Amber Guyger, of the Dallas Police Department, was arrested Sunday and charged with manslaughter. She allegedly mistook Jean’s apartment for her own home, which was one floor below in the Dallas complex. District Attorney Faith Johnson said a grand jury would be impaneled after the state-wide agency conducting the investigation, the Texas Rangers, hands the case over to prosecutors. Wrong floor, open doorAccording to the Dallas Morning News, Guyger got off on the wrong floor of the building complex and approached an apartment exactly one floor above her own. The city’s police previously have found themselves at the center of the nationwide debate over deadly interactions between officers and black civilians.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 11, 2018 01:41 UTC