an on-duty shooting.
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Roy Oliver, fired Balch Springs police officer who is charged with the murder of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, sits in the courtroom on the second day of his trial at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas on Friday, August 17, 2018.
From KERA:
The trial of former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver continues this week in Dallas.
He’s facing murder charges for shooting into a car full of teenagers leaving a party in April 2017 and killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. It’s one of several controversial police shootings of black men, teenagers and boys that have grabbed national headlines.
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