Relatives of Botham Jean were awarded nearly $100 million in damages after a jury found that Amber Guyger used excessive force in Jean's 2018 killing.

Summary

A jury awarded $98 million to the family of Botham Jean, a Black man fatally shot in his home in 2018 by former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger.

The jury found Guyger acted with “malice” and awarded $60 million in punitive damages and $38 million in compensatory damages.

Guyger, who was off-duty and mistook Jean’s apartment for her own, was convicted of murder in 2019 and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Jean’s family called the verdict a message on racial bias and police accountability.

  • chingadera@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    I would love to see that rat masquerading as a person become a quadriplegic instead of a paraplegic. Fuck that dude.