6/9/2017
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee applauded the Dallas County officials for moving expeditiously to bring the police officer who killed Jordan Edwards before the bar of justice. In a statement regarding the criminal charges filed against the Dallas-area officer and shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old boy Congresswoman Lee said, “Although everyone is entitled to the presumption of innocence and a fair trial, the known circumstances suggest strongly that the use of lethal force in this instance was unjustified. The murder charge the officer is now facing may be a small consolation to the family of this young honor student, but I hope
