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Brandt Jean, the younger brother of Botham Jean who was murdered in his Dallas apartment by former Dallas cop Amber Guyger, was honored for forgiving and hugging his brother’s killer in the courtroom. On Tuesday, Brandt Jean, 18, was bestowed the Ethical Courage Award from the The Institute for Law Enforcement Administration in Plano, Texas,…

A former police officer in Georgia learned his fate after being convicted of aggravated assault in the death of Anthony Hill. On Nov. 1, former police officer Robert “Chip” Olsen was sentenced to 12 years in prison in DeKalb County, Georgia, by Superior Court Judge LaTisha Dear Jackson. Jackson also sentenced Olsen to eight years…

Amber Guyger apparently does not want to do the time after being convicted for the crime of murder. The former Dallas cop was convicted of killing Botham Jean and sentenced to 10 years in prison. However, Guyger filed a notice of appeal of her conviction and sentence to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, according…

The father of Atatiana Jefferson does not want a hug. And he’s in no mood to give any, either. Marquis Jefferson is too busy grieving after his daughter was shot and killed by a White police officer in her own home early Saturday morning while playing video games with her nephew. “I don’t want no…

Botham Jean’s brother created strong emotional responses when he hugged his brother’s murderer, former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, during the sentencing phase of the trial. One of the people who slammed Brandt Jean for asking to embrace the woman who took his sibling’s life was rapper Nicki Minaj. But her thoughts incited a verbal…

The Dallas Police Department announced the arrest of two suspects in the shocking shooting death of Joshua Brown, the key witness in the Amber Guyger murder trial, while a third man remains on the run. Brown was fatally shot just two days after Guyger was convicted of murdering her neighbor Botham Jean in his own…

It was a hug not only seen around the world, but it also made a deafening noise to a multitude of the murdered man’s supporters and outraged legal experts. When Texas State Judicial Judge Tammy Kemp embraced convicted murderer and admitted racist Amber Guyger, she sparked an inferno of emotions among many observers who believe…

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Iyanla Vanzant is famous for straightening out many people’s lives on the popular Oprah Winfrey Network television show “Fix My Life.” But fans want her to fix her own statements after she backed the judge who hugged convicted murderer and former cop Amber Guyger. Vanzant takes issue with the legion of Blacks who blistered Judge…

A man who testified against Amber Guyger has been found dead days after his testimony. According to “Dallas Morning News,” Joshua Brown was found shot to death in Dallas over the weekend. Brown, 28, testified in Guyger’s murder trial last week and told the jury that he heard the gunshots at the complex where Botham…

Judge Tammy Kemp continues to face backlash for her actions following the Amber Guyger murder case. Kemp may have violated the U.S. Constitution by giving Guyger a Bible. After sentencing Guyger to 10 years in prison for the brutal murder of Botham Jean, Kemp hugged Guyger and presented her with a Bible. The Freedom of…

An angry rumbling within the Black community began soon after former Dallas, Texas, police officer and convicted murderer Amber Guyger was sentenced on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, to 10 years in prison for killing her neighbor Botham Jean. The collective rage was directed at the principle Black people involved in the Guyger trial, which can…

Despite the fact that scores of Blacks wanted Amber Guyger to rot and die in prison for murdering Botham Jean, the victim’s brother made the remarkable gesture to forgive and hug his brother’s killer. Brandt Jean, 18, fought back tears as he elocuted his uncategorical forgiveness and love for Guyger who was convicted of entering…

DALLAS, TEXAS — Emotions ran high following the sentencing of Amber Guyger. On Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, the former Dallas police officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the brutal killing of her neighbor Botham Jean. Several individuals in the courtroom inside the Franklin Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, yelled “No justice, no…

Now that former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is a convicted murderer in the shooting death of Botham Jean, the receipts can now be unveiled that show her as a self-admitted racist and renegade. The judge did not allow Guyger’s text messages into evidence during the trial for fear of prejudicing the court, though the…

DALLAS, TEXAS — One day after Amber Guyger was found guilty of murder in the shooting death of Botham Jean, the sentencing hearing resumed at the Franklin Crowley Courts Building here in Dallas. The day opened Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, with gut-wrenching testimony from Jean’s father, Bertrum Jean. A native of St. Lucia, Bertrum Jean…

At about the same time that Botham Jean’s mother Allison Jean raised her hands and her eyes towards the heavens after the murder conviction of former Dallas cop Amber Guyger, folks like former ESPN reporter Jemele Hill registered mild shock at the verdict. I’m legitimately surprised at this verdict. Not because I disagreed with the…

Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who fatally shot her Black neighbor, Botham Jean, in his own apartment, has been found guilty of murder, CNN reports. Guyger, 31, faces life in prison after the jury returned a guilty verdict after less than 24 hours of deliberations following the weeklong trial. The family of Jean…

A right-wing radio show host inflamed social media when he said the shooting death of college graduate Botham Jean by former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was divinely ordered. As rolling out has previously reported, Jean, 26, was gunned down in his own apartment in September 2018 by Guyger after she got home from her…

The 911 audio was released today, April 30, 2019, of Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger’s call after shooting Botham Jean. An unarmed Jean was inside his own apartment when Guyger entered the unit and shot him. Guyger maintains that she thought it was her unit and shot Jean thinking he was an intruder. In the…

When Ronnie Babbs, heard a commotion outside her door, followed by a gunshot and the dying words of Botham Shem Jean, her life changed forever. Babbs so far, is the only witness who has come forward with video evidence in the aftermath of the shooting. But speaking out in public cost her dearly and resulted…