By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The FBI has turned down a request to investigate the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a rookie police officer in Arlington, Texas.
The New York Daily News reports that questions have been raised about the official account of what prompted the shooting of 19-year-old Christian Taylor.
Police said Taylor wouldn’t surrender, but family and supporters dispute that.
“The Dallas FBI has full confidence in the ability of the Arlington Police Department and Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office to conduct a thorough investigation of this matter,” FBI spokeswoman Allison Mahan said in a statement. “If in the course of the investigation, information comes to light of a potential federal civil rights violation, the FBI is prepared to investigate.”
