Amber Guyger was convicted of murder today. The racial component has made this a national story and it’s even getting coverage alongside impeachment.
I don’t know how much they affected the jury but the prosecutors thought it was necessary to bring her social media posts, including memes she shared into court.
White cop Amber Guyger is found GUILTY of murder
https://mol.im/a/7525717
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'Yah I got meh a gun a shovel an gloves if I were u back da f**k up and get out of meh f**king a**,' she commented on one social media post.
She shared another meme that read: 'Stay low, go fast. Kill first, die last. One shot, one kill. No luck, all skill'.
Guyger also shared another meme that said: 'People are so ungrateful. No one ever thanks me for having the patience not to kill them'.
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These posts along with text messages that appeared racist (I say appeared because I don’t know her and I’m not about to make a judgement based on a news article) were used to convict her:
There is a record of everything you say or do online and on your phone. They will go through it and if anything looks like it might help them make a case against you they will use it.
Personally I think it was a tragic accident and manslaughter would have been a more appropriate charge and it could be that this social media and text history moved the prosecutors to charge murder instead.
Perhaps the Miranda warning should include anything you’ve ever said online or in a text message can and will be used against you.
I don’t know how much they affected the jury but the prosecutors thought it was necessary to bring her social media posts, including memes she shared into court.
White cop Amber Guyger is found GUILTY of murder
https://mol.im/a/7525717
[quote]
'Yah I got meh a gun a shovel an gloves if I were u back da f**k up and get out of meh f**king a**,' she commented on one social media post.
She shared another meme that read: 'Stay low, go fast. Kill first, die last. One shot, one kill. No luck, all skill'.
Guyger also shared another meme that said: 'People are so ungrateful. No one ever thanks me for having the patience not to kill them'.
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These posts along with text messages that appeared racist (I say appeared because I don’t know her and I’m not about to make a judgement based on a news article) were used to convict her:
The text messages, which were accepted as evidence despite defense objections, include an exchange from January 15, 2018, when she was working security during the Dallas Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.
When asked when the parade would be over, she texted: 'When MLK is dead... Oh, wait...'
She complained that the parade could take up to three hours and suggested that parade participants could be pushed or pepper sprayed.
Another exchange that she later deleted was with her ex-lover and police partner Martin Rivera dated March 9, 2018.
He texted her: 'Damn I was at this area with five different black officers!!! Not racist but damn.'
She replied: 'Not racist but just have a different way of working and it shows.'
On September 4, 2018, just days before Guyger shot Jean, she received a message suggesting that she would like a German shepherd that the messenger claimed was racist.
She texted back that she hates 'everything and everyone but y'all'.
There is a record of everything you say or do online and on your phone. They will go through it and if anything looks like it might help them make a case against you they will use it.
Personally I think it was a tragic accident and manslaughter would have been a more appropriate charge and it could be that this social media and text history moved the prosecutors to charge murder instead.
Perhaps the Miranda warning should include anything you’ve ever said online or in a text message can and will be used against you.