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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe former Dallas police officer who killed Botham Jean is appealing her murder conviction
The ex-police officer who killed an unarmed Black man in his own Dallas apartment has filed an appeal for her conviction.
On September 6, 2018, Amber Guyger shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Jean. During the 2019 trial, Guyger's attorneys argued that she parked on the wrong floor of her building after a long shift at work and mistakenly entered the apartment above her own.
Insider previously reported that when Guyger walked into the wrong apartment she saw the silhouette of a figure standing in the dark and said "Let me see your hands!" before shooting her firearm.
Prosecutors opposed that argument, saying Jean was not a threat as he was watching television and eating a bowl of ice cream when Guyger entered his Dallas apartment.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-dallas-police-officer-killed-162805804.html
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)She's eligible for parole in 5
She lied right and left, and the jury found her, a nice-looking blond white LADY COP ... GUILTY ... of murder ... of a BLACK PERSON ... IN TEXAS ... in only 6 hours of deliberations!
If those facts don't tell you that some bad, bad shit must've went down ... I don't know what it would take.
Suck it the F*** UP, Amber.
SamKnause
(13,101 posts)Our esteemed and ethical police think it is their right to murder innocent citizens.
no_hypocrisy
(46,083 posts)who was liable for breaking and entering.
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)The defendent becomes quickly impoverished (prison means no income), and gets a court appointed lawyer. Or the defendent is wealthy and uses all their resources to fight it.
So while all murder convictions get appealed, only a small % are successfully overturned.
So this is fully to be expected so far.