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    Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Renee Guyger Sentenced to 10 Years in 2018 TX Slaying of 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean

    OUTRAGEOUS. She is responsible for knowing which apartment is hers. She needs to be charged with murder and home invasion, which under Texas law is capital murder. Execute her.

    Police: Dallas officer kills neighbor after she mistakes his apartment for her own

    DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas police officer returning home from work shot and killed a neighbor after she said she mistook his apartment for her own, police said Friday.

    The officer called dispatch to report that she had shot the man Thursday night, police said. She told responding officers that she believed the victim's apartment was her own when she entered it.

    The responding officers administered first aid to the victim, whom the Dallas County medical examiner's office identified as 26-year-old Botham Jean. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

    Police haven't released the name of the officer, who wasn't injured. She will be placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, police said.

    Authorities haven't said how the officer got into Jean's home, or whether his door was open or unlocked.

    At a Friday morning news conference, Sgt. Warren Mitchell acknowledged there are many questions about what happened that he couldn't answer.

    "We still have a lot to do in this investigation. So there's a lot of information I understand you guys want but this is all we can give you at this time," Mitchell said.

    When asked if anyone else had witnessed the shooting, Warren replied, "We have not spoken to anyone else at this time."

    Police said they are conducting a joint investigation with the Dallas County district attorney's office.

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    I have a feeling she either just moved in to the building or she was drunk. This isn't first degree murder and is a horrible mistake that she made. She doesn't deserve to die for this.

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    She had just moved in, I don't know if she was drunk or not but I think it's irrelevant. Her key didn't work, and this guy heard her trying to get in, he opened the door and she shot him. I've made that mistake when I lived in an apartment. I went in the wrong section, tried to unlock the door and when my key didn't work I immediately realized it wasn't my apartment. Her actions, whether it be intoxication or just failure to exercise common sense, led to the death of a completely innocent man. I am staying far away from the race baiting on the left. I don't think that him being black had anything to do with him being shot, nor do I care. But she needs to be held to the same standard of the law as everyone else. This was a home invasion resulting in death. Capital murder.

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    This wasn't home invasion, the officer didn't plan to commit a crime and believed that it was her home, this is manslaughter.

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    Multiple sources say no warrant for manslaughter or any other charges has been issued for officer in the death of Botham Jean. Texas Rangers are in charge and still investigating.

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    Now I may be wrong, but I don't believe there is an exception for home invasion if the intruder believed it was actually their home. If I see someone walking down the street wearing a jacket that I think is mine, but is actually theirs, and I forcibly remove it from them, it's still a robbery. If one of our self-proclaimed legal experts can look up the Texas criminal code for 'home invasion' (or burglary, b&e or whatever it's called in Texas) to confirm this, I'd appreciate it.

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    Dallas grand jury ends day without voting on indictment for ex-cop Amber Guyger

    DALLAS — A Dallas County grand jury went home Wednesday without deciding whether to indict a former Dallas police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed 26-year-old in his apartment.

    Grand jurors heard testimony all day about whether Amber Guyger should be charged with murder, manslaughter or nothing for killing Botham Jean in his Dallas apartment. They won’t return until Friday to either hear additional testimony or vote on an indictment.

    Jean was watching a football game when Guyger fatally shot him Sept. 6. She told authorities she mistook his apartment for hers and thought Jean was a burglar.

    Guyger, 30, was off-duty but still in uniform when she entered Jean’s apartment at the South Side Flats complex in the Cedars, a few blocks from police headquarters. She told authorities the door was ajar and unlocked, which Jean’s family disputed, saying he was a meticulous person who wouldn’t have left his door open.

    Guyger was arrested and charged with manslaughter three days after the shooting. She was booked into the Kaufman County Jail and released on bond within an hour.

    Dallas defense attorneys have said murder is the more appropriate charge for Guyger because, in Texas, manslaughter charges are reserved for reckless acts. If Guyger intended to shoot Jean, even if she wrongly assumed he was a burglar, murder would be the charge that fits best, they said.

    Guyger’s attorney, Robert Rogers, has not returned phone calls seeking comment.

    The Jean family’s attorneys said they were hopeful that a murder indictment would be handed up.

    “Anything less, we feel, would be a miscarriage of justice,” attorney Lee Merritt said.

    Merritt said Allison Jean, Botham’s mother, took the stand before the grand jury Monday. Botham’s sister, Allisa Charles-Findley, was on the stand Wednesday afternoon, Merritt said.

    If Guyger is indicted on the more severe charge, she will be re-arrested. If that happens, it’s possible she could turn herself in at a jail outside Dallas County, as she did previously. It’s also possible the grand jury could decide not to charge Guyger.

    A charge of murder is punishable by up to life in prison. A charge of manslaughter could come with a penalty of up to 20 years.

    Jurors will return Friday because no decision was reached Wednesday. This grand jury meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Another Dallas County grand jury meets Tuesdays and Thursdays. The same grand jury must hear all the evidence before voting whether to indict.

    The attorneys were unsure why the grand jury proceedings had stretched over multiple days, but they took it as a sign that the district attorney’s office was handling the case with “professionalism and seriousness,” Merritt said.

    “This has taken much longer than even the Jordan Edwards case, where there were more live witnesses,” said Daryl Washington, another attorney for the family. “We don’t know why it’s taken this long, but the one thing that we hope that happens is the right decision comes out of this grand jury room.”

    Jordan, 15, was shot and killed by a police officer as he left a house party in Balch Springs. Roy Oliver was convicted of murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

    For weeks after Jean’s death, protesters rallied in Dallas, calling for Guyger to be charged with murder.

    Guyger was fired from the Dallas Police Department on Sept. 24, the same day Jean was buried in a cemetery by the sea in St. Lucia, the Caribbean nation where he grew up.

    Jean had come to the U.S. to attend Harding University in Arkansas and later moved to Dallas for a job as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He had hoped to one day return to St. Lucia to run for prime minister.

    Grand jurors began hearing evidence in the case against Guyger on Monday.

    Washington said Monday that the world had its eyes and ears on Dallas as the grand jury proceedings were underway.

    “The fact that there is even a possibility that this officer may not be charged with murder is something that the whole world is looking at,” he said.

    Washington and Merritt are representing the family in the federal lawsuit they filed against Guyger and the city of Dallas. In the lawsuit, they argued that Guyger used excessive force and violated Jean’s civil rights and said the city could have prevented Jean’s death by providing better training to its police officers.

    The Jeans met with Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson in October, and staff filled the family in on how the investigation had been going. At that point, Johnson said the DA’s office had brought in more than 200 witnesses and planned to interview more.

    During the meeting, Johnson said she asked Allison Jean, Botham’s mother, whether she wanted the DA’s office to stop and go to the grand jury. But Jean said to keep going, Johnson said.

    DA-elect John Creuzot has said he believes Guyger should be charged with murder. He will take office in January after defeating Johnson in this month’s elections.

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    Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger Indicted For Murder In Botham Jean Death; DA Says It Was ‘Intentional Event’

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    Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger was indicted for murder in the shooting death of Botham Jean in September.

    She turned herself in and has posted bond, according to Dallas County DA Faith Johnson.

    “We presented the evidence and we explained the law,” said Johnson about the change from a charge of manslaughter to murder.

    Johnson also said her office interviewed 300 witnesses. “At the moment of the shooting, it was an intentional event,” she continued. Jean’s family was present at and spoke to reporters after learning of the decision.

    “I look forward to the next step, which is a conviction of murder for Amber Guyger. And more so, the proper penalty to reflect on the pain she has caused,” said Jean’s mother.

    His father talked about what a “sweet boy” Jean was, and added, “He didn’t deserve that.”

    Guyger’s defense team said they will consider seeking a change of venue now that she will face trial for murder.

    When asked about the indictment, they said, “What does she think about the indictment? Amber dedicated her adult life to defending and protecting people so this whole event has taken a toll emotionally and physically on her.

    She knows that she’s innocent. She knows that this was a tragic mistake so she’s holding up.”

    They will start filing motions on Monday morning and spend possibly a year or more preparing for trial.

    Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall emailed a statement to CBS 11 News that said in part, “Every person in the Dallas Police Department continues to feel anguish about this difficult and tragic event that occurred on September 6, 2018. We recognize and understand the national discord regarding the relationship between law enforcement and the communities we serve. ”

    Responding to the grand jury’s indictment, ACLU of Texas Director of Political Strategies Sharon Watkins Jones stated: “This indictment is a step toward justice for the family of Botham Jean. The Jean family’s loss cannot be restored to them, but we will continue to work to ensure that police officers are held to the same standards as everyone else in the Dallas community and across the state of Texas.”

    Hall terminated Guyger, who was initially arrested for manslaughter in the shooting death of Jean, 26.

    On the day after the shooting, Chief Hall said her department was seeking manslaughter charges against Guyger, a four-year veteran of the police force.

    But Hall said the Texas Rangers asked her department to hold off because they had learned new information and wanted to investigate further before a warrant was issued.

    An arrest affidavit prepared by the Texas Rangers provided a narrative of what allegedly happened the night Jean was killed. It appeared to be based almost entirely on the officer’s account.

    Guyger told investigators that she had just ended a 15-hour shift that Thursday when she returned in uniform to the South Side Flats apartment complex. She parked on the fourth floor, instead of the third, where she lived, according to the affidavit, possibly suggesting that she was confused or disoriented.

    When Guyger put her key in the apartment door, which was unlocked and slightly ajar (according to the affidavit), it opened. Inside, the lights were off, and she saw a figure in the darkness that cast a large silhouette across the room, according to the officer’s account.

    Guyger told police that she concluded her apartment was being burglarized and gave verbal commands to the figure, which ignored them. She then drew her weapon and fired twice at Jean, the affidavit said.

    She called 911 and, when asked where she was, returned to the front door to see she was in the wrong unit, according to the affidavit.

    The Dallas County medical examiner’s office said Jean died of a gunshot wound to the chest and abdomen. His death was ruled a homicide.

    Jean grew up in the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia before attending college in Arkansas. He graduated in 2016 from Harding University. He had worked for the PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting firm in Dallas since graduating.

    Jean wasn’t the first person shot by Guyger. She shot a man named Uvaldo Perez on May 12, 2017, while on duty.

    According to an affidavit filed against Perez, police were looking for a suspect when Guyger and another officer were called to assist a third officer.

    Perez got out of a car and became combative with Guyger and another officer.

    A struggle began and Guyger fired her Taser at Perez, who then wrested it away from her. She then drew her gun and fired, wounding Perez in the abdomen.

    Sgt. Michael Mata, president of Dallas’ largest police union, the Dallas Police Association, said Guyger was a respected officer and well known to investigative units in the department because she worked on a high-risk team tasked with arresting some of the most violent offenders. On the day of the shooting, Guyger’s unit had arrested multiple suspects for armed robbery, he said.

    Mata called for Guyger to have fair treatment, but also said she should answer for her actions.

    Guyger was hired in November 2013 and assigned the Southeast Patrol Division.

    https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/11/30/...ed-for-murder/

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    Amber Guyger guilty of murdering black neighbor Botham Jean after entering wrong home

    A Texas jury has found Amber Guyger, a white former police officer who shot a black neighbour in his own apartment, guilty of murder.

    Guyger fatally shot Botham Jean in his apartment in Dallas on 6 September last year. The 31-year-old claimed she parked on the wrong floor of the complex by mistake and entered Jean’s flat, thinking it was hers.

    In emotional testimony last week, Guyger said she shot the 26-year-old because she thought he was an intruder and feared for her life. She was fired from the Dallas police department and indicted on a murder charge.

    The jury had been sequestered because of the high profile of the case. Jean’s death was widely covered in the media and prompted protests in Dallas against police brutality and racism.

    Cheers erupted as the verdict was announced. Someone yelled: “Thank you, Jesus!”

    In a hallway outside the courtroom, a crowd celebrated and said “black lives matter” in raised voices. When the prosecutors walked into the hall, they broke into cheers.

    Jurors spent several hours deliberating on Monday, the seventh day of the trial, and continued on Tuesday. They had to decide if Guyger had a valid defence under Texas’ so-called “castle doctrine”, a stand your ground law. Judge Tammy Kemp controversially ruled on Monday that it could factor into their deliberations.

    The law allows for the use of deadly force in self-defence by civilians on their property. Guyger’s lawyers argued that she thought she was in her home when she killed Jean and sincerely believed her life was under threat.

    A prosecutor, Jason Fine, told the jury the “castle doctrine” should not apply: “It protects homeowners against intruders – and now all of a sudden the intruder is trying to use it against the homeowner.”

    He described much of her testimony as “garbage”, arguing that it was absurd for a trained police officer to miss numerous signs in the complex that she was one floor too high, and that Jean, who was unarmed and settling down on his couch to watch television and eat ice cream, did not represent an urgent deadly threat.

    Rather than act reasonably, prosecutors alleged, once Guyger decided there was an intruder in “her” apartment she burst in like a “commando”, fully intending to shoot.

    Guyger pleaded not guilty. Murder carries a potential life sentence. Kemp allowed the jury to consider convicting her of manslaughter, which typically carries a sentence of between two and 20 years.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ry-botham-jean
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