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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGreat news Amber Guyger has been indicted for the murder of Botham Jean
Remember she shot and killed him in his own apartment and then claimed that she confused it with her own.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)Wonderful news.
malaise
(268,931 posts)If he was some unconnected young black male, things may have been different.
Cirque du So-What
(25,929 posts)Only in the most extraordinary of circumstances is a case like this given more than a cursory glance.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)& cop angle v. the scary black man who does drugs.
Recall how they tried to make more of the marijuana found in his house as if that somehow made her actions justifiable.
I'm glad she has been indicted but justice is still a jury verdict away.
You're right about had they been able to simply dismiss him as a nobody - they would have and no charges would have been brought.
One hurdle has been cleared but racism will rear its ugly head again at the trial.
spanone
(135,823 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)a couple of weeks ago, this has not been forgotten by the community ..
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malaise
(268,931 posts)and the Lucian PM stepped in.
I hope she's going to prison - this was cold-blooded murder followed by lies.