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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Witness in Murder Trial of Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger Fatally Shot, Lawyer Says
2019-10-06
[NYT] A witness who delivered key testimony in the trial of Amber Guyger ‐ the white former Dallas police officer convicted this past week in the murder of an unarmed black man, Botham Jean ‐ was fatally shot on Friday night, a lawyer for Mr. Jean’s family said.

The witness, Joshua Brown, 28, who lived in the same apartment complex as Ms. Guyger and Mr. Jean, was shot several times by an unknown assailant, Lee Merritt, the family’s lawyer, said on Twitter Saturday night.

Mr. Brown’s death occurred just two days after a Dallas County jury sentenced Ms. Guyger to 10 years in prison, well short of the maximum 99 years that she could have received in the killing of Mr. Jean, a 26-year-old immigrant from the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia.

The sentence angered Mr. Jean’s family members and social justice advocates, who said it was another example of failing to hold white police officers like Ms. Guyger accountable for their actions.

Posted by:Besoeker

#14  Detetive White will take your leads per local media.
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454   2019-10-06 17:53  

#13  Live in a suburb of Dallas. Fortunate enough to be friends with a detective there. This whole case was one giant mess for DPD,the DA and the defendant. At this point I'm not surprised of this article.
Posted by: Shake   2019-10-06 15:42  

#12  12 white (one hispanic) Dallas police officers shot during a BLM protest changed every thing. Yes it did.
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454   2019-10-06 14:31  

#11  Good, honest police work I say.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-10-06 13:24  

#10  Sounds like the boys in blue closed ranks and delivered a little range justice.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-10-06 12:01  

#9  Does the killing mean she won't be able to appeal the sentencing or any challenge to the verdict?
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-10-06 12:00  

#8  Kool source MM, thanks.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-10-06 11:58  

#7  This
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-10-06 11:36  

#6  If should have been I'd in above comment
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-10-06 08:42  

#5  If I had an entry door with a dodgy lock if get a hotel style safety hasp on the inside ASAP. I sublet apartments in NYC that had 5 locks.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-10-06 08:41  

#4  Door was supposedly shoddily installed such that the doorknob lock would sometimes "catch," sometimes not. Got no brief for the shooter, who sounds like a mess, but I can see how finding "her" door in that completely anomalous sliding-right-open state would "weird up" the situation more, and faster, than simply finding it unlocked. Latter prompts at least a flicker of self-doubt and a review of plausible explanations; former's just plain weird, and would perk my lotus-land-living self right up.

Whether she even noticed that or not, if she walked in on the phone and then freaked, what an instacarnival of surrealism that must've been for the victim. Hello, sweet meteor of dumbass!
Posted by: Ebbomp Thomort8175   2019-10-06 08:15  

#3  Probably was: you come to (that you think) your apartment, find the door unlocked - you pull a gun if you have one. Step in, see a person of color - imitate reverend Jackson.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-10-06 07:41  

#2  It was unlocked. Shoulda been her first clue
Posted by: Frank G   2019-10-06 07:35  

#1  One thing I still don't understand - how her key opened his door?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-10-06 06:46  

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