{"id":39102,"date":"2019-10-03T16:23:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T16:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=39102"},"modified":"2019-10-03T18:34:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T18:34:52","slug":"grace-on-full-display-in-dallas-courtroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=39102","title":{"rendered":"Grace on full display in Dallas courtroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=AmberGuyger%20%23BothamJean%20%23BrandtJean%20%23grace%20%23forgiveness&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Brandt-Jean-hugs-Amber-Guyger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39103\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Brandt-Jean-hugs-Amber-Guyger-300x160.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Brandt-Jean-hugs-Amber-Guyger-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Brandt-Jean-hugs-Amber-Guyger.png 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This event renders me speechless. I cannot muster up a single bit of wisdom to add to what the world witnessed Wednesday in a Dallas courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>A former Dallas police officer was convicted of murdering a young man, Botham Jean, who she thought was burglarizing her apartment a year ago. Except that she went to the <em>wrong apartment<\/em> and shot Jean to death in his own dwelling.<\/p>\n<p>A district court jury took less than a day to convict Amber Guyger. Then the jury returned a prison sentence: 10 years in the slammer for the young former cop.<\/p>\n<p>Without any warning, though, Botham Jean&#8217;s younger brother, Brandt, sat in the witness chair and said he harbored no ill will toward Guyger. He wished her &#8220;only the best&#8221; and said he didn&#8217;t want her &#8220;to go to jail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then he asked District Judge Tammy Kemp, if he could hug Guyger. Judge Kemp, wiping away tears, agreed. Brandt Jean and Amber Guyger embraced for several seconds. It was a tight embrace. Guyger was weeping, knowing that her own tragic mistake had destroyed her life as she had built it.<\/p>\n<p>What in the name of forgiveness does one make of such an act? That a young man could extend his own grace to someone who took the life of a dear loved one?<\/p>\n<p>I guess we all should reassess our feelings toward those who have done us wrong over our own lifetimes.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all I have.<\/p>\n<p>What an amazing moment.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=AmberGuyger%20%23BothamJean%20%23BrandtJean%20%23grace%20%23forgiveness&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This event renders me speechless. I cannot muster up a single bit of wisdom to add to what the world witnessed Wednesday in a Dallas courtroom. A former Dallas police officer was convicted of murdering a young man, Botham Jean, who she thought was burglarizing her apartment a year ago. 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