A jury will ultimately have to reach consensus on whether Amber Guyger committed murder, a lesser offense or no crime at all.
Last September, a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man in his own apartment. That much is settled.
A jury will ultimately have to reach consensus on whether Guyger committed murder, a lesser offense or no crime at all. On the eve of trial, one of the only points of agreement about her case in Dallas is that it has the potential to profoundly affect the relationship between police and residents. Guyger, 31, was off duty but still in uniform when she shot Jean. She told investigators that after a 15-hour shift she confused Jean's apartment with her own, which was directly below his, and mistook the 26-year-old accountant from the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia for a burglar.
Jean's family and other critics have questioned why Guyger was not taken into custody immediately after the shooting and whether race factored into her use of deadly force. In January, a judge issued a gag order barring attorneys in the case from speaking about it publicly. If the jury believes Guyger made a sincere error, then that means the shooting wasn't murder, said John Helms, a Dallas defense attorney and former federal prosecutor. But they could still find her guilty of manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide, which can also come with heavy sentences, he said.
The head of an organization that represents Dallas police said he hopes all parts of the city will respect the jury's verdict. But Dallas Police Officers Association President Mike Mata said he's nervous that outside"antagonizers" will use Guyger's case to try"to make a national statement."
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