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“We are both losers”.

Among those mourning are football players and coaches from Angelo State University, where Taylor was to start his sophomore year on the team.

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Xavier Cedeno (31) steps over a broken bat at first base to completes the infield out against Texas Rangers Mitch Moreland (18) during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Friday, August 14, 2015. The Rays are 42-30 when they hit...

More than 1,000 mourners attended a funeral on Saturday for Christian Taylor, an unarmed 19-year-old African American fatally shot by a white officer in Texas in an incident that raised fresh attention of police treatment of racial minorities.

More than 1,000 mourners attended a funeral on Saturday for Christian Taylor, an unarmed 19-year-old African American fatally shot by a white officer in Texas in an incident that raised fresh attention of police treatment of racial minorities.

The attorney for a Texas police officer fired after fatally shooting an unarmed college football player during a suspected burglary at a vehicle dealership is defending his client’s actions and insulting those of the police chief.

Androphy thinks Miller’s testimony would sway a grand jury toward no indictment.

“It is reasonable that officers were concerned that a weapon may be present”, Johnson said.

According to Johnson, Miller’s mistakes included his decision to enter the building without his partner, who had more police experience, which led to “an environment of cascading consequences”. Dale Wiggins that entered the scene after Miller, Taylor instead...

The brother of a college football player killed by police at a Texas auto dealership questioned Monday whether deadly force was needed in the confrontation, which can’t be seen on video because there were no surveillance cameras inside the showroom. The FBI has been asked...

The footage shows him walking around the dealership, but does not show the actual encounter with officers.

Police have said the officers told Taylor to surrender and lie down on the ground, but he refused.

Metropolitan Police Department Commander David Taylor said police were called to the scene at about 6:15 p.m. for a report of a fire. Friday in Arlington. The police were responding to a burglary call at Classic Buick GMC, when they found Taylor had driven a vehicle through the...

Taylor, who was black, was shot by a white police officer two days earlier than the anniversary of the capturing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, an unarmed, black 18-year-old whose dying galvanized the “Black Lives Matter” motion and sparked protests that at...

The statement said police approached the suspect and a struggle ensued.