White ex-cop who killed unarmed Black man in his apartment she mistook for her own granted parole after serving 7 years
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A white former Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own has been granted parole after serving seven years of her ten-year prison sentence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole approved Amber Guyger’s release on Thursday, the first time she was eligible to re-apply, despite objections from the family of Botham Jean, the unarmed accountant she shot and killed. The board, which was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott, rejected Guyger’s init