Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger ordered to pay nearly $100 million in civil trial
DALLAS — Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering 26-year-old accountant Botham Jean in his apartment six years ago, was ordered to pay the Jean family $98.6 million in a civil trial Wednesday.
Guyger was convicted six years ago of shooting and killing Jean in his apartment, which she said she thought was her own.
She's currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for murder.
Guyger told authorities she confused Botham's apartment for her own. Her body-worn camera was not recording during the shooting because she was off duty. She appealed the conviction but lost her appeal two years ago. She became eligible for parole on Sept. 29 of this year.
The civil lawsuit against her accuses the former police officer of using excessive force in Jean's death.
Attorneys for the Jean family, which includes civil rights attorney Ben Crump, released the following statement after the verdict:
"This verdict stands as a powerful testament to Botham's life and the profound injustice of his death. On September 6, 2018, Botham was doing nothing more than sitting in his own home, eating ice cream, when Amber Guyger –– an off-duty officer –– wrongly entered his apartment and fatally shot him. This case laid bare critical issues of racial bias and police accountability that cannot be ignored. Today's verdict sends a clear message that law enforcement officers who commit crimes cannot be insulated from the consequences of their actions."
Attorneys for the Jean family say they most likely will not ever see any of the $98.6 million verdict and they insist they wanted to make sure that Guyger could never profit financially from having killed Botham Jean. They said they are exploring legal options to hold the city accountable and urging people in Dallas to demand change and more from city leaders.
Guyger chose not to attend the trial in Dallas.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 52 | November 24, 2024 12:52 AM
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Trump will probably pardon her.
He loves racist killers.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 21, 2024 6:07 PM
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This case was so weird. Creepy. She knew that wasn’t her apartment.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 21, 2024 6:09 PM
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I don’t even think this is a race issue. This woman had to be shit-faced drunk when she arrived home or smoking crack or something. How do you mistake someone else’s apartment for your own without not being on some substance. You’d be surprise how many cops be using meth while on the job. That guy could have been blue and she would have shot him. She thought some strange man was in her apartment. I hope the family gets every penny out of this cunt.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 21, 2024 6:23 PM
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Teacake/R3, for a black person, you sure do hate other black people.
Of course this cunt is a racist.
The fact that you give her a pass makes YOU suspect.
You're such a fucking creep.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 21, 2024 6:28 PM
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R4 you can repeat a lie all day long, doesn’t make it true. I am pro black all day every day. Look at your propaganda. What in my post suggests I hate black people. Was it the part where I said I hope his family gets every penny. You think I’m some naive liberal or low iq conservative. You gon have to come stronger than that dealing with a brilliant mafucker like myself. What in my post suggests I don’t think the stankin ass bitch should be locked up for murder. Stop thinking blacks are monolithic. That’s your mafuckin problem. She is a bad judgment, likely drunken cunt. I said what I said. She would have shot any man in the apartment she thought was hers.
Side note: Are these apartments self furnished?
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 21, 2024 6:40 PM
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[quote] Teacake/[R3], for a black person
Teacake is as black as Liquid Paper 🤣
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 21, 2024 9:10 PM
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R4 “Cops be using meth”
Oh, dear. They be using???
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 21, 2024 9:22 PM
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R8 the habitual "be."
Maybe some here will stop adding Z sounds to everything when attempting to mimic black vernacular.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 21, 2024 9:25 PM
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R1, it was a trial in state court, so Trump can't do anything.
[quote]How do you mistake someone else’s apartment for your own without not being on some substance.
Each floor of the building is identical, and late at night she simply didn't notice that she got off on the wrong one. I'm in no way defending any cop who shoots first and asks questions later, PARTICULARLY if already armed with a gun, but Teacake's misogyny is as unwelcome as it is unneeded.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 21, 2024 9:31 PM
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R10 needs to die in a grease fire.
Trump ass licking MAGAT CUNT!!!
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 21, 2024 9:34 PM
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In court, the brother of Botham Jean wanted to give Guyger a hug and was allowed to do so.
The judge (black woman) also hugged Guyger.
One of the female deputies in court touched Guyger's hair, "fixing it."
I guess Botham's family has no changed their tune. Finally woke up and smelled the coffee.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 13 | November 21, 2024 10:45 PM
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The hugging was weird. I’m glad they’re suing. I can see going to the wrong floor and trying the door. BUT, after the door is open you know you aren’t in your place. I do not think she was high. Didn’t she have a “noise problem” with him in the past? How did her key work in his lock? Why shoot? She’s the one that entered. If she thought it was an intruder why advance on him? Trap him in the apt? I bet this one had a cop boyfriend as well. She reminds me of the female nut who got shot on Jan 6.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 21, 2024 10:54 PM
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R10 Nothing misogynistic about me. But after realizing the door was ajar with a random black dude in there, and the furnishings, where the tv is, something should have gone off in hear head. She is a relatively big city cop. Imma need her to have more situational awareness. Or should women not possess that trait?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 21, 2024 10:54 PM
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On appeal, the award will be reduced significantly.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 21, 2024 10:58 PM
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R16 Teacrackhead self loathing FREAK.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 21, 2024 11:00 PM
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Hopefully the victim's family isn't planning on any big purchases soon. THEY AIN'T GONNA GET A DAMN DIME FROM THAT BITCH. Or, a dime if probably all they'll get.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 21, 2024 11:02 PM
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R13. Awww sweet story. I guess she really didn’t mean it. Sad tragedy all the way around.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 21, 2024 11:04 PM
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True, R19.
She's a broke ass, white trash MAGA CUNT.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 21, 2024 11:05 PM
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R15, she had just left work so she should not have been high. She had also had a confrontation or two with her victim before. Some people can’t handle living in apartment buildings and are freaked out when they hear noises overhead.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 21, 2024 11:18 PM
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I don’t see Defacto’s latest teacake black cosplay. He must have blocked me.
Good. My suggestion is to just block him. Put him on ignore. He’s trolling and desperately wants attention. When you deride him, THATS STILL ATTENTION. Just put him on ignore. Thats the way to really neutralize him.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 21, 2024 11:18 PM
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Oh god still playing the defacto card. Sad. Just sad.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 21, 2024 11:21 PM
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R21 and r19
I believe courts can garnish a person's wages. She's not an OLD white trash MAGA cunt so she'll have time to pay them some money before she dies. Even if she's just working at the Waffle House.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | November 22, 2024 7:12 AM
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How do you not know your own apartment? This was so very weird.
Was she on drugs? Drunk? If I recall correctly, the victim was eating ice cream in his own apartment. How is that threatening?
by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 22, 2024 7:16 AM
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I remember some details. The apartment had a completely different door mat out front that she ignored , and when she walked in, it wasn’t pitch dark, some lighting was on and he had a TV screen on and he was eating a bowl of ice cream.
She seemed genuinely freaked and horrified and begging and begging him to not die when she realized she had just shot a man to death in his own apartment. But before that, hard to know what was in her brain and how racist she was in those moments but she shot to kill him — and just a few seconds of looking around would have clued her in that she’d fucked up, this was not her home. Just like when you approach the wrong car that initially looked like yours in a semi-dark parking lot.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 22, 2024 11:07 AM
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[quote] Trump will probably pardon her.
He can’t, you stupid, hysterical fuck. This is a state conviction, it’s out of his hands.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | November 22, 2024 1:52 PM
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[quote] I don’t even think this is a race issue.
Do us all a favour and shut the fuck up, Teacake, you self-loathing coon.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | November 22, 2024 1:58 PM
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[quote] I don’t even think this is a race issue. This woman had to be shit-faced drunk when she arrived home or smoking crack or something. How do you mistake someone else’s apartment for your own without not being on some substance.
You tell us, white, cosplaying junkie.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | November 22, 2024 2:03 PM
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R28 I used to fuck a SDCP who got addicted to meth. It’s a little known secret. And no I’m not saying most cops are druggies.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | November 22, 2024 10:01 PM
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R31 Bitch you ain’t gon call me no motherfucking coon. Because I know you not black, you white cracker bitch. 400 years of slavery and oppression. You don’t have that right bitch. I said what I said. Racism exists every motherfucking day. Microagressions every fucking day. You not gon call me no motherfucking coon because I think this dizzy broad would have shot whoever was in that apartment. George Clooney could have been in there and she would have shot. That is my opinion and my right.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | November 22, 2024 10:03 PM
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Oh, dear.
The white guy at R34 is having a psychotic break!
by Anonymous | reply 35 | November 23, 2024 12:01 AM
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R35 Bitch I’m not white. But keep lying to yourself. Keep being narrow minded. Keep thinking blacks cannot be multifaceted.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | November 23, 2024 12:07 AM
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It doesn’t mean much if you don’t have the money.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | November 23, 2024 12:47 AM
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It's unconscionable for anyone to call Teacake a coon. It's just not right and I won't stand for it.
Everyone knows he's white.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | November 23, 2024 1:33 AM
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[quote] Keep being narrow minded. Keep thinking blacks cannot be multifaceted.
Oh, we know blacks are multifaceted. We also know that you’re not. You “mafucking” fraud.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | November 23, 2024 5:07 AM
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R20 It wasn’t sweet, it was disgusting.
That was an attempt of a display of “racial peace”.
No white person would hug a white killer, no black person would hug a black killer, and damn sure no white person would hug a black killer in this situation.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | November 23, 2024 5:18 AM
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[quote]R26 How do you not know your own apartment? This was so very weird.
Yes. Even if the building’s hallways look similar, once she was in his place, how did she not note that all the furniture was different?
Did she think he broke in and redecorated?
by Anonymous | reply 41 | November 23, 2024 5:30 AM
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[quote]R29 Just like when you approach the wrong car that initially looked like yours in a semi-dark parking lot.
I actually got into someone’s empty, unlocked car and was overwhelmed by the smell of cigarette smoke. Then I noticed a crucifix hanging from the rear view mirror and realized this was NOT my car.
I jumped out and was so grateful no one was around! God.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | November 23, 2024 5:35 AM
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R41. And that's where the racial aspect of this kicks in. Granted, I cannot prove this, but I do believe the outcome would've been different if he had been white. I think she would have backed out and then apologized. I believe she was somehow impaired and saw a Black dude eating ice cream and freaked out.
I just do...
by Anonymous | reply 43 | November 23, 2024 11:08 AM
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I always thought that the family probably got paid a ton of money behind the scenes to hug Amber after her trial and get on tv and say they forgave her. The city of Dallas didnt want to be burned down so they paid these people to get on tv and say all was forgiven.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | November 23, 2024 11:29 AM
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R13 yeah, the mollycoddling over this trigger-happy bitch—by both men and women—was bizarre.
I also recall reading that the black female judge told Guyger, "Start with this," then handed her a Bible.
It may be worth noting that the victim was Saint Lucian, and Caribbeans can be some of the most hardcore, rabid Bible-thumpers you'll ever meet.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | November 23, 2024 11:45 AM
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I wonder how much the city should pay for that because she used city equipment to kill him
by Anonymous | reply 46 | November 23, 2024 1:08 PM
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[QUOTE] Caribbeans can be some of the most hardcore, rabid Bible-thumpers you'll ever meet.
Link please.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | November 23, 2024 1:30 PM
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Is there a good podcast out there that covered this case? If she’d had confrontations with him before, was there any evidence that the shooting was premeditated? Did she have good defense witnesses and character witnesses?
Without knowing much about the case, I’m imagining how the scenario would have played out if this was an accident :
Guyger enters the apartment and sees Jean on sofa. Jean jumps to his feet and shouts expletive. Guyger reaches for her gun and should have stated she was the police and ordered him to get on the floor or place hands in the air. Most people would comply. I believe Jean would have complied. At that point, Guyger would have had time to process her surroundings and realize she wasn’t in her apartment. Situation deescalates and no one is harmed.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | November 23, 2024 1:52 PM
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If I recall Guyger was trigger happy and had posted on social media before how she wasnt afraid to use her gun etc
by Anonymous | reply 49 | November 23, 2024 4:56 PM
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R48, if she had applied her police training, she would have called for back up. She would not have moved towards him.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | November 23, 2024 5:15 PM
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If she lived alone why was she heard banging on the door and screaming LET ME IN.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | November 23, 2024 5:18 PM
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[quote]R45 yeah, the mollycoddling …
I love that word so!
by Anonymous | reply 52 | November 24, 2024 12:52 AM
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