STATE NEWS

After the death of Botham Jean, should a Dallas officer be fired? Those decisions often take time.

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Beto O'Rourke joined protesters in saying the decision should be easy. But police departments rarely move quickly on such issues.

By JOLIE MCCULLOUGH, The Texas Tribune
Posted 9/17/18

A dozen days after an unarmed black man was shot and killed in his apartment in Dallas, the white off-duty police officer who killed him remains on the job.

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