Saturday’s service for Taylor, at Koinonia Christian Church in southeast Arlington, was attended by relatives, friends, and college and high school teammates.
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The victim’s brother Adrian Taylor, tears welling up in eyes, described Christian as “a competitor and a fighter who did not want to be left behind.”
Police have said that when officers arrived, Taylor was roaming inside the showroom. “We’re both losers. I feel for him and I pray for him”.
“There’s no victor in this”, Taylor said. When walking might have gotten you there fast enough, Taylor would choose to run because he needed to be there faster.
Goines did not believe that Taylor would confront police.
Inside the showroom, Miller ordered Taylor to get to the ground. “Fire shut up in his bones”.
“God chose this young man to bring awareness”, Pastor Ronnie Goines told the crowd.
Goines also talked about first responders, men and women who sacrifice themselves for the people they serve. Although he had completed the police academy and was a fully licensed officer, he was still completing a 16-week field training program required of new officers, Rodriguez said. Goines said that goal can cloud a servant’s judgment.
Arlington’s mayor, Jeff Williams, released a statement on Tuesday, saying, “The racial dynamics of police incidents around the country have driven a wedge between community groups”.
ARLINGTON – More than 1,000 people on Saturday attended the funeral of a college football player who was shot and killed by a North Texas police officer answering a burglary call at a auto dealership. The police officer who fatally shot Taylor has since been fired. “It’s going to take a long, long time – if ever – for me to get over that”, said Josh. “I certainly think that was a choice he made at the time, but does one episode of your life define you? No”. He just wanted to know what happened in the moments leading up to the shooting.
Numerous men who played with Taylor at Summit wore their blue and black jerseys in honor of him.
7, Angelo State University sophomore football player, Christian Taylor was captured by surveillance cameras outside Classic Buick GMC in Arlington, stumbling and appearing erratic at approximately 1:20 a.m. Taylor can be seen wearing loosely-fitted shorts and T-shirt with socks and athletic shoes as he shakily climbed, unarmed, over the security rail and proceeded to damage cars on the lot outside the dealership. Wagner said Taylor was going to wear the number 23 this season.
Joshua Taylor recalled reading on social media his brother’s name alongside other black men who had been killed, and he remembered one of the last conversations he had with Christian.
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“He was making a difference four hours away in San Angelo, Texas”, Wagner said. While he said he had “serious concerns” about Miller’s use of deadly force, Johnson said it would be up to a grand jury to decide whether Miller’s actions were criminal. “So we can’t afford to sit on the sidelines anymore”.
