A former Texas police officer was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter in the death of a Black woman who was killed when he shot her through a window of her home in October 2019, prosecutors said.
Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was shot dead by Aaron Dean, a white Fort Worth officer, while standing in her home with a handgun after hearing noises outside. Afterwards, Dean resigned from the force and police later charged him with murder.
Dean faces up to 20 years in prison after his conviction.
The officer and his partner had gone to Jefferson's home after a concerned neighbor called police to say her front door was open.
She was playing video games with her eight-year-old nephew when Dean arrived and crept around the back of the home, gun drawn, according to his arrest warrant and bodycam video.
Jefferson heard noises, pulled her handgun out of her purse and pointed it at a bedroom window, her nephew had told police at the time, according to the warrant.
Looks like the days of the police just killing black folks and getting away with it, might be slowing down.
Should be interesting to see what the forum racist think about this, since they whined and cried about Chauvin.
Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was shot dead by Aaron Dean, a white Fort Worth officer, while standing in her home with a handgun after hearing noises outside. Afterwards, Dean resigned from the force and police later charged him with murder.
Dean faces up to 20 years in prison after his conviction.
The officer and his partner had gone to Jefferson's home after a concerned neighbor called police to say her front door was open.
She was playing video games with her eight-year-old nephew when Dean arrived and crept around the back of the home, gun drawn, according to his arrest warrant and bodycam video.
Jefferson heard noises, pulled her handgun out of her purse and pointed it at a bedroom window, her nephew had told police at the time, according to the warrant.
Looks like the days of the police just killing black folks and getting away with it, might be slowing down.
Should be interesting to see what the forum racist think about this, since they whined and cried about Chauvin.