Judge Dismisses Dallas from Lawsuit in Amber Guyger/Botham Jean Murder Case
A federal judge has dismissed the civil lawsuit against the city of Dallas, Texas in the matter of the 2018 murder of Botham Jean, a twenty-six-year old black man, an accountant for Price Waterhouse Coopers, a Gospel singer, a brother, an uncle, a son, and an emigre from the pristine Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. Botham Jean was, in short, an all-round “Good Guy.”
Jean was shot and killed in his own apartment while watching football and eating ice cream by a thirty-year-old white female Dallas police officer, who claimed that she mistakenly believed that she was in her own apartment and that Jean was an intruder.
Amber Guyger was found guilty of the murder of Botham Jean, but sentenced to only ten years imprisonment. She will likely be released in less than half of that time.
The civil suit charged the Dallas Police Department with, among other things,
….a pattern, practice, history, and custom of using excessive force against minorities, including approaching them with guns drawn, when there is no imminent threat of bodily harm.
The dismissal order was handed down two days before Christmas by US District Judge Barbara Lynn. Crucially, the case against Dallas was dismissed “with prejudice,” which is legalese…
