Lawyers: Move trial for ex-cop charged in neighbor’s death
5 years, 6 months ago

Lawyers: Move trial for ex-cop charged in neighbor’s death

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Lawyers for a former Dallas police officer accused of fatally shooting a neighbor in his own apartment are asking that her murder trial be moved. Her lawyers said in a Monday court filing that “prejudicial” media coverage and public officials’ actions have made it impossible for the 30-year-old to get a fair trial in Dallas County. They also say a former Dallas County district attorney “poisoned the jury pool” by commenting on the case. A lawyer for Jean’s family said the public facts of the case do not bias potential jurors and the trial should be held in Dallas County.

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3 Indicted In Dallas Murder Of Joshua Brown, Witness In Botham Jean Case
5 years, 1 month ago

3 Indicted In Dallas Murder Of Joshua Brown, Witness In Botham Jean Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Three men have been indicted by a grand jury on capital murder charges in the death of Joshua Brown, who was a key witness in a former Dallas police officer’s murder trial for the killing of Botham Jean. According to police, the three men indicted in Brown’s death had traveled to Dallas from Alexandria, Louisiana, to buy …

Evidence from ex-Dallas cop’s murder trial fuels mistrust
5 years, 3 months ago

Evidence from ex-Dallas cop’s murder trial fuels mistrust

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Evidence from the trial of a former Dallas police officer convicted of killing her neighbor has fueled new questions about whether accused officers are treated differently than other suspects, including testimony that a camera in the cruiser where the officer sat after the shooting was flipped off and that her sexual text messages with her partner were deleted. …

Lawyer: Other shooting left slain Dallas witness fearful
5 years, 3 months ago

Lawyer: Other shooting left slain Dallas witness fearful

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A man who was slain after testifying in the murder trial of a former Dallas police officer had feared being a witness because of another incident in which he was shot and wounded outside a nightclub, an attorney for his family said Monday. Police said Monday that detectives were continuing to investigate the fatal shooting Friday of 28-year-old …

Juror: Botham Jean wouldn’t have wanted ‘harsh vengeance’
5 years, 3 months ago

Juror: Botham Jean wouldn’t have wanted ‘harsh vengeance’

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Two members of the jury that convicted a white Dallas police officer of murder in the fatal shooting of her black neighbor said the diverse panel tried to consider what the victim would have wanted when they settled on a 10-year prison sentence. “We all agree that was a mistake, and I don’t think Bo would want to …

Ex-Dallas cop in deadly shooting gets hug from the judge
5 years, 3 months ago

Ex-Dallas cop in deadly shooting gets hug from the judge

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A white Dallas police officer who killed an unarmed black neighbor in his own living room drew 10 years in prison in a stunning courtroom scene of forgiveness and compassion in which she received a hug not just from the dead man’s brother but from the judge who imposed the sentence. At a Dallas church where the Jean …

Ex-Dallas officer who killed neighbor found guilty of murder
5 years, 3 months ago

Ex-Dallas officer who killed neighbor found guilty of murder

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A white former Dallas police officer who shot her black unarmed neighbor to death after, she said, mistaking his apartment for her own was convicted of murder Tuesday in a verdict that prompted tears of relief from his family and chants of “black lives matter” from a crowd outside the courtroom. “This is a huge victory, not only …

White ex-officer’s guilty verdict stuns some black advocates
5 years, 3 months ago

White ex-officer’s guilty verdict stuns some black advocates

Associated Press  

Monica Blake watched closely as a Texas jury weighed the case against a white police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a black neighbor, wondering whether the panel would render a different decision than so many others in recent years. Lawrence, a Jackson, Mississippi-based civil rights attorney and founder of the advocacy website Black With No Chaser, said the …

The Latest: Ex-Dallas officer jailed while awaiting sentence
5 years, 3 months ago

The Latest: Ex-Dallas officer jailed while awaiting sentence

Associated Press  

DALLAS — The Latest on the trial of a former Dallas police officer convicted of murder in the shooting death of her neighbor inside his apartment : 8:45 p.m. A white former Dallas police officer has been jailed pending sentencing for the shooting death of her black unarmed neighbor. ___ 5:15 p.m. Testimony has concluded for the day in the …

Prosecutors won a rare murder conviction in a police-involved shooting. Here’s what made Amber Guyger’s case different
5 years, 3 months ago

Prosecutors won a rare murder conviction in a police-involved shooting. Here’s what made Amber Guyger’s case different

CNN  

CNN — When a police officer fatally shoots a black man, the legal system often sides with the cop. “What this guilty verdict may at least show is there are some lines even white police officers can’t cross when killing unarmed black people.” But prosecutors didn’t focus on race during the trial. “They didn’t need to.” Prosecutors illustrated Guyger’s faults …

Prosecutor: Officer’s testimony on killing neighbor ‘absurd’
5 years, 3 months ago

Prosecutor: Officer’s testimony on killing neighbor ‘absurd’

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A prosecutor on Monday dismissed as garbage a former Dallas police officer’s claim that she believed she was in her own apartment when she fatally shot a neighbor in his home. Assistant District Attorney Jason Fine used his closing argument to describe Amber Guyger as “an intruder” who killed Botham Jean in his apartment — one floor above …

Martin Rivera: Ex-officer Amber Guyger just got convicted of murder. Here’s why some activists want her partner fired
5 years, 3 months ago

Martin Rivera: Ex-officer Amber Guyger just got convicted of murder. Here’s why some activists want her partner fired

CNN  

CNN — Moments before Amber Guyger killed her neighbor, allegedly mistaking his apartment for her own, the then-Dallas officer was on the phone with her police partner. Guyger testified that she once had an affair with her married partner, Martin Rivera, one that she later described as “morally wrong.” Yet even after Guyger killed Botham Jean, she found time to …

Former Dallas police officer found guilty of murder in neighbor’s shooting death
5 years, 3 months ago

Former Dallas police officer found guilty of murder in neighbor’s shooting death

LA Times  

A white former Dallas police officer who said she fatally shot her unarmed, black neighbor after mistaking his apartment for her own was found guilty Tuesday of murder. A jury reached the verdict in Amber Guyger’s high-profile trial for the killing of Botham Jean after six days of witness testimony but just a handful of hours of deliberation. it shouldn’t …

Murder trial of former Dallas officer pauses until Monday
5 years, 3 months ago

Murder trial of former Dallas officer pauses until Monday

Associated Press  

DALLAS — The jury deciding the fate of a former Dallas police officer who shot and killed her unarmed black neighbor heard around five minutes of testimony on day six of the trial before being sent home. Amber Guyger, 31, who is white, is on trial for murder after she fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean, an accountant who was alone …

The Latest: Ex-tenants say building confused them, too
5 years, 3 months ago

The Latest: Ex-tenants say building confused them, too

Associated Press  

DALLAS — The Latest on the trial of a former Dallas police officer charged in the shooting death of her neighbor inside his apartment : 3:25 p.m. Former tenants of a Dallas apartment building where an off-duty police officer shot and killed a neighbor in his own home last year say they, too, got confused by how similar the floors …

Dallas officer on trial had no drugs, alcohol in system
5 years, 3 months ago

Dallas officer on trial had no drugs, alcohol in system

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor in his apartment last year had no drugs or alcohol in her system at the time, a police detective testified Tuesday. Detective Eddie Ibarra’s testimony during the second day of Amber Guyger’s murder trial marked the first time her toxicology results have been publicly revealed. She also …

Trial begins for former Dallas cop who fatally shot neighbor
5 years, 3 months ago

Trial begins for former Dallas cop who fatally shot neighbor

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A white Dallas police officer went on trial Monday in the shooting death of a black neighbor as attorneys sparred over whether the officer was distracted by a phone call when she mistook the neighbor’s apartment for her own and the victim for an intruder. Jean, a 26-year-old accountant from the Caribbean nation of St. Lucia, “was doing …

Ex-cop’s murder trial for shooting neighbor set to start
5 years, 3 months ago

Ex-cop’s murder trial for shooting neighbor set to start

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Last September, a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man in his own apartment. If the jury believes Guyger made a sincere error, then that means the shooting wasn’t murder, said John Helms, a Dallas defense attorney and former federal prosecutor. But Dallas Police Officers Association President Mike Mata said he’s nervous that outside “antagonizers” …

Dallas officer tells 911: ‘I thought it was my apartment’
5 years, 8 months ago

Dallas officer tells 911: ‘I thought it was my apartment’

Associated Press  

DALLAS — The former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in his own home told a 911 dispatcher “I thought it was my apartment” nearly 20 times as she waited for emergency responders to arrive, according to a recording of the call obtained by a Dallas TV station. Guyger sounds frantic during the nearly six-minute call, …

9 cases dropped after Dallas officer charged with murder
5 years, 8 months ago

9 cases dropped after Dallas officer charged with murder

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Prosecutors have dismissed at least nine cases that were investigated by the former white Dallas police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in his own apartment, according to court records. Records indicate one county prosecutor asked that their case be dismissed because Guyger had been accused of “murdering an innocent man …

Grand jury: Dallas officer’s shooting of neighbor was murder
6 years, 1 month ago

Grand jury: Dallas officer’s shooting of neighbor was murder

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A white former Dallas police officer was indicted on a murder charge Friday, nearly three months after she fatally shot an unarmed black neighbor whose apartment she said she entered by mistake, believing it to be her own. But Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson said at the time that the grand jury could upgrade the charge, which …

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