FBI to probe police shooting of college football player in Texas - Christian Science Monitor
Friends and family gather at a candlelight vigil for Christian Taylor, held in the parking lot of Koinonia Christian Church in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. The FBI has been asked to help investigate the death of Taylor, a Texas college football player, who was fatally shot by an officer during a burglary call at a car dealership, a suburban Dallas police chief said Saturday. Local authorities have called in the Federal Bureau of Investigation to review the fatal shooting by police of an unarmed college football player during a burglary call at a car dealership in Arlington, Texas. The shooting reportedly occurred during an altercation that followed police response to a call early Friday morning by the company that manages security cameras at the Classic Buick GMC in Arlington, a Dallas suburb. Surveillance video shows Christian Taylor, a black college student who played for the Angelo State University football team, jumping on cars and running around the dealership before police arrived. The incident took place two days before the anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. , an event that has galvanized the “Black Lives Matter” movement and sparked protests – sometimes violent – against the use of police force... Chief Johnson said that the two officers struggled with Mr. Taylor and that Officer [Brad] Miller fired four shots. Source: www.csmonitor.com
