Roy Oliver must pay Jordan Edwards’ family more than $21 million, after a jury found the former Balch Springs police officer used excessive and unreasonable...
Oliver, who is white, fatally shot Jordan in 2017 as the teen was leaving a busted house party.and sentenced to 15 years in prison. His 2018 conviction made him the first on-duty police officer in Texas to be found guilty of murder in 45 years.
Oliver’s attorney, William Krueger, said the former officer was responding to a “rapidly-evolving, very pressurized” situation.On April 29, 2017, Oliver and Gross responded to a call about a noisy party and underage drinking at a house on Baron Drive. Jordan’s brothers and two other then-teenagers testified last week there were no drugs or alcohol at the party.
Their car, a black Impala, went in reverse down Baron Drive and onto intersecting Shepherd Lane, while Gross shouted at them to stop, according to testimony. Gross then approached the car and smashed a rear window, which Oliver said he thought was “some sort of violence,” like a gunshot. Oliver also testified he saw Jordan make furtive movements in the passenger seat.Nine seconds elapsed between when Oliver started to charge the car and when he pulled the trigger, according to court testimony.
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