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Ex-Dallas cop Amber Guyger is sentenced to 10 years in prison for Botham Jean murder – Victim’s younger brother forgives killer ex-cop after sentencing, asks for permission to hug killer ex-cop

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"flag-region">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;382a2a&semi;"><strong>Victim&&num;8217&semi;s younger brother forgives killer ex-cop after sentencing&comma; asks for permission to hug killer ex-cop&comma; in court<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;382a2a&semi;"><strong>Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger after delivering his impact statement to her after she was sentenced to 10 years in jail&comma; Wednesday&comma; in Dallas<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;382a2a&semi;"><strong>After the sentencing Botham Jean&&num;8217&semi;s younger brother Brandt Jean hugged his convicted murderer inside the courtroom<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;382a2a&semi;"><strong>Amber Guyger was found GUILTY Tuesday of murdering her black male neighbor who she shot dead in his apartment &OpenCurlyQuote;after thinking it was her own’<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;382a2a&semi;"><strong>Jurors who were also allowed to consider a manslaughter charge&comma; after a few hours of deliberation chose the graver option of murder<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;382a2a&semi;"><strong>On Sept 6&comma; 2018&comma; former Dallas patrol officer Guyger told investigators&comma; after a 13&period;5 hour shift she parked on the fourth floor of her apt complex’s garage rather than the third floor where she lived<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;382a2a&semi;"><strong>She proceeded to Botham Jean’s  apt&comma; directly above her’s&comma; and finding the door unlocked&comma; stepped in only to be confronted by a figure in the dark<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;382a2a&semi;"><strong>Believing she was at her own apt and seeing a silhouette of a figure who didn’t respond to verbal commands&comma;  she fired two shots at Jean that killed him<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"featured-image-wrapper">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-331844" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;Amber-Guyger-weeps-on-the-stand-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Amber Guyger weeps on the stand 5&period;jpg" width&equals;"662" height&equals;"439" &sol;><strong>Fired Dallas police officer Amber Guyger becomes emotional as she testifies in her murder trial&period; She was convicted  for the murder of neighbor Botham Jean on Tuesday&period; On Wednesday&comma; she was handed a 10-year prison sentence<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content entry-content-read-more">&NewLine;<p>Killer Dallas cop Amber Guyger was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for fatally shooting her unarmed black neighbor after she mistakenly entered his apartment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The jury sentence came after just two hours of deliberations — and one day after Guyger&comma; 31&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;01&sol;guilty-white-cop-amber-guyger-is-convicted-in-killing-of-her-black-male-neighbor-who-she-shot-dead-in-his-apartment-after-thinking-it-was-her-own-faces-up-to-99-years-in-prison&sol;">was convicted of murder <&sol;a>in Dallas County court for the 26-year-old’s Sept&period; 6&comma; 2018 shooting death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The brother of a Texas man fatally shot by his ex-cop neighbor proclaimed his forgiveness for his sibling’s killer Wednesday and asked her for a hug after she was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for the crime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-331865" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;Amber-Guyger-arrives-for-sentencing-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Amber Guyger arrives for sentencing 1" width&equals;"801" height&equals;"608" &sol;><strong>Amber Guyger had been booked into the Dallas County Jail Tuesday night&period; She was released Wednesday morning&comma; after the former Dallas police officer was convicted of murder<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><strong>Related Articles&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;01&sol;guilty-white-cop-amber-guyger-is-convicted-in-killing-of-her-black-male-neighbor-who-she-shot-dead-in-his-apartment-after-thinking-it-was-her-own-faces-up-to-99-years-in-prison&sol;"><img class&equals;"attachment-loop size-loop wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Amber-Guyger-in-court-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" sizes&equals;"&lpar;max-width&colon; 174px&rpar; 100vw&comma; 174px" srcset&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Amber-Guyger-in-court-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1 174w&comma; 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White cop Amber Guyger is convicted in killing of her black male neighbor who she shot dead in his apartment &OpenCurlyQuote;after thinking it was her own’ – Faces up to 99 years in prison" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;01&sol;guilty-white-cop-amber-guyger-is-convicted-in-killing-of-her-black-male-neighbor-who-she-shot-dead-in-his-apartment-after-thinking-it-was-her-own-faces-up-to-99-years-in-prison&sol;">&lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-331870" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;Botham-Jean-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Botham-Jean-5" width&equals;"562" height&equals;"562" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Botham Jean&comma; 26&comma; a Dallas based accountant&comma; was shot and killed by his neighbor on Sept 6&comma; 2018&comma; sitting in his apt eating a bowl of cereal while watching football on TV&period; The killer&comma; Amber Guyger&comma; then a member of the Dallas Police Dept has been convicted and sentenced to prison for a decade <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Jean’s younger brother&comma; Brandt&comma; shared a lengthy courtroom embrace with his sibling’s killer after the sentence was handed down&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t even want you to go to jail&period; I want the best for you because I know that’s exactly what Botham would do&comma;” Brandt said in a victim-impact statement after the sentencing&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t know if this is possible but can I give you a hug&quest; Please&quest;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t want to say twice or for the hundredth time what you’ve done or how much you’ve taken from us&comma;” Botham Jean’s younger brother Brandt told Amber Guyger from the witness stand&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think you know that&period; But I just – I hope you go to God with all the guilt all the bad things you may have done in the past&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Guyger &comma;31&comma; was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for walking into Botham Jean’s apartment and shooting him to death on Sept&period; 6 2018&period; The former Dallas police officer said she thought she was in her home&comma; one floor below and the victim was burglar&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Brandt Jean&comma; 18&comma; took the surprising stance after months of struggling with his brother’s death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I forgive you&comma; and I know if you go to God and ask him&comma; he will forgive you&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;I’m speaking for myself&comma; I’m not even on behalf of my family — but I love you just like anyone else&period; And I &OpenCurlyQuote;m not gonna say I hope you rot and die just like my brother did&period; But I personally want the best for you&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And I wasn’t going to say this in front of my family or anyone&comma;” he continued&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But I don’t even want you to go to jail&period; I want the best for you&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Then he shocked the courtroom by asking&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t know if this is possible&comma; but can I give you a hug please&quest;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Given the green light&comma; the teenager embraced Guyger&comma; who sobbed loudly&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-331847" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;Botham-Jean’s-younger-brother-Brandt-shared-a-lengthy-courtroom-embrace-with-his-brothers-killer-after-the-sentencing&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Botham Jean’s younger brother&comma; Brandt&comma; shared a lengthy courtroom embrace with his brother's killer after the sentencing&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"675" &sol;><strong>&&num;8216&semi;I forgive you&&num;8217&semi;&colon; The victim&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;strong><&sol;span><strong> younger brother&comma; Brandt Jean&comma; shared a lengthy courtroom embrace with his killer after the decade sentence was handed down on Wednesday <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-331859" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;Allison-Jean-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Allison Jean 2&period;JPG" width&equals;"1201" height&equals;"881" &sol;>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He had every right to be there&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yet still&comma; his privacy was violated ”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He had every right to be there&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She intruded on him&period; And that was not enough&period; She killed him&period;” &&num;8211&semi; Allison Jean&comma; Botham&&num;8217&semi;s mother &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; took the witness stand for the prosecution on Tuesday and spoke up for her son who was watching football and eating vanilla ice cream when he died&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-331860" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;Allisa-Findle-Botham-Jeans-sister-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Allisa Findle&comma; Botham Jean's sister 1" width&equals;"1009" height&equals;"775" &sol;>Botham Jean&&num;8217&semi;s sister Allisa Findley also took the stand on Tuesday afternoon as a witness for the prosecution <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-331866" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;10&sol;Bertrum-Jean-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Bertrum Jean 1&period;png" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;>Botham&&num;8217&semi;s dad&comma; Betrum Jean broke down on the stand&period; His daughter&comma; in her testimony&comma; described as the shell of the man he used to be since the death f her brother<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>During the trial&comma; the defense argued that the ex-cop feared Jean was an intruder when she barged into his unlocked apartment&comma; mistaking it for of her own pad one floor below&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We know by the verdict that it was an unreasonable mistake&comma; but it was still a mistake&comma;” defense attorney Toby Shook said Wednesday in closing statements&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She didn’t go there trying to kill him&period; It was the last thing on her mind&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Prosecutors&comma; however&comma; claimed that her defense was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;absurd” and questioned how she missed the signs that she was in the wrong apartment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Just a few minutes earlier on Wednesday&comma; Guyger’s 10-year prison sentence prompted chants of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No justice&comma; no peace” as protesters said it was not long enough&period; Prosecution asked for 29 years&comma; and the possible range was five to 99&period; Guyger could be eligible for parole in five years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Outside the courtroom&comma; Botham Jean’s mother&comma; Allison Jean&comma; spoke of the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;tumultuous journey” her family had been through&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>Guyger faced a sentence of 5 to 99 years in prison for the murder charge&period; Before the guilty verdict was handed down&comma; she elected for the jury to decide her sentence&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The prosecution asked the jury hand the fired cop no less than a 28-year sentence&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is not a five&comma; 10 or 15-year case&period; Botham didn’t provoke his own death&comma;” Prosecutor LaQuita Long said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He had every right to be there&comma;” she said of her 26-year-old son&comma; who was watching football and eating vanilla ice cream when he died&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yet still&comma; his privacy was violated&period; She intruded on him&period; And that was not enough&period; She killed him&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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