“I thought she would get manslaughter.
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The majority of blacks on the jury must have decided to stick it to the white woman cop.”
Initially I could not have signed off on a Murder verdict, but I realized that in the course of her shooting this victim to death that she had also committed a Felony Home Invasion by entering the victim’s apartment. I suspect that played a large part in her getting a Murder conviction.
That said, the revelation that immediately before the shooting she was distracted by sexting a MARRIED male cop that she had been having an EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR with didn’t help her any either.
Murder in Texas only requires intent to kill
DIRECT QUOTE from trial:
Prosecutor Jason Hermus: “When you pulled that trigger you intend to kill Mr. Jean?”Amber: “He was the threat, yes sir.”