Ex-Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger's murder trial heads to jury after closing statements.
in a case that reignited conversations about police use of force, racial bias and being safe in one's own home. The defense has argued that Guyger, who is white, feared for her life when she entered the apartment of Jean, who was black, and saw a person she thought was an intruder.
The state, he said,"must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant wasn't acting in self-defense. And if they can't do that, it's not guilty." "He's eating ice cream on his couch," Fine said."So if you're sitting and eating ice cream, you get shot in the heart? Is that what you're saying?"Throughout the trial, which opened a week ago, the prosecution framed Guyger's decision to shoot Jean, a 26-year-old accountant, as one that she alone had the opportunity to prevent.
The defense called other residents of the apartment complex to testify that the layout of the building could be confusing, and that they had mistakenly parked on the wrong floor and tried to enter an apartment that wasn't theirs.became emotional as she recounted the narrative of what she says happened when she got home, and that despite telling Jean to"let me see your hands," he appeared to be coming toward her and Guyger feared for her safety.
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