The attorney representing the family of a Texas man fatally shot in his own apartment by his downstairs neighbor, a Dallas officer, announced they’ll be suing the city and the officer that killed him. According to The Dallas Morning News, attorney Lee Merritt said Allison and Bertrum Jean, the parents of Botham Jean, 26, will …
A Texas grand jury will be ask to decide if Dallas police officer Amber Guyger should be charged with murder in the shooting death of her upstairs neighbor, Botham Jean. Officer Guyger is already facing a manslaughter charge after admitting she fired the shots that killed the 26-year-old. Benjamin Crump, a civil rights lawyer who …
The lawyer for the family of an unarmed Dallas man shot to death in his apartment by an off-duty female police officer, said that police investigation into the matter was done in a way to “smear” the reputation of the victim. According to an arrest affidavit released Thursday by the Dallas Police Department, investigators found …
‘There were noise complaints that very day about upstairs activity in Botham’s apartment.’
A Dallas police officer accused of shooting and killing her black neighbor reportedly explained her actions by claiming the apartment door was open before she shot at him. A recently-revealed video, according to a neighbor, contradicts the statement since the metal fire doors at the apartment complex automatically shut if no one or nothing holds …
Legal commentator Nancy Grace lent her perspective to the Texas case involving an off-duty Dallas police officer who shot and killed a black man inside of his own apartment. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the officer later identified as Amber Guyger fired on 26-year-old Botham Jean shortly after entering the apartment she allegedly believed to be …
Witnesses’ accounts reportedly contradict the story a Dallas police officer gave investigators after shooting Botham Jean after allegedly walking into his apartment by mistake. Jean’s family lawyer told the New York Daily News that they’ve received information regarding officer Amber Guyger’s statements to police following her arrest. The lawyer went on to describe Guyger’s account as …
By RYAN TARINELLI and KEN MILLER, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer was arrested Sunday on a manslaughter charge in the off-duty shooting of a black neighbor whose apartment she says she mistook for her own. Officer Amber Guyger was booked into the Kaufman County Jail after being taken into custody, the …
By RYAN TARINELLI, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The lawyer for the family of a man who was gunned down at his home by a Dallas police officer is calling for her to be arrested and charged, saying the fact that she remains free days after the shooting shows she’s receiving favorable treatment. S. Lee Merritt, …
White female cop says she thought the victim was in HER apartment
Authorities in Texas say a fellow law enforcement officer shot and killed a black man when she entered his apartment by mistake, apparently thinking it was her own. According to Fox News, Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall said the unidentified officer, who is described as a white female, is expected to be charged with …
