Jury Orders Ex-Officer Amber Guyger to Pay $98M for Fatal Shooting of Botham Jean

*A jury has ordered former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger to pay $98 million in damages for the fatal 2018 shooting of Botham Jean in his home. The award includes $60 million in punitive damages and $38 million in compensatory damages for Jean’s family. Guyger, currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for murder, did not […]
Amber Guyger Denied Parole After Botham Jean Murder Conviction

*Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who was convicted in the fatal shooting of Botham Jean in his apartment in 2018, was denied parole last week. “I wasn’t expecting a response so quickly. We were interviewed on Monday by the parole commissioner, the lead commissioner. It feels like a load lifted,” Allisa Charles-Findley, sister of […]
Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger Now Eligible for Parole Six Years After Murder of Botham Jean | WATCH

*DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — The former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering Botham Jean in his apartment six years ago is eligible for parole on Monday (09-30-24). Amber Guyger, who shot and killed Jean in September 2018, attracted national attention and sparked protests around the city. “She’s caused my family tremendous, tremendous hurt, tremendous pain,” […]
Why Do Republicans Want to Defund the Police? | Video

*Last week wasNational Police Week. Local law enforcement departments celebrated people in law enforcement around the country, including all the alphabet boys and girls. Celebrating the FBI, CIA, and DOJ. But while some people applauded the “alphabeters,” others in Congress are talking about reducing the budgets of the Department of Justice. That means reducing the […]
Convicted Murderer of BLM Protester Could Get A Pardon | WATCH

*The criminal justice system is only as fair as the people in charge of it. And the people in charge of it – mostly white men who are politicians and judges – operate not with fairness, but with favoritism. The latest example of a shady politician is Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Abbott said he plans […]
Botham Jean’s Sister (Alisa Findley) Speaks on His Legacy, Police Reform and Forgiveness | WATCH

*ADDISON, Texas (KTVT) — Allisa Findley‘s last conversation she had with her younger brother, Botham Jean was on September 6th, 2018, the day he was killed. Findley said she’ll treasure that conversation forever while continuing to share his work and legacy in North Texas. On Saturday, Findley was in Addison for the 3rd annual Botham […]
Texas Court Denies Appeal for Amber Guyger – She Killed Botham Jean in 2018 | VIDEO

*The tragedy surrounding the 2018 death of Dallas resident Botham Jean at the hands of former DPD officer Amber Guyger is the attempt by some to dehumanize Jean, a man shot by Guyger in his own home, to save Guyger, a white police officer. Last week, a Texas appeals court ruled that Guyger is to […]
Who Killed Derontae Martin? – The Journal of Steffanie Rivers | VIDEO

*The number of Black and Brown people dying under shady circumstances is growing. Many of those deaths are being called suicides, even though evidence doesn’t support those conclusions. The reality is many of those so-called ‘suicides’ are modern-day lynchings committed by racist White people protected by a criminal justice system run by other racist White […]
Amber Guyger: Ex-Dallas Cop to Appeal Botham Jean Murder Conviction Next Week
*Former Dallas police officer #AmberGuyger, is headed to appeal her 10-year sentence for killing #BothamJean in 2018 next week. As we previously reported, Amber was found guilty of shooting and killing Botham after she got off the elevator on the wrong floor and walked into his apartment, and mistook him as an intruder. According to reports from @cbsdfw […]
Botham Jean Boulevard Unveiled in Front of Dallas Police Department [VIDEO]

*The family of Botham Jean gathered in Dallas on Saturday for a ceremony to unveil the newly named Botham Jean Boulevard. Jean was shot in 2018 inside his Dallas apartment by white, female, off-duty police officer Amy Guyger. Guyger claimed she shot Botham because she thought she had entered her own home, and he was […]
Impact of Botham Jean’s Killing by White Dallas Cop Airs TONIGHT (09-10-20) on Investigation Discovery (EUR EXCLUSIVE!)

*The shooting death of Botham Jean by a white Dallas police officer on September 6, 2018 sparked outrage and protests of yet another black man killed by police brutality. With this year marking the second anniversary of Botham’s death, Investigation Discovery (ID) is airing the two-hour special “The Ballad of Botham Jean,” on Thursday, September […]
ID Announces Special on Botham Jean’s Murder Set to Air 2 Years After His Killing by Texas Officer [VIDEO]

*The killing of Botham Jean by white, female, off-duty police officer Amber Guyger will be explored in the new season of Discovery’s “Impact of Murder” set to air on Thursday (Sept. 10). Here’s more from the press release: Season two of IMPACT OF MURDER kicks off with a heart wrenching two-hour episode on Botham Jean […]
The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Convict Amber Guyger Wants Early Prison Release
*Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer, has been in prison less than a year for murdering her neighbor, Botham Jean. Already she’s trying to scam the system so she can get released early. Her attorneys have asked a judge to reduce her murder charge to criminally negligent homicide! Reduced charges could make Guyger […]
WATCH: 7 Black Mothers Who’ve Lost Children to Police or Vigilantes Speak About Shared Bond

“Good Morning America” brought together seven mothers — the mothers of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Botham Jean, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Antwon Rose and Trayvon Martin — who have all lost a son or a daughter, for a conversation with ABC News’ Deborah Roberts to discuss their shared bond in mourning, and their journeys and […]
The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Bully Cops and the Blue Wall of Silence

*It’s been more than two weeks since that video went viral showing the modern-day lynching of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Were it not for protests around the United States and the world demanding arrests of the four policemen involved in his murder there’s no doubt they still would be on duty intimidating and killing somebody […]