Jean's mother, Allison, said her son's actions shouldn't be misinterpreted as the family 'relinquishing responsibility.' Rather, he 'cleansed his heart' toward Guyger.
Adrianna RodriguezA man asked a judge if he could hug his brother's killer during her sentencing Wednesday.
The former Dallas police officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally shooting a black neighbor in his home. Guyger said she thought she had walked into her own apartment and mistook Botham Jean for an intruder. Guyger, who was in uniform when she fatally shot Botham Jean a year ago as he ate a bowl of ice cream, could have faced a sentence as high as 99 years.
Jean's mother, Allison, said her son's actions shouldn't be misinterpreted as the family"relinquishing responsibility." There's still a lot to be done by the Dallas Police Department, the Texas Rangers and the city of Dallas, she said. "My first reaction was probably a reaction a lot of black folks are having; often African Americans are more forgiving of others that are in a similar situation," he said."If you just changed the color of the actors and have the same facts, I think you’d see a very different reaction at a sentencing."
Civil rights advocates shared their opinions of Wednesday's sentencing online as the hashtag #Forgiveness began trending on Twitter.
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