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dalton99a

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5. Defense is trying to get her off - She "firmly and reasonably" acted in fear for her own life:
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 09:54 AM
Sep 2019
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2019/09/24/jurors-in-amber-guyger-s-murder-trial-watch-officers-desperate-efforts-to-revive-botham-jean/

Her attorneys have argued that she "firmly and reasonably" acted in fear for her own life when she shot her upstairs neighbor, while prosecutors questioned how she missed several visual cues that indicated she was in the wrong apartment.

Guyger, who was later fired, looks panicked when she appears briefly in Officer Michael Lee’s body-cam footage.

The lights in the apartment were on by the time first responders arrived, and Lee testified that Jean’s TV and laptop also were on. The footage shows a bowl of vanilla ice cream on his ottoman and an ironing board and iron set up nearby.

Ear buds lay on the floor near Jean and prosecutor Jason Hermus, a former police officer himself, suggested that he could have been wearing them when Guyger arrived. ...

On the counter also sat a bag of cookies, which he had crumbled into his ice cream. It had still been frozen when first responders arrived.

Three men who lived on the fourth floor of South Side Flats near the apartment where Jean was killed took the stand Tuesday afternoon.

One was Joshua Brown, who lived across the hall from Jean. He had been coming home the night of Sept. 6, 2018, when he heard what he thought sounded like "two people meeting by surprise."

He testified that he couldn't make out what they were saying and they were speaking at the same time. The prosecution asked if Brown had heard loud commands like "Hey, put your hands up!" or "Show me your hands!"

He said he had not. The two other neighbors who took the stand said the same.


That was a creative narrative. Newest Reality Sep 2019 #1
What do you mean? She admitted she had been on the phone with her lover. brush Sep 2019 #12
What? Newest Reality Sep 2019 #16
Sorry if I misunderstood but it seems she was distracted by the call with her lover. brush Sep 2019 #17
I agree. Newest Reality Sep 2019 #18
Right. She was on the phone. NCLefty Sep 2019 #25
I can believe she went to the wrong apt, I just don't understand how a police... Thomas Hurt Sep 2019 #2
So what? 2naSalit Sep 2019 #3
I am starting to think the DA is sandbagging exboyfil Sep 2019 #4
That was my first read. OneBro Sep 2019 #28
Defense is trying to get her off - She "firmly and reasonably" acted in fear for her own life: dalton99a Sep 2019 #5
Her partner was trying to get her off, too. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2019 #7
+1 dalton99a Sep 2019 #8
Her blood left her brain and went somewhere else IronLionZion Sep 2019 #10
Good one! n/t customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #15
I just learned that firefly females will send WhiteTara Sep 2019 #6
Martin Rivera, her hot and steamy lover IronLionZion Sep 2019 #9
I hope she goes to prison for decades Stargazer09 Sep 2019 #11
That's the prosecutor's case IronLionZion Sep 2019 #14
Agreed Stargazer09 Sep 2019 #24
It is in Texas unfortunately exboyfil Sep 2019 #21
You're right Stargazer09 Sep 2019 #26
Sex has nothing to do with this horrid crime. Tipperary Sep 2019 #13
That is just...sad. I feel so bad for that guy's family. :( Catherine Vincent Sep 2019 #19
I want to share what a friend wrote about Botham Jean Horse with no Name Sep 2019 #20
Except Botham Jean was not African-American .. HipChick Sep 2019 #29
Stage is being set for her to get away with it rainbow4321 Sep 2019 #22
I read this as her lover wouldn't cover up her crime and since she's going to jail she's going TeamPooka Sep 2019 #23
Who amongst us hasn't been so horny and distracted dewsgirl Sep 2019 #27
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