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The Family of Black Man Killed in His Own Home Just Got the Payback of a Lifetime
A Dallas, Texas jury found the off-duty cop who killed Botham Jean used excessive force.
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The Former Off-Duty Cop Who Shot and Killed Botham Jean in His Own Home Just Got More Bad News
In 2019, Amber Guyger was convicted of murdering Jean after "mistakingly" entering his apartment.
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Texas Court Denies the Appeal of Amber Guyger, the Ex-cop Who Killed Botham Jean In His Apartment
Botham Jean's Killer: Amber Guyger will remain in prison after she was denied an appeal by the Texas Court of Appeals.
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Hundreds mourn at Amir Locke Funeral, the Black Man shot by Police During No-knock search. Al Sharpton gave Eulogy
22-year-old Amir Locke was fatally shot by Minneapolis police officers executing a "no-knock" search warrant. His name was not on the warrant.
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Amber Guyger’s 10-Year Prison Sentence for Killing Botham Jean
The former Dallas police officer can still make her case to the highest appeals court in the state.
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The George Floyd Janga
George Floyd is dead. No amount of memorials, court cases, T-shirts with his face, Ad Council-sponsored commercials, candlelight vigils, social media hashtags, street activism, presidential camera op meetings, or high-minded speeches about the need for police reform changes that fact. I don’t like to use the word anniversary when it comes to George Floyd. The…
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Families of Black Men Killed by Cops Push for Serious Reform
The families of Black men killed by police spoke with White House officials and senators Thursday about the passage of a meaningful reform bill that will address police brutality, with the May 25 anniversary of George Floyd’s death being the goal date. Families left the meetings optimistic that lawmakers are working tirelessly to achieve that…
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Texas Court Set to Hear the Appeal of Amber Guyger, the Cop Who Killed Botham Jean in His Own Home
A Texas appeals court will begin to hear arguments on Tuesday in the case of Amber Guyger, the Texas cop who shot and killed Botham Jean in his own home in 2018. According to the Associated Press, a jury found Guyger guilty of murder in 2019 and sentenced her to 10 years in prison. Guyger…
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Black People Don’t Need Reminders That Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Mean the Fight Is Over. It’s OK to Celebrate Small Victories
I never want to be so woke that I’m unwilling to celebrate small victories. A weird thing happens on social media whenever Black people publicly celebrate anything justice-related: Other Black people come around to remind us that America still ain’t shit and we shouldn’t get too happy. I understand it, of course. I get the…
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A Roundup of Conservative White Tears After the Derek Chauvin Verdict
I’m not sure why some white people hate justice so much when it comes to Black death, but alas, here we are in an America in which Macklemore won the Best Rap Album Grammy over Kendrick Lamar. Yesterday was a difficult day for some white people. Notice I’m loading up my story with the qualifier…