Atatiana Jefferson was killed at her mother’s home in Texas in 2019 by police officer Aaron Dean, who was responding to a nonemergency call about an open front door.
The much-anticipated trial began within November after being delayed multiple times. The jury of 12 people plus two alternates included eight men and six women, none of whom were Black. Jurors had the option to find Dean guilty of manslaughter instead of murder in their deliberations.
The jurors have heard from witnesses, experts, and members of Jefferson’s family. Key questions throughout the trial were whether Jefferson was justified in pulling her gun from her purse and whether Dean saw Jefferson’s gun before he shot her. Fort Worth Police Officer Carol Darch testifies during the second day of the murder trial of Aaron Dean on Dec. 6, 2022.
In the bodycam footage, which was played during the trial, neither Dean nor Darch identified themselves as police officers.
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