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Title: Nobody Was Drinking At The Party Where Police Killed Jordan Edwards
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Yahoo/Huff Post
URL Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/nobody-d ... ty-where-police-161514504.html
Published: Jun 29, 2017
Author: [HuffPost] Andy Campbell
Post Date: 2017-06-30 10:35:27 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 3108
Comments: 11
There was never a reason for Jordan Edwards to be fatally shot by a police officer ― and a new report reveals that there was never even a reason for authorities to be at the party the teen was attending. No teens were drinking or doing illicit drugs at a house party in suburban Dallas where Edwards, 15, was killed on April 29, a law enforcement official told the Dallas Morning News this week. A newly released autopsy report also reveals that Edwards wasn’t under the influence when officer Roy Oliver shot him. The officer was responding to a reports that teens had been drinking at a party. Oliver, 37, was fired and then charged with murder within a week of the shooting. Initially, Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber said Oliver opened fire on the vehicle Edwards was sitting in because the driver was reversing aggressively toward him. Haber changed his tune after video evidence showed the car driving away from officers. Oliver allegedly fired his rifle into the vehicle, striking Edwards once in the head. Edwards’ two brothers and two of his friends were in the car with him. An unidentified law enforcement official told the Dallas Morning News that Oliver and another officer were inside the party just before the fatal encounter, and saw kids carrying energy drinks and sodas. They didn’t find any evidence of underage consumption, except for an empty beer bottle in a kitchen trash can. “That was a condition of them attending the party,” Lee Merritt, the family’s attorney, told the paper. “If they saw anyone drinking, they had to leave.” Poster Comment: Initially, Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber said Oliver opened fire on the vehicle Edwards was sitting in because the driver was reversing aggressively toward him. Haber changed his tune after video evidence showed the car driving away from officers. So in other words, the cops lied? Typical.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
When the cops came, five teens ran to a car and sped away despite orders from the police to stop. Why? I mean, there was no alcohol, no drugs, no guns, no warrants. I'm sure the article would have said if there were. So why drive away?
Maybe they didn't want to be killed. I mean, there was no alcohol, no drugs, no guns, no warrants. An unidentified law enforcement official told the Dallas Morning News that Oliver and another officer were inside the party just before the fatal encounter, and saw kids carrying energy drinks and sodas. They didn’t find any evidence of underage consumption, except for an empty beer bottle in a kitchen trash can. Ah. So all of those who didn't flee were killed? "They didn’t find any evidence of underage consumption, except for an empty beer bottle in a kitchen trash can." Then why flee?
Wrong question. Right question is: Then why shoot? Unfortunately for this cop, he cannot claim he was in fear for his life. And I suspect that will get him hung, your overwhelming pro-blue uniform bias notwithstanding.
It's the right question. Had they not fled, none of this wouldn't have happened.
So because they were leaving the scene, the shooting was justified. That's your position. And the fact that the cop lied about the car going in reverse is perfectly reasonable. Thanks for playing, mw.
?? Okay, lol Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Did I say justified? I said it didn't have to happen. "And the fact that the cop lied about the car going in reverse is perfectly reasonable." It was going in reverse. Then it stopped. Then it went forward. All the while another cop was yelling at the driver to stop, and beating on the window with his handgun.
Oops. I meant, "Had they fled, all of this wouldn't have happened."
Okay, I get it. It's the kid's fault that the shooting occurred. It's not the cops fault at all. Thank you for clearing that up.
What does this have to do with police being called there? If memory serves me they were called out because someone heard gun shot(s). But it has been awhile since I paid attention to this story. The office was wrong and will pay for it. City will pay and the family will pay.
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
When the cops came, five teens ran to a car and sped away despite orders from the police to stop. Why?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
Maybe they didn't want to be killed.
#4. To: misterwhite (#3)
Then why flee?
#5. To: Pinguinite (#4)
Then why flee? Wrong question.
#6. To: misterwhite (#5)
#7. To: misterwhite (#5)
" Had they not fled, none of this wouldn't have happened.
#8. To: Pinguinite (#6)
So because they were leaving the scene, the shooting was justified. That's your position.
#9. To: Stoner (#7)
"Had they not fled, none of this wouldn't have happened."
#10. To: misterwhite (#8)
#11. To: Deckard (#0)
Nobody Was Drinking At The Party Where Police Killed Jordan Edwards
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