A white Fort Worth, Texas police officer, Aaron Dean, has resigned and faces criminal charges after he shot dead a 28-year-old black woman, Atatiana Jefferson, inside her home, the city's police chief said
- A white Fort Worth, Texas police officer has resigned and faces criminal charges after he shot dead a 28-year-old black woman inside her home, the city’s police chief said on Monday.
“Had the officer not resigned, I would have fired him for violations of several policies including our use of force policy, our de-escalation policy and unprofessional conduct,” Fort Worth Police Chief Edwin Kraus told a news conference. “Despite his resignation, the officer still faces criminal charges from the major case investigation.”
Kraus said police had presented a preliminary case to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to review the officer’s actions for possible civil rights violations. Jefferson died after a concerned neighbor, identified as James Smith by Price, called a non-emergency police line to say the door to her home was open, police said. Jefferson had been playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew before she was shot.
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