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Texas officer fired after shooting black man in traffic stop
Source: Associated Press
Texas officer fired after shooting black man in traffic stop
May 18, 2019
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas police officer has been fired after he was charged with criminally negligent homicide in the fatal shooting of a black man during a traffic stop last year.
In a statement Friday, Arlington police announced Officer Bau Tran was fired after an internal investigation found policy violations that led to the Sept. 1 shooting of 24-year-old O’Shae Terry .
Tran, who may appeal his dismissal, has yet to enter a plea to the criminal charge. A message left with his attorney wasn’t immediately returned.
The indictment marks a rare criminal prosecution of a police officer in the historically conservative North Texas county. It could draw greater attention to a case that was largely overshadowed by another in the same month in which a white Dallas police officer fatally shot a black man in his own apartment.
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May 18, 2019
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas police officer has been fired after he was charged with criminally negligent homicide in the fatal shooting of a black man during a traffic stop last year.
In a statement Friday, Arlington police announced Officer Bau Tran was fired after an internal investigation found policy violations that led to the Sept. 1 shooting of 24-year-old O’Shae Terry .
Tran, who may appeal his dismissal, has yet to enter a plea to the criminal charge. A message left with his attorney wasn’t immediately returned.
The indictment marks a rare criminal prosecution of a police officer in the historically conservative North Texas county. It could draw greater attention to a case that was largely overshadowed by another in the same month in which a white Dallas police officer fatally shot a black man in his own apartment.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/45096a3dbf704c7aaa19b12462cda2c2
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