Thursday, March 28, 2024

Botham Jean Update: BS Called on DPD Chief Rene Hall for Not Firing Amber Guyger – VIDEO

*If you’ve been following the Botham Shem Jean shooting and wondering why (Amber Guyger) who shot himĀ  in his own apartment hasn’t been fired by Dallas police Chief, Rene Hall, we’ve got the answer and you’re probably not gonna like it.

In a statement, Hall said she doesn’t “want to interfere with the on-going criminal investigation into [Guyger’s] actions.”

Huh? What? The statement continues …

“As an employer, DPD can compel Officer Guyger to provide a statement during a DPD administrative investigation and those statements given to DPD could potentially compromise the criminal investigation.”

ā€œThat is not a risk I am willing to take,” Hall continued. “We cannot let the criminal case be determined on a ā€™technicalityā€™ rather than the facts. An exhaustive and thorough criminal investigation is essential, and as soon as we are assured that conducting an administrative investigation will not impede on the criminal investigation, we will proceed.ā€

For a lot of folks, Halls statement doesn’t hold water.

“When I read Chief Hall’s statement today, it just doesn’t make much sense to me,” Dallas criminal defense attorney Peter Schulte told WFAA after reading the release. “I don’t know if it’s ignorance or being naive, but it doesn’t make any sense legally.”

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Botham Shem Jean – Amber Guyger

Further, as WFAA’s report points out, statements given to internal affairs cannot be used in the criminal investigation. Officers are given what’s called a Garrity warning. That means anything they say is only used for the purpose of disciplining an officer or firing them.

The Texas Rangers are conducting a separate investigation from the Dallas Police Department and have already taken Guygerā€™s statement.

DPD can fire Guyger for being arrested and charged with manslaughter even without Guyger giving a statement to the department.

There have been numerous occasions where officers were either under criminal investigation or have been arrested and an internal affairs investigation was conducted and they were fired. Both Amy Wilburn, who shot a man in his car, and Cardan Spencer, who shot a mentally ill man standing in street, were fired by the Dallas Police Department before the grand jury heard their case.

Prosecutors canā€™t even ask DPD for the internal affairs documents to use in the criminal case. They are completely separate.

“Every citizen is innocent until if proven guilty in court, and I understand that,” Schulte, a Dallas criminal defense attorney told the station. “But there’s been a lot of backlash in the community. There’s been a lot of protest. There’s no issue with Chief Hall saying, ‘You know what? You’re going to be terminated. You have your rights under civil service state law to appeal your termination and go through the government code to get your job back, but for right now, for the best of the department, it’s time to part ways … It should have probably already happened already.”

It sounds like Chief Rene Hall needs to find a much better excuse for not firing Amber Guyger ’cause folks are not buying what she’s selling. It’s just doesn’t add up.

Meanwhile, here’s the police chief’s full statement:

ā€œThere is one overriding reason that I have not taken any administrative or employment action against Officer Amber Guyger. I donā€™t want to interfere with the on-going criminal investigation into her actions.

Hereā€™s why. As an employer, DPD can compel Officer Guyger to provide a statement during a DPD administrative investigation and those statements given to DPD could potentially compromise the criminal investigation.

That is not a risk I am willing to take. We cannot let the criminal case be determined on a ā€™technicalityā€™ rather than the facts. An exhaustive and thorough criminal investigation is essential, and as soon as we are assured that conducting an administrative investigation will not impede on the criminal investigation, we will proceed.ā€

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