A former police officer stands trial for shooting and killing a black woman in her mother’s home back in October 2019. The question before jurors is whether defendant Aaron Dean‘s actions constituted murder. Authorities said victim Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was at her mother’s home playing video games with her nephew when Dean, then an officer with the Fort Worth Police Department, performed a botched welfare check.
James Smith, who was neighbors with the homeowner Yolanda Carr, told the BBC in a 2020 report that he called police to perform a welfare check after his niece and nephew saw that the lights of her home were on and the front door was open on the early morning of Oct. 12, 2019. He thought that it was strange that Carr’s lawnmower and gardening equipment were plugged in. This was not an emergency call. Smith said he expected an officer to just knock on the door and see if his neighbor was fine. He did not know that Carr was in the hospital for her heart condition. Instead, Carr’s 8-year-old grandson and daughter Atatiana were up playing video games.
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Interesting verdict…
the hatred of cops is strong here. no one takes his point of view. a house with open door. he thinks of a burglary and sees a woman in the dark with a gun. how do you know it was the owner? who leaves his door open at night? 11 years is too much
So, Aaron shined a light in her eyes and shot her because she had a gun. So, a criminal can walk in someone's backyard looking through windows and shine a light in the homeowners eyes and claim to be the police and shoot the homeowner and get 11 years.
These people are very sad and I feel for them, but he doesn’t care and isn’t listening to a word of this. I am sure they are wasting their breath. He just heard his sentence! He is thinking about that, just like anyone would be doing.
Why do any of these go prison murderers are nice people
Compensation is looming
still belive he should have gotten the full 20 years. as officers I think they should be held to a higher standard
ok how is his sister that is a officer going to be affected by this trial since it was her brother
The truth is with this recent economy Everyone needs more than there salary to be financially stable. The the best thing to do with your money is to lnvest it rightly because money left for saving always end up used with no returns.💯😘😘.
I love Atatianna's sister's message @ 5:24:00
RIP🕊❤️🙏🏾
His smug sister at the end, acting like she's in charge of something 🙄
"He's your Prisoner Sheriff." Hardest line Throughout The Trial. 🚮🚮🚮🤍
Why didn't The National Rifle Association (NRA) show up to defend a US citizens' second amendment rights.
When she got shot in her resident trying to protect her family?
What the judge said to the jury at the end was very moving.
She can't light the world from 6ft under. Ffs
his mother and church members couldn’t come up w truly good things to say about him on the stand, all they could say was he helped set up chairs, likes music blah blah, none of them conveyed any sympathy to the victims family either
11 years -3 years=8 ?
The defense attorneys are gross to have ever recommended probation was so offensive they don’t come across as having a shred of humanity
11 years – 20% – – good behave – already served = 6 yrs. Not to bad
I think 11 years is very low for the crime he committed! The punishment certainly doesn’t fit the crime!
jury got right
Good riddance 👏🏻
Out by 2025.
The jurors got it all wrong😡
Merry Christmas Aaron Dean .."Don't drop the soap"😉
You Go girl!!!!