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TexasTowelie

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Tue Oct 2, 2018, 11:51 PM Oct 2018

Dallas police, DA refuse to release officer's 911 call, other info related to Botham Jean killing

The city of Dallas refuses to release a recording of the 911 call that Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger made after she fatally shot Botham Jean in his apartment last month.

An attorney for the city said in a letter dated Monday that the Police Department and Dallas County district attorney's office are asking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to allow them to withhold the 911 recording, which has been requested by The Dallas Morning News.

Assistant City Attorney Pavala Armstrong wrote that releasing the information would interfere with the investigation into the Sept. 6 shooting.

The News is asking for the recording to give the public a better understanding of what happened that night at the South Side Flats apartments, blocks away from police headquarters.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-police/2018/10/02/everything-city-dallas-wont-tell-death-botham-jean

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Dallas police, DA refuse to release officer's 911 call, other info related to Botham Jean killing (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2018 OP
But ok to release that a small amount of pot exboyfil Oct 2018 #1
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