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The Hill reports that Texas House Representatives have pushed forward the Botham Jean Act. In 2018, off-duty Dallas police officer Amber Guyger murdered 26-year-old Black accountant Botham Jean in his own home, claiming that she mistook his apartment for her own. Guyger was fired and later convicted of murder in …

Amber Guyger, the former police officer who murdered Botham Jean inside his apartment, is attempting to get her conviction overturned. Guyger murdered Jean, a 26-year-old accountant, in cold blood as he sat in his apartment in September 2018. The former Dallas police officer argued that she mistakenly got off on …

The former Dallas police officer who was convicted in October of murdering Botham Jean in his home is appealing her 10-year prison sentence. Amber Guyger’s attorneys are claiming there was not enough evidence to convict her of murder, CNN is reporting. In the appeal, her lawyers argue that “her mistaken …

The family of Botham Jean, who was murdered by Amber Guyger, the off-duty police officer who mistakenly entered his home, is opening up about his life to save others and to drive home a point that police shouldn’t assume “our black boys” are threats. According to TMZ, Botham’s parents and …

Amber Guyger’s legal team is planning to appeal her murder conviction over the death of #BothamJean. Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison with the possibility of parole after five years for the murder of Botham Jean. According to Robert Rodgers, one of Guyger’s attorneys, Guyger’s legal team plans …

The judge presiding over the Amber Guyger murder trial is now the subject of a formal complaint after she gave the convicted murderer her personal Bible. According to Fox 4 KDFW, The Freedom from Religion Foundation filed a complaint with the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct Thursday, stating it …

Two of the people who sat on the jury that convicted and sentenced former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger,  sat down with ABC News and Good Morning America to open up about “one of the hardest things” they’ve ever had to do. In the interview, the jurors, identified by the …

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Amber Guyger, the white former Dallas police officer who was convicted of shooting Botham Shem Jean (a black man), in his own home, has been sentenced to 10 Years behind bars.  The decision came after witnesses took the stand to shed light on Guyger’s character and the life of Botham …

Amber Guyger’s fate was left in the jurors’ hands after defense called it a day, beginning the first of deliberations. Now, after several hours of deliberation, the jury has found Guyger guilty of murder.  Guyger faces the maximum sentence of life in prison.  According to the Dallas Morning News, her …

The fired officer who fatally shot an innocent man in his own apartment was busy sexting one of her colleagues the night of the fatal shooting, prosecutors said Monday. Amber Guyger’s trial started on Monday in which she faces a murder charge for the death of #BothamJean. It’s been a …

The family of Botham Jean is filing a lawsuit for the use of excessive force. The life of 26-year-old #BothamJean was taken by Dallas police officer #AmberGuyger after she allegedly mistook his apartment for hers and shot him believing he was an intruder.  On Wednesday, attorney Lee Merritt announced Jean’s …

On Monday morning, the Dallas police officer charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man in his own apartment was fired.  According to an email from Police Chief Rene Hall, 30-year-old Amber Guyger was let go for her “adverse conduct,” after five years on the force.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “Officer Guyger …

Amber Guyger, the Dallas police officer who shot and killed #BothamJean last week after entering the wrong apartment, currently faces manslaughter charges. Shortly after she was identified, social media uncovered three questionable photos of Guyger and her family, according to Dallas Morning News.  While one photo shows Guyger’s brother-in-law, Noe …

The Dallas police officer who shot and killed her neighbor after allegedly mistaking his apartment for her own says she gave him verbal commands before firing her gun. Amber Guyger told Texas Ranger David Armstrong that it was pitch black when she went into the apartment Thursday night when she …

On Sunday, three days after a Dallas police officer shot and killed a neighbor in his home, claiming she mistook it for her own, 30-year-old #AmberGuyger was arrested and charged in the incident. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ According to the New York Times, Guyger was slapped with manslaughter charges in the death of 26-year-old …