Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger Sentenced To 10 Years for the Murder of Botham Jean

Botham Jean

On Sept. 6, 2018, Botham Jean was 26 years old when he was shot dead in his apartment by then Dallas police officer Amber Guyger.  Amber claimed that she thought she had gone to her own apartment and finding the door opened, that someone was inside.

Botham Jean was an accountant for Price Waterhouse, Coopers, an international auditing firm.  Testimony at trial included that he was eating ice cream in his apartment when Guyger opened the door.

On September 9, 2019, an arrest warrant for manslaughter was issued for Guyer.  According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Guyger told investigators that she parked on 4^th floor of the garage instead of the 3^rd floor.  When she put her key in the door of what she believed was her apartment, the door was ajar. She yelled at the purported burglar to show his hands, and then she fired twice.

A Dallas County grand jury indicted Guyger on November 30, 2018 on one count of murder.  Guyger plead not guilty.

The 31-year-old Guyger was fired from the Dallas Police Department days after the shooting. Her trial began on September 23, 2019.

Botham Jean

That this was treated as an officer involved shooting shows favoritism and double-standard. She was off-duty and should have been immediately charged the same as any other private citizen who killed a person.

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Botham Shem Jean (1991-2018) was an unarmed Black man killed in Dallas, Texas by an off-duty White police officer on September 6th 2018. The officer, Amber Guyger, entered his apartment and shot him dead. She says she thought it was her flat, that he was a burglar.

She says: She came home after working 15 hours and was still in uniform. When she tried to unlock the door it was partly open. She came in, saw a looming figure in the dark and gave “verbal commands”. When the figure did not obey, she shot two times. Only when she turned on the lights did she see that it was not her apartment. (The next-door neighbour did not hear any “verbal commands”.)

He says: …

Jean had a red welcome mat in front of his door – one the few doors with any kind of welcome mat. People who knew him…

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One Year Anniversary of the Dallas, Texas Ambush

Bullets do not discriminate.

Grief does not discriminate.

On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling was killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was killed in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.  Both were killed by police officers. Protests organized across America.

On July 7, 2016, people organized a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas, Texas.  At the end of the protest in Dallas, gunshots ranged out.  Five Dallas police officers lost their lives.  Nine other officers and two civilians were injured.

The Dallas Police Officers who lost their lives were;

Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, age 48. He joined the department in 2002.

Sgt. Michael Smith, 55,  had been with the department since 1989.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Officer Brent Thompson, 43, had been with the department since 2009. Thompson was the first DART officer to be killed in the line of duty since the department’s inception in 1989.

Officer Michael Krol, 40, had been on the force for 8 years.

Officer Patricio “Patrick” Zamarripa, 32, who had been with the department since 2011.

Micah Xavier Johnson was found to be the person who fired upon the group of protesters and police officers.  Johnson was an Army veteran who reportedly was angry over the police shootings of black men.   Micah Xavier Johnson was killed after police deployed a bomb-carrying robot.

Armed Gunman in Dallas Attempts Military Style Ambush on Police

Hello everyone.  Santiago here.

Saturday June 13th, just after midnight, James Boulware of Hutchins, Texas, a 35-year-old man who has all the traits of a Sovereign Citizen and a history of violence, drove an armored vehicle straight into Dallas Police headquarters and opened fire on law enforcement.

James Boulware (Photo: Dallas County)

WPTV reports that Boulware purchased the armored vehicle off eBay.

It is unclear why Boulware decided to open fire on police, but stories surfacing indicate that Boulware believed that law enforcement was the reason his son was taken away from him.

The father of James, Jim Boulware, told CNN he did not believe his son would take out his anger on law enforcement but believed he would have likely done so against the mother of his son who was awarded custody of their child in April of 2015.