BREAKING: Jury finds former Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean guilty of manslaughter in the 2019 death of Atatiana Jefferson
, a day after Dean took the stand.
"Atatiana didn't commit a crime by walking up to her window to protect herself and her nephew. She was in her own home," Deener continued. 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.
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. A neighbor had called out of concern since the front door to the Carr family house was open. The call was dispatched as an open structure call, and Dean and Darch opened a gate and let themselves into the back yard.
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