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The family of Botham Jean received bad news after a judge dismissed their case. The Jean family sued the city of Dallas and Amber Guyger over the death of Botham Jean. Guyger, who was a police officer for the Dallas Police Department, shot and killed Jean while he was in his apartment. On Wednesday, Oct.…

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,…

The father of Atatiana Jefferson, who was devastated when his daughter was shot dead by police in her own home in Fort Worth, Texas, has died just weeks after his daughter was killed. He was 59. Marquis Jefferson reportedly succumbed to cardiac arrest in his home on Nov. 9, 2019. He was rushed to a…

Renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump joined 100 Black Men of America Inc. for a riveting discussion on issues plaguing the Black community. Held at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, “The Barbershop Tour: Taking a Cut Out of Life” focused on creating solutions instead of redundant rhetoric. The traveling panel…

Not only are the families of Botham Jean and Atatiana Jefferson connected by proximity because of a short drive down Interstate 30 between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, but they are also conjoined by the avoidable, senseless killings of their loved ones by White police officers. The Jean family, based in Dallas, reached across the…

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…

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 — Screams could be heard in the hallway of the Frank Crowley Courts Building moments after Amber Guyger was given a 10-year sentence for the brutal killing of Botham Jean. The chants of “no justice, no peace” served as an expression of pain for some, while tears revealed the heartache for others. Again,…

Following Amber Guyger’s sentencing, Botham Jean’s mother Allison Jean blasted Dallas police and Texas Rangers for corruption. (Exclusive video: A.R. Shaw for Steed Media.)

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…

More details are emerging on what allegedly occurred when a White female police officer killed a Black man after walking into his apartment. Amber Guyger, a former police officer in Dallas, Texas, shot and killed Botham Jean, 25, in September 2018. Guyger initially claimed that she thought she walked into her apartment, which was one…

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…