Brad Miller, the 49-year-old officer with the Arlington Police Department who shot an unarmed teenager, 19-year-old Christian Taylor, was cleared of any wrongdoing yesterday by a grand jury.
News hit the World Wide Web that Miller will not face criminal charges. Miller shot and killed Taylor, an Angelo State University student about to begin his sophomore year, on Aug. 7, 2015.
At about 1 a.m. that morning, Arlington Police Department officers were dispatched to a burglary call at Classic Buick GMC in the 1400 block of E. Interstate 20 frontage road. Upon arrival at the car dealership, officers found that a vehicle had been driven through the front of the building. After establishing a perimeter, officers approached and confronted Taylor.
According to APD officials, there was an altercation and Miller discharged his weapon four times, hitting Taylor at least twice. Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene, and investigators determined he had no weapon.
Miller started with the department in September 2014, and had been in field training. He was working under the supervision of a Police Training Officer since graduating from the Police Academy in March 2015. He had no previous commendation or discipline history with the department. However, Miller was fired within days of the shooting.
ASU President Dr. Brian J. May said faculty and staff did hear the news about the grand jury’s decision.
“We were deeply saddened by [Christian’s] death, and our students were as well,” said Dr. May in response. “Our condolences, thoughts and prayers go out to his family.”
To access the original stories in this case, click here and here.
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As it should have been! Now give the officer his job back!!!
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PermalinkWith back pay.
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PermalinkI totally agree with above comments but I just wonder if this individual would even want to come back after all that he went through. He had to take the life of a human being and then lost his job because he was "doing his job." Granted, he was cleared of any wrongdoing by a Grand Jury, he may now feel that Law Enforcement isn't for him. Or maybe he just isn't ready to come back. Either way, I wish him and his family the best! "DOES HE EVEN WANT TO COME BACK?"
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PermalinkIn total agreement with both of you. It's a shame that in this day and time when we have a society who is looking to prosecute any police officer for simply doing his sworn duty. This case is directly the fault of this idiot who made a conscious decision to alter his thinking by introducing drugs into his system and then aggressively try and confront a police officer doing his job.
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PermalinkBrad Miller, the 49-year-old officer with the Arlington Police Department who shot an unarmed teenager, 19-year-old Christian Taylor,
has been cleared of any wrong doing by a Grand Jury. Clearly, this Police Officer should placed back on duty with "ALL BACK PAY" should he choose to do so. Question is, "Does he want to come back?" "JUSTICE SERVED"
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