DALLAS — A white former Dallas police officer was indicted on a murder charge Friday, nearly three months after she fatally shot an unarmed black neighbour whose apartment she said she entered by mistake, believing it to be her own. But Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson said at the time that the grand jury could upgrade the charge, which it did Friday. With the murder charge, she faces up to life in prison if convicted. During a news conference Friday, Jean family attorney Lee Merritt thanked the grand jury and said murder was the appropriate charge. In October, white Chicago officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2014 on-duty shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.

Source: National Post November 30, 2018 20:06 UTC