A jury is expected to begin deliberating Wednesday in Fort Worth in the murder trial of former police officer Aaron Dean.
after five days of testimony. They each called experts in police procedure as their last witnesses, to either defend or condemn Dean's actions when he shot Atatiana Jefferson in 2019.
In reviewing the body camera video from Dean, Coons said he thought officers were methodical in their approach to the house, looking for signs of forced entry on a situation they thought could be a burglary in progress. "Really, as far at the training, as far as your options as a human being, it's down to one decision, one decision only," he said.
The state's witness, Jonathyn Priest, focused specifically on those actions at the front door. That was where he said Dean and Officer Carol Darch should have either called for backup, or announced themselves to anyone who was inside.
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