DALLAS (AP) – Dallas police have taken a proactive approach after a white
off-duty officer shot her black neighbor in his own apartment last week.They swiftly admitted the officer, Amber Guyger, had made a mistake. They
expressed contrition, turned the case over to independent investigators and
reached out to the family of the victim, Botham Jean.
That approach appeared to tamp down anger in the community in the first few
days after the Sept. 6th killing of the 26-year-old Jean. There have been protests
but not large-scale unrest.
Frederick Haynes, pastor of a Baptist church in Dallas, says the killing could
have led to an “explosive situation” on the streets. He says Dallas Police Chief
U. Renee Hall has “gone out of her way” to communicate with Jean’s family and
community leaders.
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