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TexasTowelie

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Wed Sep 22, 2021, 03:07 PM Sep 2021

In Small-Town North Texas, a White Cop Will Go On Trial for Fatally Shooting a Black Man

When Raylisa Price was planning to move back to Wolfe City in October 2020, she hoped to build a closer relationship with her half-brother Jonathan Price.

Raylisa grew up in Commerce, not far from Wolfe City, and moved with her sister Sabrina and their mother to California before Jonathan was born. Last year, Raylisa, now 49, had made big plans to catch up on lost time with Jonathan.

“I had it all planned out. We were going to be going to the gym together, watching late-night movies together, really get a real brother-sister connection,” she said. “We’d never gotten to be close, and I decided I wanted just surprise him, just show up."

Then came the phone call and "all hell broke loose," she said. On Oct. 3, a few weeks before she intended to move, Wolfe City police officer Shaun Lucas shot and killed Jonathan, who was 31 at the time.

Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/in-wolfe-city-officer-shaun-lucas-shot-and-killed-jonathan-price-now-lucas-will-go-on-trial-for-murder-12430335

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In Small-Town North Texas, a White Cop Will Go On Trial for Fatally Shooting a Black Man (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2021 OP
If justice is served, it will come too late for Jonathan. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2021 #1
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