AMBER
AMBER GUYGER'S PUNISHMENT. >> I WANT MY BROTHER BACK.
>> AS HER CHARACTER AND SOCIAL
MEDIA POSTS COME UNDER FIRE.
>>> LIVE FROM SOUTH VICTORY,
WFAA NEWS AT 10:00 STARTS NOW.
>>> RIGHT NOW AMBER GUYGER IS
SITTING IN THE DALLAS COUNTY
JAIL WAITING TO HEAR WHAT HER
PUNISHMENT WILL BE.
THIS IS THE EX-DALLAS POLICE
OFFICERS NEW MUG SHOT, TAKE A
FEW MOMENTS AFTER SHE WAS FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER.
>> ALLIES HAVE BEEN ON DALLAS.
IT IS QUIET TONIGHT, BUT IT HAS
BEEN TENSE AROUND HERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FEARED HAD
THERE NOT BEEN A MURDER
CONVICTION TODAY, WE WOULD'VE
SEEN PROTESTS TONIGHT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
TRIALS THE CITY HAS EVER SEEN
AND TODAY +@THE NATION WAS
WA+@TCHING.
WA+@TCHING. >> THE JURY WILL GET +@BACK TO
WORK LESS THAN 12 HOURS FROM
+@NOW.
+@NOW.
+@NOW. WILL AMBER GUYGER TESTIFY AGAIN
TOMORROW?
TOMORROW?
TOMORROW? >> Reporter: SHE +@DID DURING T
JURY TRIAL.
JURY TRIAL. SHE HAS THAT OPTION.
OUTSIDE OF AN APPEAL, THIS M+@A
BE HER LAST CHANCE TO SAY
SOMET+@HING.
SOMET+@HING. MAYBE THE+@ LAST CHANCE TO SAVE
HER CHARACTER.
HER CHARACTER. SHE IS AT THE JAIL ACROSS FROM
HERE AND IT IS HER FIRST NIGHT
AFTER THE VERDICT.
IT TOOK MORE THAN A YEAR TO GET
TO TUESDAY AND THEN +@IT FELT
LIKE IT WAS ALL HAPPENING TOO
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. FIRST, THE JURY TRIAL AND THEN
THE PUNISHMENT PHASE.
>> WE THE JURY UNANIMOUSLY FIND
THE DEFENDANT AMBER GUYGER
GERTY GUILTY OF MURDER AS
CHARGED IN THE INDICTMENT.
>> Re+@porter: JUSTICE DELIVERE
WITH ONE WORD, GUILTY.
AMBER GUYGER,+@ THE FORMER DALL
OFFICER, SHOT AND KILLED HER
NEIGHBOR BOTHAM JEAN IN HIS OWN
APARTMENT.
APARTMENT. AFTER THE VERDICT SHE WAS
SLUMPED BACK IN HER CHAIR,
FROZEN.
FROZEN.
FROZEN. THE MOM, ARMS OPEN, LIKE A
PRAYE+@R WAS ANSWERED.
THE FAMILY SAT IN STUNNED +@
SILENCE.
SILENCE.
SILENCE. BOTHAM JEAN'S FAMILY HUGGED+@ A
CRIED IN THE COURTROOM.
WHAT FOLLOWED WAS TEARS OUTSIDE
THE COURTROOM, +@WITHIN EARSHOT
WHAT FOLLOWED WAS TEARS OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM, +@WITHIN EARSHOTF
AMBER GUYGER, WHO REACHED FOR A
KLEENEX.
KLEENEX.
KLEENEX. >> THIS VERDICT TODAY IS FOR
TH+@EM.
TH+@EM.
TH+@EM. EVERYONE CAN+@ RAISE THEIR HAN
THIS VERDICT IS FOR THEM.
THI+@S VE+@RDICT IS FOR THEM.
>> Reporter: WHEN SHE LEFT THE
COURTROOM HER FACE WAS FLUSHED.
SHE GLANCED AT HER FAMILY AS
SHE LEFT.
SHE LEFT.
SHE LEFT. SHE IS THE SECOND DALLAS
OFFICER EVER TO BE CONVICTED OF
MURDER.
MURDER.
MURDER. THE STATE SET TO PROVE THERE
WAS NOTHING REASONABLE ABOUT
HER ACTIONS.
HER ACTIONS. GETTING ON THE WRONG FLOOR,
GOING THROUGH THE WRONG DOOR
AND FIRING AT WHAT SHE CALLED A
SILHOUETTE.
SILHOUETTE. ALLISON JEAN ON THE STAND
DURING THE PUNISHMENT PHASE
WOULD SAY THAT SILHOUETTE WAS
HER SON.
HER SON. +@ >> SOMEBODY TOLD HER THAT HE
WAS SHOT AND THAT+@ HE DIED.
>> Reporter: DURING THIS PHASE,
THE JURY WILL NOW DECIDE HOW
LONG SHE WI+@LL BE IN PRISON.
+@
LONG SHE WI+@LL BE IN PRISON. BETWEEN FIVE A+@ND 99 YEARS, WI
NO PROBATION OPTION.
THE STATE TOOK SHOTS AT AMBER
GUYGER'S CHARACTER, SHOWING
QUESTIONABLE PINTEREST POST THE
GLORIFIED SHOOTING PEOPLE AND
+@
GLORIFIED SHOOTING PEOPLE AND THIS TEXT EXCHANGE WITH ANOTHER
OFFICER AT AN MLK EVENT.
+@
+@ IT
+@ IT READS, WHEN DOES THIS END,
LAUGH OUT LOUD.
SHE RESPONDED, WHEN MLK IS
DEAD.
DEAD.
DEAD. SHE
DEAD. SHE LATER TEXTED, PUSH THEM OR
SPRAY OR PEPPER SPRAY IN THAT
GENERAL AREA.
GENERAL AREA. >> SHE'S NOT THAT PERSON SHE
LED THEM TO BELIEVE.
>> Reporter: ONE WORD STARTED
+@THIS, GUILTY AND NOW TWO WORD
CAN DESCRIBE TO OPPOSING MODES.
A MOTHER RAIS+@ING HER EYES TO
THE SKY'S JUSTICE AND AN
ATTORNEY'S WORDS TO HIS CLIENT
BEFORE SHE IS SENTENCED TO
JAIL, JUDGMENT.
JAIL, JUDGMENT. +@ WE CHECKED IN WITH ALEX ROZIER
WHO SPEAKS TO THE HISTORIC
SIGNIFICANCE+@ OF WHAT HAPPENED
TODA+@Y.
TODA+@Y.
TODA+@Y. >> BOTHAM JEAN IS THE BEST WE
HAD TO OFFER.
>> Reporter: FAMILY ATTORNEYS
CALLED BOTHAM JEAN A NEAR
PERFECT PERSON OF COLOR.
>> A COLLEGE-EDUCATED B+@LACK
MAN, CERTIFIED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANT.
ACCOUNTANT. >> Reporter: NOW THEY HOPE THIS
IMPRESSIVE MAN AND AMBER
GUYGER'S CONVICTION +@BRINGS
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. >> THIS VERDICT IS FOR TRAYVON
MARTIN.
MARTIN.
+@
+@ IT
+@ IT IS
+@ IT IS FOR MICHAEL BROWN.
IT IS FOR SANDRA BLAND.
>> Reporter: TUESDAY NIGHT
+@
+@ STATE
+@ STATE LEADERS +@REACTED TO THE
NEWS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE.
>> IT IS A +@TREMENDOUS DAY
BECAUSE WE THINK THIS VERDICT
HAS THE POTENTIAL, THE
POSSIBILITY FOR CHANGE IN
DALLAS.
DALLAS.
DALLAS. >> Re+@porter: AMBER GUYGER IS
THE FIRST FEMALE DPD OFFICER
GUILTY OF MURDER.
THE LAST TIME ANY OFFICER WAS
CONVICTED OF MURDER WAS IN THE
70s WHEN 12-YEAR-OLD SANTOS
RODRIGUEZ WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
>> WE +@HAVE TO WORK TO FIX A
BROKEN SYSTEM AND NOT BE
SATISFIED WITH ONE VICTORY FOR
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. >> Reporter: GUYGER ISN'T THE
ONLY OFFICER+@ FACING LEGAL
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. IN THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR
OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INDICTED ON
MURDER CHARGES.
MURDER CHARGES. GUYGER, NOW THE THIRD
CONVICTION.
CONVICTION. >> I TELL POLICE OFFICERS ALL
THE TIME, YOU ARE MY FRIENDS.
WHEN YOU DO THINGS LIKE THIS,
IT ACTUALLY MAKES IT SAFER FOR
YOU BECAUSE THE PUBLIC KNOWS
YOU DON'T HAVE A BLANK CHECK. +@
>> Reporter: SO AS THIS REGION
LOOKS BACK ON BOTHAM JEAN, HE
IS REMEMBERED FOR PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS.
PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS. >> WORKING FOR ONE OF THE BIG
THREE ACCOUNTING FIRMS IN THE
WORLD, PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPER.
>> Reporter: BUT HIS PASSING
AND THE LEGAL PROCEEDING THAT
FOLLOWED MAY MARK A HISTORIC
TURNING POINT IN AMERICA.
>> WE ARE PUSHING SO JUSTICE
CONTINUES TO RUN DOWN LIKE
WATER AND RIGHTEOUSNESS LIKE A
MIGHTY STRE+@AM.
MIGHTY STRE+@AM. >> Reporter: IN DALLAS, I AM
ALEX ROZIER.
ALEX ROZIER. >>> THE JURY IS MADE UP OF A
DIVERSE GROUP OF DIFFERENT
ETHNICITIES.
ETHNICITIES. EIGHT W+@OMEN AND FORM FOR MEN.
THEY DELIBERATED FOR SIX HOURS
DECIDI+@NG+@ BETWEEN THREE CHOI
MURDER, MEANING SHE INTENDED TO
+@KILL BOTHAM JEAN.
MANSLAUGHTER, THAT SHE ACTED
RECKLESSLY.
RECKLESSLY. AND OF COURSE, AND ACQUITTAL.
EVEN IF SHE APPEALS, SHE WILL
+@
EVEN IF SHE APPEALS, SHE WILL HAVE TO WAIT IT OUT BEHIND BARS.
>> ONE QUESTION WE+@ HAVE SEEN
LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ON FACEBOOK
IS HOW DID THE JURY COME UP
WITH THE SENTENCE?
WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT WITHOUT
SPEAKING TO THEM, BUT WE CAN
SHOW YOU THE SENTENCE OTHER
OFF+@ICERS RECEIVED.
OFF+@ICERS RECEIVED. LAST YEAR OFFICER KEN JOHNSON
WAS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN
PRISON.
PRISON.
PRISON. HE SHOT AND KILLED A TEENAGER
BREAKING INTO +@HIS SUV.
AND ROY OLIVER IS A FORMER
OFFICER IN BALCH SPRINGS.
HE GOT 15 YEARS FOR THE MURDER
@ OF JORDAN EDWARDS.
HE FIRED INTO A MOVING CAR FULL
OF TEENAGERS AND THE JURY GAVE
HIM ONE YEAR OF PRISON FOR EACH
YEAR IN JORDAN'S LIFE.
OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE INDIVI+@DUA
COPS WITH VERY DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCES. +@
CIRCUMSTANCES. +@ >>> HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
YOU WATCHED OUR COVERAGE ON
FACEBOOK LIVE.
FACEBOOK LIVE. I KNOW IT IS HARD TO KEEP UP
WITH THE TRIAL WHILE YOU