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TexasTowelie

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Sun Nov 10, 2019, 04:02 AM Nov 2019

Father of black woman killed by white Texas officer dies

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The father of a black woman fatally shot by a white police officer inside her Fort Worth, Texas, home has died.

A spokesman for Marquis Jefferson, Bruce Carter, tells the Dallas Morning News that the father of Atatiana Jefferson suffered a heart attack and died Saturday night at a Dallas hospital. Carter tells KDFW that Jefferson "just couldn't get back from what happened with his daughter."

The 28-year-old Jefferson was killed last month after police went to her home for a welfare check. The Fort Worth officer, Aaron Dean, was charged with murder after resigning from the force.

After his daughter's death, Marquis Jefferson sought a temporary restraining order to gain control over the funeral arrangements from his daughter's aunt. A deal was eventually reached and the funeral was rescheduled.

Read more: https://www.oaoa.com/news/state/article_bf378e55-8cc4-5561-9492-390935e8b789.html
(Odessa American)

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Father of black woman killed by white Texas officer dies (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2019 OP
Ohhh. Compounded tragedy that is nothing less than wrenching. hlthe2b Nov 2019 #1

hlthe2b

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1. Ohhh. Compounded tragedy that is nothing less than wrenching.
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 08:43 AM
Nov 2019

RIP to both Father and Daughter. I only hope there is some kind of better realm for both.

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