Dallas Officer to be Held Accountable for a Death That Should Never Have Happened

Style Magazine Newswire | 6/9/2017, 12:54 p.m.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee applauded the Dallas County officials for moving expeditiously to bring the police officer who killed Jordan …
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee applauded the Dallas County officials for moving expeditiously to bring the police officer who killed Jordan Edwards before the bar of justice. In a statement regarding the criminal charges filed against the Dallas-area officer and shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old boy Congresswoman Lee said, “Although everyone is entitled to the presumption of innocence and a fair trial, the known circumstances suggest strongly that the use of lethal force in this instance was unjustified. The murder charge the officer is now facing may be a small consolation to the family of this young honor student, but I hope