DALLAS (AP) — Four Texas officers carrying handguns wait in the dim early morning light for a petite 31-year-old woman to arrive. When Amber Guyger emerges from a black SUV, she is guarded by men with dark suits and close-cropped hair. The armed officers join them, forming a perimeter around Guyger as she walks toward […]
One year ago a Black man in Dallas was shot and killed by a police officer in his own apartment. Now, the officer who pulled the trigger is claiming that she shot in self defense. Civil Rights Lawyer Benjamin Crump is representing Botham Jean’s family. Jean was an “innocent 26-year-old Black boy” he says. Former […]
DALLAS (AP) — The judge in the murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor in his apartment blocked the lead investigator from telling jurors Wednesday that he didn’t think the shooting was a crime. David Armstrong of the Texas Department of Public Safety testified for a second day […]
DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor in his apartment last year had no drugs or alcohol in her system at the time, a police detective testified Tuesday. RELATED: Former Dallas Police Officer Goes On Trial For Shooting Neighbor Detective Eddie Ibarra’s testimony during the second day of […]
DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer went on trial Monday in the shooting death of a black neighbor as attorneys sparred over whether the officer was distracted by a phone call when she mistook the neighbor’s apartment for her own and the victim for an intruder. Prosecutors contend Amber Guyger, 31, was distracted […]
DALLAS (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the murder trial of a white police officer accused of shooting her black neighbor in his Dallas apartment. Amber Guyger, 31, is expected in a city courthouse Monday morning, where she will stand trial for the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Botham Jean last year. […]
Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is going on trial for the shooting death of Botham Jean after mistaking his apartment as her own. However, her attorneys have filed a change of venue motion to move the murder trial out of Dallas County. According to CBS 11, Guyger’s attorneys cite “prejudicial” and “inflammatory” media coverage […]
The 911 call made by an off duty Dallas police officer who shot and killed a man in his own home last year has been published by a local news station.
Charles Toney was beaten so severely he suffered a collapsed lung.
The woman who said she recorded video after former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean in September came forward to talk about how posting the footage to social media affected her life.
DALLAS (AP) — A grand jury on Friday indicted a white former Dallas police officer for murder in the killing of her unarmed black neighbor when she says she mistakenly went to his apartment rather than her own and shot him. Dallas County court records showed the indictment before prosecutors were set to hold a […]
DALLAS (AP) — A grand jury on Friday indicted a white former Dallas police officer for murder in the killing of her unarmed black neighbor after she says she mistakenly went to his apartment rather than her own and shot him. Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson announced the indictment, flanked by members of the […]
