Texas Jury Finds Ex-police Officer Guilty of Murdering Black Teen

Texas Jury Finds Ex-police Officer Guilty of Murdering Black Teen
A combination photo shows Roy Oliver in Parker County Sheriff's Office booking photos in Weatherford, Texas, on May 5, 2017. Courtesy Parker County Sheriff's Office/Reuters
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AUSTIN, Texas—A Texas jury on Aug. 28 found a white former policeman guilty of murder for fatally shooting a black teenager in a car moving away from him in a 2017 case in a Dallas suburb that fueled a national debate over possible racial bias in U.S. policing.

The police officer, Roy Oliver, 38, was fired by the Balch Springs Police Department for violating department policy a few days after he fatally shot Jordan Edwards, 15, a standout high school student and athlete. Edwards was shot in the head.