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This undated family photo provided by Edwards family attorney Lee Merritt shows Jordan Edwards, left, posing for a photo with his father, Odell Edwards. The family of the black teenager shot and killed by a white police officer while riding in a vehicle leaving a party wants criminal charges filed against the officer, who was fired for violating department policies during the shooting. Balch Springs police Officer Roy Oliver was fired three days after 15-year-old Jordan Edwards' death. (Courtesy of Lee Merritt/Edwards family via AP)

Race Looms Over Police Shooting

by Claudia Lauer Associated Press, and Nomaan Merchant And Jamie Stengle Associated PressMay 3, 2017

Balch Springs, Texas — The Dallas suburb where a white police officer shot and killed a black teenager as he left a party has a population that’s just 20 percent white but a police department that’s 80 percent white.Balch Springs now confronts the…

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Race Looms Over Police Shooting

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