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Ex Dallas Cop Amber Guyger Is Set to Appeal Her Murder Conviction in the Shooting Death of Botham Jean
Well, that didn’t take long. The former Dallas cop convicted of murder this month for fatally shooting her upstairs neighbor has filed notice that she plans to appeal the verdict. Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison after she was convicted Oct. 1 of murder for gunning down Botham Jean, claiming she mistook…
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There Are No Good Apples
It was somewhat disconcerting for my cousin, a cop in Washington, D.C., to attend my book event at Politics and Prose in March. Not really for me, since I knew he was coming. But when he walked in towards the end of my talk—in full vested, booted and armed cop gear—the atmosphere shifted, and I…
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Nobody Is Buying Dallas PD’s Bullshit Story About Joshua Brown’s Death
The Dallas Police Department just came up with a story so farfetched, I am going to stop roasting both Empire and Power for some of the ridiculous shit that happens on both of those soapy-ass shows that I cannot stop watching. Joshua Brown, 28, was shot and killed Friday night—a week after he served as…
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Police Allege Joshua Brown, Witness in Amber Guyger Trial, Was Victim of Botched Interstate Drug Deal
Dallas Police investigating the killing of 28-year-old Joshua Brown are denying his death has anything to do with his involvement in the trial of former police officer Amber Guyger. Brown, a witness in the high-profile trial, was gunned down outside his apartment building last Friday, just two days after Guyger received her 10-year sentence for…
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Joshua Brown, the Witness Killed After Testifying Against Amber Guyger, Had Been Set to Speak Up Again for Botham Jean
As the investigation continues into the mysterious slaying of Joshua Brown, a key witness in the trial of the ex Dallas cop found guilty of murdering Botham Jean inside his Dallas home, the Jean family’s attorney says Brown had been set to testify for the family in their suit against the police department. As CBS…
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Hugging Judge in Amber Guyger Murder Trial: Why Y’all Mad?
The judge who presided over the trial of Amber Guyger, the former Dallas cop convicted of murdering an unarmed black man last year as he was minding his own business inside his own home, says hugging Guyger after the trial was the “Christian” thing to do. Texas state District Judge Tammy Kemp has come under…
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Joshua Brown, a Key Witness in Amber Guyger’s Murder Trial, Killed Outside Apartment
A message has clearly been sent. Joshua Brown, a key witness who testified for the prosecution on Tuesday in the trial of killer cop Amber Guyger, was fatally shot outside of his apartment building in Dallas on Friday night. The neighbor of Botham Jean, who was murdered by Guyger, Brown’s body was found on the…
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Wisconsin Group Files Complaint Against Guyger Judge for Spreading the Gospel of White Jesus
A Wisconsin group that seeks to ensure the separation of church and state has filed a complaint against a murderer-embracing judge for transforming into Reverend Save-a-Heaux and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with a former police officer who so loved herself that she crucified an unarmed man in his own apartment so that he…
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18-Year-Old Brandt Jean’s Hug of Amber Guyger Made Me Sick. But It Ain’t About Me, Though
The conversation about Brandt Jean’s hug of convicted murderer Amber Guyger has mostly cannibalized both the news of the (still surprising) conviction and the (not surprising at all) sentence. The image of the act is both explosive and saccharine; a molotov cocktail dipped in high fructose corn syrup. It’s impossible to see that and not…
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What Botham Jean's Mother Had to Say About Dallas Police and Her Son's Show of Forgiveness
The trial for her son’s killer was finally over, but Allison Jean reminded a Dallas congregation on Wednesday night that there was still plenty of work to do. The mother of Botham Jean, the 26-year-old accountant fatally shot by Dallas police officer Amber Guyger last year, addressed the crowd at the Dallas West Church of…