botham jean
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'The Intersection of Racial Justice and Immigrant Rights': Why Immigration Is an Issue Black Voters Should Care About in 2020
Nana Gyamfi has the 2020 election on the brain, specifically what the future holds for Black immigrant populations in the United States. “If there’s a Biden presidency, you know, I’m expecting that immigrant rights will change based upon the pressure that we provide on the ground, in the streets. What do we do as a…
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Amber Guyger Files Appeal Against Murder Conviction, Arguing That Killing Botham Jean Was Reasonable Self-Defense
Who’s surprised to hear this news? Lawyers for Amber Guyger, the former police officer in Dallas who shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Jean in his own apartment in 2018, have filed an appeal against her murder conviction. Guyger’s attorneys are requesting she be acquitted completely of murdering Jean, for which she was sentenced to 10…
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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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3 Men Get Capital Murder Charges in Killing of Joshua Brown, Key Witness in Amber Guyger Trial
A Dallas County grand jury indicted three men on capital murder charges for the killing of Joshua Brown, a key witness in the trial of former Dallas Police officer Amber Guyger, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in October for fatally shooting her neighbor Botham Jean. Brown was fatally shot just 10 days…
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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…