At the trial’s end, Dallas District Judge Tammy Kemp leaves the bench and hugs Ms. Guyger before the former officer is taken away to begin serving a 10-year sentence for Botham Jean’s murder.
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Some see rush to forgive as rush to forget racial violence
When a white Dallas police officer who killed an innocent African-American man in his own living room was sent off to prison last week with a hug from the victim’s brother and the African-American judge on the case, some saw it as a moment of amazing grace and redemption. Many African-Americans, though, saw something all too familiar and were offended.
