The document contains multiple articles that discuss issues of police violence against African Americans in Fort Worth, Texas. Several incidents are described where black individuals had negative or violent interactions with police, including one man who was punched in the face and another who was shot with a shotgun. Community members argue that racism is at the heart of overly aggressive policing in communities of color. Statistics also show racial disparities in arrests. One article discusses a video that showed an unarmed black man being shot by police while his pants were down, and another details a white officer being charged with murder for shooting a black woman in her home.

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2. Article # 1: Fort Worth Police Have More Violence to Answer
For, Residents Say:
· "There was Henry Newson, a black man who had just been
discharged from the hospital and was waiting for a ride home
when two officers working security questioned why he was
there. He refused to leave, and a white officer punched him in
the face" (Fernandez, Mervosh & Bogel-Burroughs, 2019).
· "There was Craigory Adams, also black, who knocked on his
neighbor’s door late one night carrying a barbecue fork, to keep
stray dogs away, he said, and the neighbor called the police. A
white officer pointed a shotgun at Mr. Adams but said he wasn’t
meaning to fire it, he did, striking Mr. Adams in the arm”
(Fernandez, Mervosh & Bogel-Burroughs, 2019).
· "In the largely black and Hispanic neighborhood in southeast
Fort Worth where Ms. Jefferson lived, and in others nearby,
many residents recalled times when they had tried calling the
police — and ended up sorry that they did, all been brought up
again in the days since Ms. Jefferson, a 28-year-old black
woman, was shot and killed in her bedroom this month by a
white police officer who was standing outside her window"
(Fernandez,
· “This is not an isolated incident,” said the Rev. Kyev Tatum,
who is part of a coalition asking the Justice Department to
investigate “over-aggressive policing” in Fort Worth’s
communities of color. “This is historic and it is systemic, and
we understand that racism is at the heart of this” (Fernandez,
Mervosh & Bogel-Burroughs, 2019).
· "In Dallas, just 30 miles east of Fort Worth, a similar case

3. played out tragically over the past year: A white off-duty police
officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison earlier this month
after she mistakenly entered the apartment of a black neighbor,
Botham Shem Jean, and shot him to death while he was
watching television" (Fernandez, Mervosh &
· “In an interview, Mayor Price said she had heard from some
black residents who said they feared the police so much that
they would no longer call them for help. She was deeply
worried by that sentiment. But she flatly rejected the idea that
the city’s white leadership was not engaged with black
residents" (Fernandez, Mervosh & Bogel-
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Article # 2: US: White Ex-Officer Gets 12 Years in Shooting of
Naked Black Man
· "A former police officer in the US state of Georgia who was
convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes in the fatal
shooting of an unarmed, naked man was sentenced Friday to 12
years in prison" ("US:
· "A badge, a uniform, a gun are not a license to shoot and kill
with impunity, the lawyer said. Defense lawyer Amanda Clark
Palmer said in an email after the hearing that while the sentence
was higher than they wanted, 'we cannot say it is an unfair
sentence, and we appreciate [the judge's] thoughtfulness'" ("US:
· "Olsen exited his car and yelled, "Stop! Stop!" Hill did not
stop and Olsen shot him twice, witnesses said. Prosecutors told
jurors Olsen unreasonably and unnecessarily used deadly force
to deal with the unarmed, naked man who was suffering a
mental health crisis. ("US: White ex-officer gets 12 years in
shooting of naked black man", 2019).
· “ Defense attorneys argued Olsen had limited information
about the situation, was scared to death, had only seconds to
make a tough decision, and acted in self-defense" ("US:
· Article # 3: Video Shows Unarmed Texas Man with Pants
down Before Fatal Police Shooting

4. · "Deputy Brewer had exited his car, confronted a man in the
street whose pants were around his ankles, and fatally shot him
once in the chest. It is the latest example of an officer killing an
unarmed black person" (Haag, 2018).
· "In the video, Deputy Brewer, who is black, stops his car in
the video, Deputy Brewer, who is black, stops his car behind
two men having an altercation, with shoving, in the street. The
deputy can be heard yelling at Danny Ray Thomas, the man
whose pants were down, as he walks toward the car. ‘Get down,
man! Get on the ground,’ the deputy screams repeatedly, before,
out of the camera’s view, a single gunshot rings out. Mr.
Thomas, 34, was pronounced dead at a hospital" (Haag, 2018).
· "Sheriff Gonzalez said that Deputy Brewer was equipped with
a Taser, which he did not use, the sheriff said that deputies had
been trained on the use of nonlethal force, including during
encounters with people who may have a mental illness" (Haag,
2018).
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Article # 4: US: White Officer Charged With Murder in
Shooting of Black Woman
· "A white police officer who shot and killed an African
American woman in her Fort Worth, Texas, home in the
presence of her eight-year-old nephew was charged with murder
on Monday after resigning from the force" ("US: White officer
charged with murder in the shooting of black woman", 2019).
· "According to the watchdog group The Sentencing Project,
African American men are six times more likely to be arrested
than white men" ("US: White officer charged with murder in the
shooting of black woman", 2019).
· "These disparities, particularly the killing of African
Americans by police, has prompted the rise of the Black Lives
Matter movement, a popular civil rights campaign aimed at
ending police violence and dismantling structural racism" ("US:
White officer charged with murder in the shooting of black
woman", 2019).
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5. Article # 5: Analysis: 20 Percent of People Shot By Texas
Police Were Unarmed
· "Texas police reported shooting 159 people in the first year
that the state tracked such cases under a ground-breaking new
law.
· “Austin and Fort Worth each saw five of those shootings —
compared with eight apiece in San Antonio and Dallas and 31 in
Houston" (Moravec, 2018).
· Woog said. “Without this evidence, the public discussion
nearby individuals dying in police arrest, especially black
people has been mostly anecdotal.”
· "In 2015, Rep. Eric Johnson, an African-American Democrat
from Dallas, was so troubled by the debate over
disproportionate use of force against minorities that he
championed a measure to gather more information regarding all
officers who are involved in shootings, both non-fatal and fatal"
(Moravec, 2018).
References
Fernandez, M., Mervosh, S., & Bogel-Burroughs, N. (2019).
Fort Worth Police Have More Violence to Answer For,
Residents Say. Retrieved 29 April 2020, from
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/us/fort-worth-shooting-
jefferson-dean.html
US: White ex-officer gets 12 years in shooting of naked black
man. (2019). Retrieved 29 April 2020, from
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/white-officer-12-
years-shooting-naked-black-man-191101220346880.html
Haag, M. (2018). Video Shows Unarmed Texas Man With Pants
Down Before Fatal Police Shooting. Retrieved 29 April 2020,

6. from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/us/danny-ray-
thomas-houston-police-shooting.html
US: White officer charged with murder in shooting of black
woman. (2019). Retrieved 29 April 2020, from
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/texas-officer-resigns-
fatally-shooting-black-woman-191014190505562.html
Moravec, E. (2018). Analysis: 20 percent of people shot by
Texas police were unarmed. Retrieved 30 April 2020, from
https://www.statesman.com/news/20160926/analysis-20-
percent-of-people-shot-by-texas-police-were-unarmed
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· A country has the right to regulate its borders and to control
immigration. (USCCB)
· While individuals have the right to move in search of a safe

9. and humane life, no country is bound to accept all those who
wish to resettle there. (USCCB)
· By this principle the Church recognizes that most immigration
is ultimately not something to celebrate. (USCCB)
· As Americans we should cherish and celebrate the
contributions of immigrants and their cultures; however, we
should work to make it unnecessary for people to leave their
own land. (USCCB)
· Catholics should not view the work of the federal government
and its immigration control as negative or evil. (USCCB)
· Those who work to enforce our nation's immigration laws
often do so out of a sense of loyalty to the common good and
compassion for poor people seeking a better life. (USCCB)
· In an ideal world, there would be no need for immigration
control. The Church recognizes that this ideal world has not yet
been achieved. (USCCB)
· A country must regulate its borders with justice and mercy.
(USCCB)
· A country's regulation of borders and control of immigration
must be governed by concern for all people and by mercy and
justice. (USCCB)
· Justice dictates that the world community contribute resources
toward shelter, food, medical services, and basic welfare.
(USCCB)
· A developed nation's right to limit immigration must be based
on justice, mercy, and the common good, not on self-interest.
(USCCB)
· take into account other important values such as the right of
families to live together. A merciful immigration policy will not
force married couples or children to live separated from their
families for long periods. (USCCB)
· Under the harshest view, undocumented people may be
regarded as undeserving of rights or services. This is not the
view of Catholic social teaching. The Catholic Church teaches
that every person has basic human rights and is entitled to have
basic human needs met—food, shelter, clothing, education, and

10. health care. (USCCB)
· The pope is expected to urge young people to create their own
opportunities, while calling on governments do their share as
well. (NBC)
· Francis famously has called for "bridges, not walls." After
celebrating Mass in 2016 on the Mexican side of the U.S.
border, he denounced anyone who wants to build a wall to keep
out migrants as "not Christian." (NBC)
· CNN reported in May that the Trump administration had
decided to refer anyone found crossing into the US illegally for
federal prosecution, meaning that adults coming across the
border with children are separated from them as the parents
await their criminal proceedings. (Vonberg)
· And so on, and so on..
· And continuing on…
· And on…