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Affidavit: Man fatally shot by Texas cop offered handshake

by Associated Press
| October 9, 2020 12:06 AM

DALLAS (AP) — A Black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a small East Texas city had offered a handshake to the officer, asking if he was “doing good,” as the officer arrived at a convenience store to check out a report of a fight, according to a court document released Wednesday.

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