WAS
WAS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO HEAR THAT.
HEAR THAT. BUT FROM DAY 1 HIS M+@OTHER HAS
CALLED FOR TRANSPARENCY FROM
THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY.
THAT BRINGS US BACK TO OUR
QUESTION THIS MORNING, SHOULD
THE DEPARTMENT HAVE RELEASED
THOSE TAPES.
THOSE TAPES. WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM SO MANY
OF YOU.
OF YOU.
OF YOU. TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMMENTS.
SHE SAID PLAYING THE 911 CALL
WILL NOT BRING HIM BACK BUT IT
WILL EXONERATE GEIGER.
THEY WILL SAY SHE WAS +@EXHAUST
AND WILL GET A PASS, SIGH.
ADRIAN SAYS GLAD YOU ARE
PLAYING THE FULL 911 CALL. +@
EVERYONE NEEDS TO HERE IT.
THIS MORNING, TANYA EISERER +@I
JOINING US.
JOINING US. I KNOW YOU'RE HEARING FROM A
LOT OF VIEWERS.
>> I THINK IT'S ALL OVER THE
MAP.
MAP.
MAP. IT
MAP. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU
-- WHAT YOUR TAKE WAS ON THIS
CALL.
CALL.
CALL. IF
CALL. IF YOU H+@AD A HARD OPINION THA
YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS A MURDERER,
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT CHANGED
YOUR MIND.
YOUR MIND. >> SO FAR INTO THE PROCESS,
TOO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HERE WE
ARE ALMOST A YEAR LATER AND I
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
DEVELOPED THEIR OPINIONS IN
THIS CASE.
THIS CASE. THIS, OF COURSE, WAS NOT A TAPE
THAT WAS RELEASED EARLY ON AS
WE SEE SO OFTEN WITH 911 CALLS
BUT THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR IT
TO TAKE A LONG TIME FOR ONE TO
COME OUT WHEN IT'S A POLICE-
INVOLVED SHOOTING.
INVOLVED SHOOTING. >> THERE IS TRUTH TO THAT BUT I
HAVE SEEN ACES WHERE
PARTICULARLY IN CONTROVERSIAL
SITUATIONS+@ WE HAVE HAD PRIOR
DALLAS POLICE CHIEFS WHO HAVE
ERRED ON THE SIDE OF RELEASING
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. I REMEMBER ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO
THERE WAS A CASE WITH AN
UNARMED BLACKMAN WAS SHOT BY A
DALLAS POLICE OFFICER.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ANGER IN THE
COMMUNITY AND THEN CHIEF POLICE
DAVID KUNKLE, HE RELEASED THAT
DASHCAM VIDEO AND SHOWED THAT
THE GUY WAS ABOUT TO GET THE
OFFICER'S GUN AND IT DISSIPATED
THE ANGER.
THE ANGER. I'M NOT SAYING IT WOULD HAVE
DONE THAT IN THIS CASE BECAUSE
OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES BUT
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ERR ON
THE SIDE OF GIVING PEOPLE MORE
INFORMATION AND QUICKLY.
>> IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS A
REAL GROUND AS WELL FROM THE
COMMUNITY AS WELL.
THERE WERE A LOT OF PROTESTS.
YOU WERE FRONT AND C+@ENTER.
IF YOU CAN REMIND PEOPLE
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A WHILE,
WHAT EXACTLY WERE THE
+@
WHAT EXACTLY WERE THE +@PROTESTERS CALLING FOR?
>> INITIALLY THEY WANTED TO
ARREST HER AND AFTER SHE WAS
ARRESTED, THEY WANTED HER +@
FIRED.
FIRED.
FIRED. I
FIRED. I REMEMBER STANDING THE NIGHT
-- I WAS COVERING ONE OF THE
PROTESTS ON THAT NIGHT WHEN
THEY TOOK OVER THE FREEWAY.
AND I REMEMBER LOOKING DOWN AND
THINKI+@NG, YOU KNOW, THIS COUL
GO ONE OF TWO WAYS.
IT WAS A VERY POTENTIALLY
VOLATI+@LE SITUATION.
VOLATI+@LE SITUATION. >> YOU MET BOTHAM JEAN'S
MOTHER.
MOTHER.
MOTHER. YOU ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL
+@
YOU ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL SERVICES.
SERVICES.
SERVICES. OBVIOUSLY THE FAMILY G+@OING
+@
+@ THROUGH +@THIS ALL OVER AGAIN
HAVING TO LISTEN TO THIS AUDIO,
WHAT WAS IT -- WHAT WAS HE
LIKE?
LIKE?
LIKE? IF
LIKE? IF YOU COULD REMIND US ABOUT
HIM BECAUSE I THINK THAT DOES
GET LOST IN THIS WHEN WE'RE +@
FOCUSING ON THIS OFFICER'S
ACTIONS AND HER CALL
AFTERWARDS.
AFTERWARDS. LET'S REMEMBER THE MAN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. HE -- I REMEMBER I WAS AT THE
MEMORIAL THAT THEY DID AT HIS
CHURCH ON THAT SATURDAY AFTER
THE SHOOTING AND HE WAS AN
ACCOUNTANT.
ACCOUNTANT. +@ HE SANG IN HIS CHURCH CHOIR.
+@
HE SANG IN HIS CHURCH CHOIR. THEY PLAYED SOME OF HIS MUSIC.
HE SANG BEAUTIFULLY.
HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE GUY.
AND -- YOU'RE RIGHT, IT
SHOULDN'T BE LOST THAT HE WAS
AN INNOCENT A NAT.
>> YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT YOU
BELIEVE ABOUT HOW THIS WENT
DOWN AND WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD
HAPPEN NEXT WHEN YOU LISTEN TO
THIS 911 CALL, IT DOES TAKE YOU
INSIDE THAT APARTMENT ON THAT
NIGHT AND+@ IT JUST -- IT TAKES
YOUR BREATH AWAY LISTENIN O
IT.
IT.
IT. THE
IT. THE WHOLE STUDIO DOES SILENT
EVERY TIME WE PLAY IT AND I
THINK IT HAS REALLY VIS+@CERALL
TOUCHED PEOPLE.
TOUCHED PEOPLE. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO
SEE HOW THE JURY GOES FO+@RWARD
IN HER CASE HERE.
WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE ON SOCIAL +@
MEDIA SAYING SHE'S SO ME, ME,
ME, SHE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT
HERSELF AND HOW SHE FEELS AND
HOW THIS IS GOING TO HURT HER
AND SHE'S FED AND THIS AND +@TH
OTHER WHILE HE'S TAKING HIS +@
+@
+@ LAST
+@ LAST BREATHS BUT MANY PEOPLE
FEELING EMPATHY BECAUSE YOU CAN
HEAR THE PANIC IN HER VOI+@CE.
WE ASK PEOPLE ARE YOU MORE
LIKELY TO BELIEVE HER STORY OR
NOT BELIEVE IT AND 64% SAY MORE
LIKELY TO BELIEVE HER STORY
AFTER HEARING THAT CALL AND
WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 2,000
PEOPLE VOTE.
PEOPLE VOTE. TANYA, AN AMAZING SCOOP HERE.
THANKS FOR SHARING THIS WITH
THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY. .
.
. >>>
. >>> YOU
. >>> YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE
ENTIRE UNCENSORED 911 CALL FROM
AMBER AMBER GUYGER AFTER SHE
SHOT BOTHAM JEAN.
WE HAVE THAT ON OUR WEBSITE,+@
WFAA.COM.
WFAA.COM.
WFAA.COM. THIS ANOTHER LAYER TO AN
ALREADY COMPLEX STORY AND WE'RE
TRYING TO GIVE YOU MORE CONTEXT
SO YOU CAN GET MORE CONTEXT.