THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS WFAA. >> I THOUGHT I WAS IN MY
APARTMENT AND +@I SHOT A GUY
THINKING IT WAS MY APARTMENT.
>> SHE LEFT THAT FOR ME.
IN HIS FINE MOMENTS.
>> WHAT A HORRI+@BLE, HORRIBLE
MISTAKESHE HAS JUST MADE.
>> IT HAS TAKEN MORE THAN A
YEAR TO GET TO THIS MOMENT.
THE FAMILY OF BOTHAM JEAN WANTS
JUSTICE IN THE TRIAL OF FORMER
DALLAS POLICE OFFICER AMBER
GUYGER.
GUYGER.
GUYGER. SHE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER AND
A POTENTIAL LIFE SENTENCE ON
THE LINE.
THE LINE.
THE LINE. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
JOINING US. I'M CYNTHIA IZAGUIRRE.
THE ST+@AGE SET FOR TWO WEEKS O
INTENSE TESTIMONY.
INTENSE TESTIMONY. LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHRIS
LAWRENCE LEADING OUR COVERAGE
TONIGHT FROM DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
>> A TREMEN+@DOUS AMOUNT TODAY,
WE LEARNED THAT AMBER GUYGER IS
GOING TO TAKE THE STAND AT SOME
POINT DURING THIS TRIAL.
WE LEARNED THAT THE PEOPLE THAT
SHE WAS CALLING, TEXTING,
MESSAGING ON THE NIGHT OF THE
MURDER, THOSE MESSAGES ARE
+@ GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS
TRIAL AS WELL AND WE WILL GET
TO SEE THEM.
THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF DRAMA EVEN BEFORE WE GET TO
THE MEAT OF THE TRIAL.
+@
+@ WE
+@ WE DIDN'T EVEN HEAR THE OPENING
STATEMENTS UNTIL 12:30 IN THE
AF+@TERNOON BECAUSE OF ALL THAT
LE+@D UP WITH IT.
SO MANY OF YOU ARE WATCHING OUT
THERE, WHETHER IT'S OUR
FACEBOOK LIVE OR CATCHING THE
NEWSCAST, THERE IS A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN THIS
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. IT
CASE. IT SPEAKS TO SOME LARGER ISSUES
BUT AT THE CORE OF IT, YOU HAVE
A FORMER POLICE OFFICER WHO
WILL BE FOUND GUILTY OR NOT
GUILTY AND YOU HAVE A YOUNG
MAN, BOTHAM JEAN WHOSE FAMILY
IS STILL DEALING WITH THE
EFFECTS OF HIS DEATH.
OUR JOBIN PANICKER IS LIVE AT
THE COURTHOUSE.
THE COURTHOUSE. JOBIN, YOU HAVE BEEN THERE ALL
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. BRING US UP TO SPEED ON WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY.
HAPPENED TODAY. >> Reporter: WELL, LET'S START
OFF BY SAYING THE ATTENTION
THIS STORY HAS GOTTEN IS +@J+@U
REMARKABLE.
REMARKABLE. JUST BEING HERE IN THE HALLWAY,
THERE ARE ABOUT 15 TO 20
CAMERAS IN THE HALLWAY.
BEHIND ME YOU SEE SECURITY.
THERE'S TWO SETS OF SECURITY
CHECKPOINTS BEFORE YOU CAN GET
INSIDE THE COURTROOM WHICH
SPEAKS TO HOW UNPRECEDENTED
THIS COVERAGE IS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO HIT THE
HIGHLIGHTS.
HIGHLIGHTS. FIRST WE WILL START WITH AMBER
GU+@YGER, AS YOU SA+@ID, WILL
TESTIFY, ONE OF TH+@E BIGGEST
QUESTIONS HAS BEEN ANSWERED BY
THE DEFENSE IN ITS OPENING
STATEMENTS AND THE A+@TTORNEY
ESSENTIALLY SAID YOU WILL HEAR
FROM AMBER AND YOU WILL GET TO
KNOW HER.
KNOW HER.
KNOW HER. THE SECOND HIGHLIGHT, THE JURY
WILL BE SEQUESTERED.
NOW, THIS IS VERY RARE FOR
DALLAS COUNTY.
DALLAS COUNTY. THE JUDGE TOLD THE PANEL OF 14
PEOPLE TO PACK FOR +@TWO WEEKS.
THEY WILL BE STAYING IN A
HOTEL.
HOTEL.
HOTEL. THEY WILL NOT HAVE ACCES+@S TO
THE +@INTERNET, THEY WILL NOT
HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR PHONES AND
THEY WILL BE ON TIGHT GUARD BY
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
NOW, IN HEARING THOSE OPENING
STATEMENTS, BOTH SIDES ARE
PAINTING TWO VE+@RY DIFFERENT
PICTURES OF AMBER GUYGER.
THE PROSECUTION SAID THERE WAS
NOTHING REASONABLE ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. THEY SAY GUYGER WAS EXCHANGING
INTIMATE TEXTS WITH A PATROL
PARTNER MINUTES BEFORE THAT+@
+@
PARTNER MINUTES BEFORE THAT+@ SHOOTING.
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING. THEY EVEN DISCUSSED PLANS
AFTER.
AFTER.
AFTER. THEY CONTEND SHE WAS NOT TIRED.
ALSO SAY SH+@E MISSED MANY CLUE
THAT SHE WAS ON THE WRONG FLOOR
AND+@ AT THE WRONG DOOR, TALKIN
ABOUT BOTHAM'S RED DOORMAT.
THE DEFENSE SAYS GUYGER TRULY
FELT BOTHAM WAS AN INTRUDER AND
SHE WAS IN DANGER.
THE ATTORNEY SAYS SHE WORKED 40
HOURS AND 40 DAYS AND THIS WAS,
QUOTE, AN UNFORTUNATE +@SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES.
CIRCUMSTANCES. RIGHT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
FROM THE P+@ROSECUTION AND THEN
THE DEFENSE.
THE DEFENSE. >> IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES OF
BO'S LIFE, AMBER GUYGER MADE A
SERIES OF UNREASONABLE ERRORS
AND UNREASONABLE DECISIONS AND
UNREASONABLE CHOIC+@ES AND FOR
HER OMISSIONS, BOTHAM PAID THE
ULTIMATE PRICE.
ULTIMATE PRICE. >> THEY ARE HOLDING AMBER
GUYGER TO AN IMPOSSIBLE
STANDARD.
STANDARD.
STANDARD. THEY ARE HOLDING HER AND 25th
AND TURNING AND MAKING THINGS
THAT ARE INNOCENT MISTAKES INTO
EVIL ACTS.
EVIL ACTS. >> Reporter: GUYGER'S PATROL
PARTNER IS ON THE STAND RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. HE
NOW. HE IS ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT
+@
+@ THAT
+@ THAT RELATIONSHIP THEY HAD AND
ALL THE TEXTS THAT THEY
EXCHANGED THE NIGHT OF THAT
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG+@ T+@HIS
GOING TO LAST.
THIS IS -- AT LEAST EVERY DAY.
WE DO KNOW IT'S AT THE JUDGE'S
DISCRETION WHEN THEY CLOSE FOR
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OP+@ENING STATEMENTS ARE BOTH
SIDES GIVING THE JURY A
NARRATIVE THAT THEY CAN