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Former Balch Springs cop indicted for murder in death of Jordan Edwards

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GK86

Homeland Security Fail
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A Dallas County grand jury on Monday indicted Roy Oliver, the fired Balch Springs police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, on a murder charge. Oliver was also charged with four counts of aggravated assault, for the four other teenagers in the car with Edwards when Oliver shot a rifle into the vehicle as it drove away from a party on April 29.

Oliver, who has since been fired from the police department, faces two other assault charges connected to a separate road rage incident, in which he is accused of threatening two people with a gun. He’s currently out of jail on a $700,000 bond.

The indictment was a relatively long time coming, although convictions of officers charged with murder or manslaughter remain rare.
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GrizzleBoy

Banned
Murder instead of manslaughter = Can't prove intent = Not guilty of murder = Walks.

IMO.

The harsher the penalty you try to convict a police officer with, the less likely anything will happen.
 
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Switch Back 9

a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
GrizzleBoy said:
Murder instead of manslaughter = Can't prove intent = Not guilty of murder = Walks.

IMO.

The harsher the penalty you try to convict a police officer with, the less likely anything will happen.
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Wow, I never thought about it this way before. Sneaky fucks.
 
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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
GrizzleBoy said:
Murder instead of manslaughter = Can't prove intent = Not guilty of murder = Walks.

IMO.

The harsher the penalty you try to convict a police officer with, the less likely anything will happen.
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Manslaugter is a lesser included offense on all murder charges
 
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Kinitari

Black Canada Mafia
GrizzleBoy said:
Murder instead of manslaughter = Can't prove intent = Not guilty of murder = Walks.

IMO.

The harsher the penalty you try to convict a police officer with, the less likely anything will happen.
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I thought that murder charges could be downgraded to manslaughter?
 
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Hazmat

Member
I'm not holding my breath, but this is the next correct step. Hopefully they'll find a fair jury, and by that I mean one that is willing to accept the possibility that a cop did something wrong.
 
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royalan

Member
I want to hold out hope today Justice will be served, but...RIP Jordan.

Murderers in Blue, and the "Good Cops" who aid them.
 
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Mammoth Jones

Member
ImTheJudgeandJury said:
Funny thing is they going to make an example of that Somali cop. They so mad at him that they got that cop info out asap all shit about him. I don't agree with what he did but it's amazing when somebody black does something they put background check on air.
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"He was no angel..." That shit fits regardless of vocation.
 
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