DALLAS— The mother of a black man who was gunned down at his home by a white Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own suggested that her son might still be alive if he were white. Allison Jean, mother of Botham Shem Jean, sings during a prayer vigil for her son in Dallas Saturday. Would she have reacted differently?” Jean said Friday in footage broadcast by Dallas’ NBC affiliate, KXAS . Dallas’ police chief, U. Renee Hall, said Friday that her department was seeking to charge the officer with manslaughter. Dozens of people including Jean’s mother attended the vigil at the Dallas West Church of Christ.

Source: thestar September 09, 2018 02:26 UTC