Post by Logan on Jun 22, 2016 22:47:33 GMT -6
Taylor family lawyer asks for federal review of shooting by officer
ARLINGTON -- The lawyer for the family of Christian Taylor, the college student who was fatally shot by an Arlington police officer last year, has asked the Justice Department to investigate the shooting.
Attorney Michael Heiskell wrote that a Tarrant County grand jury’s declining to indict officer Brad Miller, and the “lack of further action by the Tarrant County District Attorney,” is a “travesty of justice.”
“I, therefore, implore you to open an investigation to allow the appropriate personnel within the FBI to review all of the facts and circumstances surrounding Christian’s death,” Heiskell wrote to the departments Civil Rights Division.
Taylor, 19, a Mansfield Summit High graduate who played football at Angelo State University, was shot four times by Miller, 49, a rookie officer, on Aug. 7.
Taylor had broken into a car dealership and was high on drugs, according to authorities.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/arlington/article85441292.html
ARLINGTON -- The lawyer for the family of Christian Taylor, the college student who was fatally shot by an Arlington police officer last year, has asked the Justice Department to investigate the shooting.
Attorney Michael Heiskell wrote that a Tarrant County grand jury’s declining to indict officer Brad Miller, and the “lack of further action by the Tarrant County District Attorney,” is a “travesty of justice.”
“I, therefore, implore you to open an investigation to allow the appropriate personnel within the FBI to review all of the facts and circumstances surrounding Christian’s death,” Heiskell wrote to the departments Civil Rights Division.
Taylor, 19, a Mansfield Summit High graduate who played football at Angelo State University, was shot four times by Miller, 49, a rookie officer, on Aug. 7.
Taylor had broken into a car dealership and was high on drugs, according to authorities.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/arlington/article85441292.html