Hello everybody!   
      
   Farmers Branch is just out side of Dallas Fort Worth.  What they are dancing   
   around is the victim was a hispanic teen... the officer was black.  Had this   
   been a white officer it may have made the news... a white officer shooting a   
   black teen #blacklivesmatter would have been all over it.  But this is a   
   honorable black police officer who was off duty at the time and somehow felt   
   threatened enough to shoot this teen.   
      
   There's little being covered by the media on this.  Granted I am former Law   
   Enforcement I do know the use of a weapon is not a privilidge but as it was   
   always taught to me the most sacred trust and responsibility the public gives   
   us.  From my eyes I can find no reason based on what is being reported that   
   this kid should have been shot.   
      
   And I strongly believe #alllivesmatter and this young hispanic teen had a   
   whold lifetime to get it right that was taken from him.  I hope that there   
   will be more covered about this.  I hope it doesn't get swept under the rug.   
      
   Allen   
      
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   ADDISON (CBSDFW.COM)  The Farmers Branch police officer accused   
   of killing a teen burglary suspect while he was off-duty was   
   arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault.   
      
   Based on our investigation thus far we had probable cause to   
   make the arrest this evening,  said Addison Police Chief, Paul   
   Spencer in a statement. But this is a rapidly-evolving   
   situation and it remains an active investigation. Therefore, we   
   are refraining at this time from discussing the evidence   
   collected thus far or about the specifics of this case. We   
   expect there are still several weeks of additional investigative   
   work to do.   
      
   The shooting happened at a gas station at Marsh Lane and Spring   
   Valley Road just before 7:30 p.m. Sunday night.   
      
   Detectives said Officer Ken Johnson saw someone burglarizing a   
   vehicle at a nearby apartment complex. The suspects took off,   
   but Johnson went after them in his own vehicle.   
      
   The chase ended in gunfire, with the driver, Jose Raul Cruz   
   being struck and killed and the passenger suffering injuries as   
   well.   
      
   Officer Johnson was assigned to the patrol division since   
   joining the Farmers Branch Police Department in March of 2015.   
   Prior to joining Farmers Branch, he was a police officer with   
   Dallas Area Rapid Transit and previously served in the United   
   States Army, according to a news release from Farmers Branch   
   Police.   
      
   Officer Johnson was placed on administrative leave with pay,   
   while the Department conducts an internal administrative   
   investigation of the officers conduct.   
      
   The Addison Police Department is working on the case with   
   association with the Dallas County District Attorneys office.   
      
   Officer Johnson is currently at the Lew Sterrett Justice Center   
   in Dallas.   
      
   http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/03/16/farmers-branch-officer-who-   
   allegedly-shot-teen-arrested/   
      
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