Frustration, relief among reactions to manslaughter conviction against ex-Fort Worth officer Aaron Dean.
Several supporters stormed the hall outside the courtroom: Guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter instead of murder.
“I'm just trying to gather it in,” Fort Worth Councilman Chris Nettles said in the hallway outside the courtroom immediately after the verdict was read. “Manslaughter is not enough,” said Rev. Michael Bell. “This young lady was minding her own business.”Sign up for NBC DFW newslettersJefferson, a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana, was shot by Dean on October 19, 2019, while she was inside her mother’s home. It happened in front of Jefferson’s nephew, Zion Carr, who was 8 years old at the time.“The time doesn't match the crime,” said activist Patrice Jones.“I think that's the appropriate verdict.
“Something is better than nothing,” said Lesa Pamplin, an observer and attorney not involved with the case. “This is not the verdict that we wanted but without the lesser included, he could've walked out of this courtroom.”A new booking photo of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, after he was convicted Dec. 15, 2022 of manslaughter in the October 2019 fatal shooting of Atatiana Jefferson.After three years, there is an answer about whether Dean will be convicted of a crime at all.
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