Dallas Officer Shoots And Kills Unarmed Teen Yet another unarmed Black teenager has died at the hands of a police officer. This time, the incident took place in Dallas, Texas . Via DallasNews : A police officer in training fatally shot an unarmed teen burglary suspect early Friday at a car dealership, Arlington police said. Officer Brad Miller shot and killed 19-year-old Christian Taylor after officers responded to a burglary in progress about 1 a.m. at the Classic Buick GMC near Interstate 20 and Collins Street, police said. Taylor was unarmed, police said. The dealership’s security company reported the burglary when its cameras recorded a man at the dealership, police said. The suspect drove a SUV through the dealership showroom’s glass doors, Sgt. Paul Rodriguez said. When police arrived they found the man in the dealership’s showroom and approached him. Miller shot Taylor after an “altercation,” police said. Taylor died at the scene, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office. A little more than a week before his death, Taylor tweeted “I don’t wanna die too younggggg.” Miller, 49, has been with the Arlington Police Department since September 2014 and graduated from the police academy in March, police said. He had no commendation or discipline record at the department. Prior to joining the department Miller had no police experience. At the time of the shooting he was in field training and under the supervision of a police training officer. Miller was placed on administrative leave, Rodriguez said. Administrative leave, huh. SMH. So sad that this young man’s life ended at such a young age. We’re honestly getting tired of having a new unarmed Black person’s name to hashtag every other week… DallasNews
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