STATE NEWS

Why the Dallas officer who killed her neighbor might have trouble with a "deadly force" defense

The shooting death of Botham Jean introduced several legal decisions for the Dallas County district attorney's office, including whether Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger was acting under the authority of the law in the shooting.

By DEANNA PAUL, The Washington Post via The Texas Tribune
Posted 9/13/18

Amber Guyger, the off-duty Dallas officer who shot and killed a man in his apartment last week, may be treated as a civilian, not police, under the law ...

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