Thousands Mourn The Killing Of Black Teen Taylor

Over a thousand have attended the mourning funeral of a 19-year-old black teenager, Christian Taylor, who was gunned by a white police officer in Texas. He had not been armed, according to rt.

His brother, Adrian, said, with tears in his eyes, that he had been "a competitor and a fighter who did not want to be left behind." He had "wanted to change the world and be the next Martin Luther King."

His mother Tina, who has not spoken publicly, wrote him a note: "To know that you are resting with our Father is enough for me."

His football teammates from Angelo State University said that he had been a person full of energy. "They made the five-hour trip from San Angelo ... to support Christian's family and loved ones and to help work through their grief over the loss of their teammate and friend," said the university.

Taylor's high school friend Jordan Smith said: "I don't know how y'all took it, but you know... I'm taking it as... what he was trying to do, him leaving us, is to give us the boost to take all of us where he wanted to be," according to dailymail.

The senior pastor of the Koinonia Christian Church, Ronnie Goines, exclaimed that Taylor was a devoted religionist.

"He was on fire for the Lord," he said. He added that the officer had been too quick to draw the gun at him.

Just before his death, Christian had started visiting church and writing text messages about "love for God and his family".

Last week, he had been shot after he broke into an auto dealership and vandalized vehicles in an inexplicable behavior, according to his family and friends.

A 49-year-old police trainee officer Brad Miller shot him four times in the neck, chest and abdomen, killing him.

Miller had been fired some time ago, for "exercising poor judgment", said the police department.

On Tuesday, Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said that Miller "had taken a few bad steps". At first, he approached Taylor alone, with no plan for arrest.

Christian Taylor was killed only two days before the one-year anniversary of 18-year-old Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri. The "Black Lives Matter" drive is going strong all over the US.