Judge sequesters jury in trial of former Dallas officer who shot black neighbour [View all]
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Source: The Guardian
Mon 23 Sep 2019 15.22 EDT
The judge in the murder trial of a former Dallas police officer charged with shooting and killing a black neighbor has taken the rare step of sequestering the jury.
Former officer Amber Guyger, who is white, has told investigators in Texas she mistook Botham Jean, 26, for an intruder after she mistakenly entered his central Dallas apartment one floor above hers.
The shooting in September last year, one of a series of high-profile killings of unarmed black men and teens by white US police, sparked protests, particularly because prosecutors initially moved to charge Guyger, 31, with manslaughter, a charge that carries a lesser sentence.
In contrast to high-profile cases like the killings of Michael Brown in Missouri and Philando Castile in Minnesota, Guyger shot Jean, an accountant who was a native of St Lucia, while she was off duty.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/23/amber-guyger-botham-jean-jury-sequestered-trial
Comin' home after a night at the bar, Amber?
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