Why The Murder Charge Against The Cop Who Killed Jordan Edwards Is Rare
Roy Oliver. Oliver, a Texas police officer, faces a murder charge in the shooting of a teenager. Oliver fired a rifle at a car full of teenagers leaving a party April 29, killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. (Parker County Sheriff’s/AP)
A Dallas County grand jury indicted a former Balch Springs police officer on a murder charge Monday in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, an exceedingly rare legal step in Texas that illustrates the controversy surrounding the shooting since details of it rocked the community in April.
