botham jean shooting
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City of Dallas Dismissed From Botham Jean's Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Amber Guyger is a murderer. It took a jury of 12 less than 24 hours of deliberation to determine that yes, Guyger stole an innocent black man’s life and she deserves to squander her own behind bars. Prior to the verdict, the family of Botham Jean filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Guyger and the…
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Amber Guyger Swears She’s Not Racist. Her Text Messages Say Different
The ex-police officer who murdered a man in his home says it was all a mistake and swears it had nothing to do with race, a claim echoed by many of the law enforcement officers who shot and killed 1,088 black people since 2015, according to the Washington Post’s “Fatal Force” database. And maybe that…
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Folks Busted by Killer Cop Amber Guyger Have Been Getting Some Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Passes by Dallas Prosecutors
Amber Guyger, the now former Dallas cop who killed an unarmed black man in his own home, is still awaiting trial in the case. But since her arrest and indictment, prosecutors have been dismissing charges against folks she hemmed up on drug and other crimes. It’s the latest development in the case surrounding the death of…
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Murder Trial Date Set for Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger in the Shooting Death of Botham Jean
Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger has a trial date for her role in the shooting death of Botham Jean, an unarmed black man. NBC 5 reports that court records show Guyger’s trial will begin Aug. 12. Guyger has been charged with murder in the Sept. 6, 2018 shooting. Guyger and her attorneys were in…
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Woman Who Filmed Aftermath of Botham Jean Shooting Says She Has Received Death Threats, Was Fired From Her Job as a Result
A woman who is a resident of the Southside Flats apartments in Dallas—where Botham Jean was killed by his police officer neighbor Amber Guyger—says she has been fired from her job and has been the target of death threats since she posted the video online. ABC News reports that the woman, who only wants to…