Fort Worth ex-police officer Aaron Dean shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in front of her 8-year-old nephew after a nonemergency call about an open door in her home.
The door was open to get smoke out from burned hamburgers. Dean claimed self-defense.
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After the verdict came in, Atatiana Jefferson's uncle, LaPaca Jefferson, says his heart sank.
"Right now it's a bad time for me," LaPaca said. "Totally disappointing, because that's like a drunk person getting that charge after running over people, like they were not in their right mind, he was in his right mind."
After almost two days of deliberating, a Tarrant County jury found former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean guilty of manslaughter in the 2019 death of Atatiana.
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A murder conviction would have come with a sentence of five to 99 years or life in prison. Instead, Dean faces two to 20 with the possibility of just probation.
The punishment phase starts Friday.
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🚨📢📣⚠️➡️ NEW DEVELOPMENTS JURY SELECTION ON NOVEMBER 28, 2022 WHILE TRIAL DATE IS SET FOR DECEMBER 5, 2022.
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Some small semblance of justice has finally been had after an innocent woman was gunned down in her own home.
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Today we remember #AtatianaJefferson who would have turned 32 years old today. Jefferson was shot and killed inside her home on Oct. 12, 2019 by Fort Worth, TX police.
Continue to #sayhername
#uvremembers #unheardvoicesmag
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Sorry for the blog going dark recently but life kicked me in the butt and laid me low. Actually, Covid did that and I’m just now getting back to the point where I am thinking and acting like a real life, living human. Of course, that means I am terribly behind on everything–never good during holiday and end of year season. But it is what it is and I’m starting to try to dig out from under the…
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Oh! Since we're in my neighborhood this weekt:
JUSTICE FOR ATATIANA
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Amber Carr, sister of Atatiana Jefferson, dies at 33
Amber Carr, sister of Atatiana Jefferson, has died, according to the Carr family’s attorney. She was 33.
Amber Carr, sister of Atatiana Jefferson, has died, according to the Carr family’s attorney. She was 33.
Amber Carr, sister of Atatiana Jefferson, dies
Carr was hospitalized in early January and diagnosed with congestive heart failure and was told she only had days to live, according to attorney Lee Merritt. On Monday, Merritt wrote on Twitter that Carr had “passed away peacefully this…
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