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December 16, 2022

Texas Jury Finds White Ex-Officer Committed Manslaughter When He Fatally Shot Atatiana Jefferson
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A Texas jury has found white former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean
guilty of manslaughter for the fatal 2019 shooting of Atatiana
Jefferson. Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, was shot and killed by
Dean, who was responding to a "wellness check" requested by her
neighbor, who noticed the home's front door had been left open.
Jefferson was babysitting her 8-year-old nephew at her mother's home at
the time. The young boy, now 11, testified at the trial and was asked
about the moments after his aunt was shot; he told the courtroom, "I was
thinking, 'Is it a dream?'"


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