Texans tackle wants justice served after friend shot dead by police officer

Texans tackle Vince Wilfork is speaking out after a childhood friend was shot and killed by a police officer on Sunday. Corey Jones, who is black, died after he was shot three times by a plain clothes officer near his brokendown vehicle in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., according to his lawyers. The police chief has said the officer was “suddenly confronted by an armed subject,” but it comes after a number of high-profile cases involving the use of force by police officers against African-Americans. “I have noth- ing against (law enforcement), but at the same time you’re dealing with somebody that was shot dead,” Wilfork said Thursday. “We have to figure it out as a society. Not just this case but the cases that’s been going on for a while now. We have to try to figure out a solution. I think everybody needs to be held accountable. Plain and simple.” Wilfork is from Boynton Beach, 20 miles south of Palm Beach Gardens “We need to do everything in our willpower to make sure justice is served,” Wilfork said.