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Investigation opened after police shoot dead man who held driver hostage and conducted chase through Dallas suburbsA man opened fire on a Dallas-area public bus on Sunday, hijacking it with two people aboard and leading officers on a chase. The pursuit ended in a shootout in which the man was killed and three officers were wounded, according to police.A man boarded the bus in...

Bertrum Jean: ‘I don’t want to see her rot in prison’Botham’s brother Brandt hugged Guyger in emotional scenesBertrum Jean, the father of Botham Jean, said on Thursday he wished his son’s killer had received a stiffer sentence. But he also said he agreed with his surviving son Brandt, who amid extraordinary scenes in court in Dallas on Wednesday offered forgiveness to former police officer...

Brother of Botham Jean hugs woman who killed himJury shown racist text messages Guyger sent to partnerA jury has sentenced Amber Guyger to 10 years in prison for the murder of Botham Jean, after viewing racist text messages sent by the former Dallas police officer.Prosecutors had symbolically asked for a minimum sentence of 28 years. Jean, who was 26 when he died, would have...

Ex-officer shot and killed Jean in his apartment last yearChants of ‘black lives matter’ after guilty verdict read outA former police officer who argued she had a right to use lethal force when she killed an innocent man after mistakenly entering his apartment has been convicted of murder.Amber Guyger faces a lengthy prison sentence after a jury found her guilty of the murder of...

Amber Guyger, 26, claims she entered Botham Jean’s apartment by mistake and acted in self-defense, in case that has inflamed racial tensionsTestimony is to begin on Monday in the trial of a former Dallas police officer who claims she killed an unarmed black man after entering his apartment by mistake. Related: Video shows Dallas police mocking man killed as they pinned him down Continue...