Civil jury decides ex-officer, city of Dallas aren't liable in 2012 killing in Dixon Circle

A civil jury in a federal wrongful-death case decided Thursday that a former Dallas police officer and the city aren't liable for financial damages in the 2012 killing of an unarmed man in South Dallas.

The deadly confrontation between a white cop and a black man nearly sparked a riot in the Dixon Circle community, where Officer Brian Rowden shot and killed James Harper after a foot chase.

The civil trial began Aug. 21, and jurors delivered their verdict after deliberating for about six hours Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.

Attorneys for the city and the former officer declined to comment on the ruling. Rowden, too, said nothing as he left the downtown courthouse in a Dallas police squad car.

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