In a killing that triggered national outrage and claims of police racial bias, a federal grand jury indicted a fired white Dallas police officer on a murder charge Friday for fatally shooting her unarmed black neighbor after mistakenly entering his apartment. Officer Amber Guyger, who was employed by the police force at the time of the shooting, said she mistook Botham Jean’s apartment for her own and thought the 26-year-old man was a burglar. | |
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| | Ex-Dallas police officer indicted for murder after shooting her unarmed black neighbor | In a killing that triggered national outrage and claims of police racial bias, a federal grand jury indicted a fired white Dallas police officer on a murder charge Friday for fatally shooting her unarmed black neighbor after mistakenly entering his apartment. Officer Amber Guyger, who was employed by the police force at the time of the shooting, said she mistook Botham Jean’s apartment for her own and thought the 26-year-old man was a burglar. | |
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