Family of Dallas cop, who shot and killed black neighbor, says: 'We aren't racist', after controversial pics emerge

Amber Guyger, a four-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department, has been accused of killing 26-year-old Botham Jean inside his apartment.
UPDATED SEP 12, 2018

The family of the Dallas cop, Amber Guyger, who shot and killed her black neighbor who was in his own house on Tuesday said that they were not racist after being accused of racism by several social media users.

Guyger, who is a four-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department, has been accused of killing 26-year-old Botham Jean inside his apartment. The officer had said that she fired the shots thinking that he was inside her apartment; after confusing, it has her own. Guyger has been charged with manslaughter and reports state that further charges could also be pressed against her.

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