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  Dallas Can Grieve for Botham Jean Without Bowing to Shame

  October 9 at 4 a.m.

  The death of Botham Jean, a 26-year-old accountant and innocent man, and the trial of his killer, former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, have challenged Dallas as no event since the 2016 murders of five police officers in one terrible night downtown. Now as then, a big part of this...

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  DPD Says Guyger Witness Killed in Drug Deal Gone Wrong

  October 8 at 3:07 p.m.

  Joshua Brown, a witness for the prosecution against former Dallas Police Department officer Amber Guyger, was killed during a drug deal that went bad, according to one of the participants in the would-be deal. Thaddeous Green, 22, shot Brown, 28, twice in the lower body after a fight interrupted a...

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  Key Witness in Guyger Murder Trial Shot and Killed in Dallas

  October 6 at 5:04 p.m.

  One of the state's most memorable witnesses against former Dallas Police Department officer Amber Guyger was shot and killed late Friday night in Dallas, Lee Merritt, one of the civil attorneys representing Botham Jean's family, confirmed Saturday. Joshua Brown, 28, lived across the hall from Jean in September 2018. Almost...

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  Judge’s Hug of Guyger After Sentencing Draws Scrutiny

  October 4 at 4 a.m.

  Moments after Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday, Judge Tammy Kemp hugged the former police officer and handed over her personal Bible. "This will strengthen you," Kemp could be overheard telling Guyger. "You just need a tiny mustard seed of faith." Now, Kemp is drawing fire...

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  Protesters March Through Downtown Dallas, Storm Courthouse After Guyger Sentencing

  October 3 at 8:25 a.m.

  The scent of burning sage and the sounds of Jamaican dancehall legend Buju Banton wafted down the steps of the Frank Crowley Criminal Courts Building on Wednesday night as protesters gathered to react to the sentencing of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger. By the end of the night, one...

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  Inflammatory Social Media Posts Highlight Guyger Sentencing

  October 2 at 4 a.m.

  Sentencing of Dallas ex-cop Amber Guyger began Tuesday afternoon, hours after a jury found her guilty of murdering her upstairs roommate, Botham Jean, in a shooting last September. She faces five to 99 years in prison Prosecutors presented additional evidence, including Guyger’s application for employment at the Dallas Police Department...