Retrial begins for former Texas officer charged with assault
DALLAS (AP) — A retrial is underway for a former suburban Dallas police officer charged with aggravated assault for shooting an unarmed man twice in the back.
Former Mesquite officer Derick Wiley was fired after the November 2017 shooting that wounded Lyndo Jones. Authorities say the officer mistook Jones for a burglar while Jones was trying to unlock his own truck.
According to the Dallas Morning News , prosecutor Bryan Mitchell told a jury Monday that Wiley was reckless and “hellbe
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