Thursday, March 28, 2024

Joshua Brown: NYT Writer Accuses Dallas Police of ‘Cover-Up’ in Death of Key Witness in Amber Guyger Case

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*As we reported yesterday, folks across social media believe the Dallas Police Department are either directly responsible for the death of a key witness in Amber Guyger’s murder trial — or they’re engaged in a cover-up.

A New York Times Opinion columnist seems to agree.

Joshua Brown was gunned down three days after testifying against killer cop Guyger, and he attempted to evade the courtroom drama by fleeing the state out of fear for his life.

Last week, a Dallas County jury sentenced Guyger to 10 years in prison after convicting her of murdering her unarmed neighbor Botham Jean in his apartment last year.

Lee Merritt, who represents the Jean family, said Brown was concerned that testifying would put his life at risk.

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Dallas police identified three suspects allegedly linked to the murder of 28-year-old Brown. According to the police… Jacquerious Mitchell, 20, Michael Mitchell, 32, and Thaddeous Green, 22, traveled from Alexandria, Louisiana, to purchase marijuana from Brown. But the alleged drug deal went south, shots were fired and Brown was left for dead.

“We received numerous tips that led us to execute a search warrant for Mr. Brown’s apartment. We confiscated 12 lbs. of marijuana, 149 grams of THC cartridges and $4,157 in cash,” the Dallas PD wrote on Twitter.

But New York Times Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie  ain’t buying the fantastical tale.

“[I]f you’re going to do a cover-up you should at least make it sound more plausible than this,” Bouie wrote in a Tuesday tweet, pointing to confusing details of the case.

“[N]ot only am [I] supposed to believe that these dudes traveled [four and a half] hours for weed but [I]’m also supposed to believe they left behind 12 lbs of weed and 1000s in cash and [I]’m supposed to believe that neither the defense nor prosecution had any knowledge that he was a prolific dealer,” Bouie added.

In response to the criticism from Twitter users, activists and community leaders, the DPD followed up with another tweet, saying: “The rumors shared by community leaders that Mr. Brown’s death was related to the Amber Guyger trial and that DPD was responsible are false. We encourage those leaders to be mindful because their words may jeapordize the integrity of the city of Dallas and DPD.”

One twitter user responded to the post by noting: “Can’t hurt the integrity of a police department that produced a cop who killed someone because she forgot where she lives. That would be bad!”

Like Bouie, others also pointed out that “If Joshua Brown was a drug dealer, we woulda known already bc it would’ve come up during cross examination.”

“[S]orry, [I]can’t get over the fact that — for this narrative to work — no one involved in the case against [A]mber [G]uyger had to have any knowledge of the fact that the prosecution’s KEY WITNESS was a serious drug dealer with wide connections across the region,” Bouie wrote.

Attorney Merritt encouraged Dallas police in a Tuesday Facebook post to “turn over this murder investigation to an alternate investigative agency.”

“A cloud of suspicion will rest over this case until steps are taken to ensure the trustworthiness of the process,” Merrit’s post continued.

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