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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A judge in Texas has tentatively set an August trial date for a white former police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson, a Black woman who was fatally shot through a window. Judge David Hagerman on Tuesday said the scheduling may be fluid but that […]

Yolanda Carr, mother of Atatiana Jefferson, has died.

The mother of Botham Jean says she has no hatred for the suspected white supremacist cop who killed her son last year. As former Dallas officer Amber Guyger settles into serving the second full month of her 10-year prison sentence for killing Jean, 26, in his own home in Dallas in Sept. 2018, the victim’s mother says she […]

A former Fort Worth police officer accused of fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson inside her home last October has been indicted for murder. Aaron Dean was indicted by a Tarrant County grand jury early Friday morning. A trial date has not yet been set. Dean was the officer called to Jefferson’s residence at around 2:30 a.m. on October […]

Another layer of tragedy has been added to the tragic killing of Atatiana Jefferson., Jefferson’s father, Marquis has passed away from what is being reported as a heart attack. A spokesman confirmed the passing to the Dallas Morning News. Marquis Jefferson died Saturday at a Dallas area hospital. “[He] just couldn’t get back from what happened to […]

Funeral services for Atatiana Jefferson have been rescheduled to Thursday, according to Jefferson’s family attorney S. Lee Merritt. RELATED: Atatiana Jefferson’s Funeral Cancelled The noted civil rights lawyer announced the date via Twitter after a series of inner family disputes prompted the funeral to be moved from Saturday, October 19, to Thursday, October 24. Services […]

The funeral for Atatiana Jefferson has been postponed due to a family dispute. Her father,  Marquis Jefferson, has been granted a temporary order of protection stopping the funeral from happening. It was originally scheduled for October 19th, 2019. RELATED: Officer Charged With Murder In Atatiana Jefferson Shooting  According to NBC News, Jefferson felt he was […]

After a police officer fatally shoots someone, it can take days or even weeks before the public or his supervisors hear the officer’s version of what happened. In many states, that so-called cooling off period is carved out in state law or in a police department’s contract. That opportunity to take some time before undergoing […]

In the days after Atatiana Jefferson’s killing in her own home by a white Fort Worth police officer, many in the black community say they’ve seen at least initial signs of swifter action with the officer’s arrest, but also are noticing some recurring and troubling themes. These include the release of police body camera footage and details […]

In the days after Atatiana Jefferson’s killing in her own home by a white Fort Worth police officer, many in the black community say they’ve seen at least initial signs of swifter action with the officer’s arrest, but also are noticing some recurring and troubling themes. These include the release of police body camera footage and details […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Community and faith leaders on Wednesday called on the Trump administration to open a civil rights investigation into the Fort Worth Police Department in the wake of a white officer’s fatal shooting of a black woman in her home, saying the goal should be a police reform plan enforced by […]