Charges postponed against cops who fatally shot Botham Shem Jean at his Dallas home

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Texas Rangers have postponed seeking a warrant on manslaughter charges against a Dallas police officer who shot and killed a man, Dallas police said Saturday in a news release.

The decision comes one day after Dallas Police Chief Ulysha Renee Hall said police were pursing a manslaughter warrant against the unidentified white officer in a case she described as having "more questions than answers."

On Thursday, Hall said the officer shot the man after mistakenly entering his apartment at the complex where she also lived.

Botham Shem Jean, 26, a native of St. Lucia who worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dallas, died at a hospital, police said.

In a statement Saturday, the police department said the Texas Rangers took over the investigation to "eliminate the appearance of any potential bias" and "they made the decision to postpone pursuing a warrant until they could follow up on information that they received from the interview with the officer. …

"On behalf of the Dallas Police Department, we are continuing to pray for Mr. Jean's family, and ask that the community remain patient as this investigation is conducted," Hall said in the news release.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/charges-postponed-against-cops-who-fatally-shot-botham-shem-jean-at-his-dallas-home/ar-BBN3Rta?li=BBnb7Kz

More thoughts and prayers.

[HipChick]

1. He was an Accountant at a Big 4 firm..

It's amazing how the media loves to marginalize black men...I hope the family sues the Police Department out of existence for his murder..

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. So the cop was white and the victim black. I take it?

Haven't seen a lot of info on this.

Sounds weird as hell.

[VMA131Marine]

2. Here comes the whitewash job ...

[joshcryer]

3. Release the 911 call.

[RockRaven]

4. First, shame on MSN for the totally misleading headline. It was A cop, not COPS. And not on duty.

Saying "cops shot a man" makes it sound like it was in the line of duty, doesn't it? Which lends an air of authority to the action, since cops are agents of state-sanctioned violence while on duty. Makes it seem like it could have been unfortunate but necessary or inevitable. FUCK OFF, whoever wrote this headline.

Secondly, the media has been way too quick to declare that she mistook his apartment for her own. That may be what she told the other police. That may be what the police department told the media... But if the situation was reversed, and it was a black male civilian who had shot and killed a white female cop in her own apartment, DO YOU THINK THE MEDIA WOULD REPORT HIS EXCUSE AS THE "OFFICIAL" STORY WITHOUT CAVEAT OR QUESTION?

[leftstreet]

5. Nice catch!

Holy shit, you're right

I went to the CNN article linked, and yeah...

Charges postponed against cops who fatally shot Botham Shem Jean at his Dallas home

Unfuckingbelievable

[Cha]

8. Yeah, that's some stupid reporting. And, it doesn't

matter if she mistook his apt for hers. That's some way too stupid to be a cop itchy trigger finger.

How about pointing the gun and asking some fucking questions FIRST!! Since Jean did NOT have a GUN!!



Amber Guyger: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Mothers Against Police Brutality and Merritt called for the officer’s “swift arrest” in a September 8, 2018 news conference. “We are calling for justice…It’s unacceptable,” said the group’s leader. “This is an unacceptable way for Dallas to represent itself to the world. This is an opportunity for the city to be transparent and take swift and immediate actions to correct the wrongs.”

https://heavy.com/news/2018/09/amber-guyger/

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11112636

[Cha]

7. I hope to hell they just need to dot some "i"s and

cross some "t"s.

No way should Amber Guyger get off with her stupid ass trigger finger. Lock her the fuck up.



Amber Guyger: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Mothers Against Police Brutality and Merritt called for the officer’s “swift arrest” in a September 8, 2018 news conference. “We are calling for justice…It’s unacceptable,” said the group’s leader. “This is an unacceptable way for Dallas to represent itself to the world. This is an opportunity for the city to be transparent and take swift and immediate actions to correct the wrongs.”

https://heavy.com/news/2018/09/amber-guyger/

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11112636

[HipChick]

9. Agree...she broke into his home and murdered him..

[Cha]

10. Exactly. It doesn't count that she

was too stupid not to know it wasn't her own apt. That's too stupid to be a cop and entrusted to carry a gun.

That the key did NOT work should have been her FIRST CLUE.

[Solly Mack]

13. Exactly

[Horse with no Name]

11. This cop was involved in a shooting last year too.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna907841

[Laffy Kat]

12. Manslaughter? Why not murder one? nt

[Cha]

14. Post on Instagram from next door neighbor to Botham Jean..

“My night was interrupted by a cop ‘mistakenly’ murdering a neighbor. I seem to be the only one with any footage of this , so here you go.. first video is the cop a few seconds after she pulled the trigger, crying. And the second video is them pretending to revive what I believe to be an already deseased (sic) victim. These clips come from a 10 minute video. First clip is 57 seconds into the video. The second clip is at 7:33… there was 6 minutes she spent crying in the hall. I’m not intrested in selling this footage so go ahead and tag the blogs you want cause I’m sure my post and/or IG will magically disappear soon. #BothamJean.”

Alyssa Kinsey, Jean’s next-door neighbor who was so close she shared a wall with him, wrote on Facebook, “This happened in the apartment next to me, to my very kind and friendly neighbor. I am absolutely heartbroken. Please, please keep his family in your prayers and send love and light their way. I cannot even begin to imagine the pain they are in.” She shared a GoFundMe page for Jean’s family. It reads, “We are mourning the loss of our brother Botham Jean. He was a great Christian example and an inspiration to us all. We are asking for donations to cover funeral arrangements, his family’s travel expenses, and anything else they may encounter. He will be missed.”

In the interview with Heavy, Kinsey said, “I was talking to my boyfriend, heard a shot, then some sort of commotion. Sounded like yelling/running/some loudness so I jumped up, ran to the door, looked out the peep hole, didn’t see anything at that moment but I could hear a woman calling 911 and hyperventilating

https://heavy.com/news/2018/09/amber-guyger/