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Texas police officer who killed Atatiana Jefferson sentenced to over 10 years for manslaughter

Fort Worth police were sent to the 28-year-old’s home on a non-emergency call

The Independent UK

Ex-Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for manslaughter

FORT WORTH, Texas — The former Fort Worth officer convicted of manslaughter for the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson was sentenced Tuesday to more than 11 years in prison, marking an end to the long-awaited trial in a case that sent shock waves across Tarrant County and nationwide.

Tribune News Service

Jury sequestered after 7-hour deliberations for ex-Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean’s punishment

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jurors deliberated former Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean’s punishment for more than seven hours Monday before they were sequestered, extending the sentencing phase of the trial another day.

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Editorial: Manslaughter? Here’s why Aaron Dean verdict is a step toward police accountability

The manslaughter conviction of Aaron Dean in the killing of Atatiana Jefferson, like any compromise, will leave many unsatisfied.

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Man arrested in middle of trial for former Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean

FORT WORTH, Texas — A spectator at the trial for the former Fort Worth cop convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of a Black woman inside her mother’s home was arrested Friday by sheriff’s deputies after refusing to be sworn in as a witness.

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Fort Worth hired Aaron Dean after psychologist found he wasn’t suitable for police work

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Tarrant County jurors who convicted a white former Fort Worth police officer in the shooting death of a Black woman heard evidence Friday as they weigh his punishment for manslaughter.

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American Airlines revamps AAdvantage frequent flyer program and drops flight requirement

Fort Worth-based American Airlines overhauled its AAdvantage frequent flyer program Thursday, dropping the requirement to actually be a frequent flyer to hit status levels.

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Moment pilot ejects from $80m US stealth jet with seconds to spare

The crash occurred during a test flight at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in Texas

Evening Standard

‘Work to be done’: Fort Worth and beyond react after Aaron Dean convicted of manslaughter

FORT WORTH, Texas — Shouts erupted outside a Tarrant County courtroom Thursday as activists and community leaders decried that a former Fort Worth officer found guilty of manslaughter wouldn’t face a more serious conviction for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson in 2019.

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Former Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean found guilty of manslaughter in death of Atatiana Jefferson

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean was convicted of manslaughter Thursday in the death of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson, who the ex-cop fatally shot while responding to a call at her mother’s home more than three years ago.

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Former Fort Worth police officer convicted of manslaughter for shooting Atatiana Jefferson through window in her home

Aaron Dean is facing up to 20 years in prison for the 2019 killing

The Independent UK

Former Fort Worth police officer convicted of manslaughter for shooting Black woman through window in her home

Aaron Dean is facing up to 20 years in prison for the 2019 killing

The Independent UK

Former Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean found guilty of manslaughter

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Former Fort Worth police officer found guilty of manslaughter of Atatiana Jefferson

A jury on Thursday found Aaron Dean guilty of manslaughter for shooting Jefferson while she babysat her nephew in her mother’s home in 2019.

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Pilot ejects from F-35 military jet, makes crash landing in Fort Worth

DALLAS — A pilot ejected from a military fighter jet, making a crash landing on a runway Thursday morning in Fort Worth.

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Jury will resume deliberations Thursday in ex-Officer Aaron Dean’s murder trial

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jurors spent the day Wednesday deliberating the fate of former Fort Worth Police officer Aaron Dean and whether he committed murder, manslaughter or no crime at all when he fatally shot a Black woman inside her mother’s home more than three years ago.

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Jury deliberating in murder trial of former Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jurors are deliberating the fate of former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean on Wednesday after lawyers made closing arguments in his murder trial. Dean fatally shot a Black woman inside her mother’s home more than three years ago.

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Testimony ends in murder trial of ex-Fort Worth officer Aaron Dean; jury gets case Wednesday

FORT WORTH, Texas — Prosecutors and defense lawyers closed their cases Tuesday in the murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, who fatally shot a Black woman in her mother’s home more than three years ago.

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Both sides close their cases in murder trial of ex-Fort Worth officer Aaron Dean

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Defense lawyers rest their case in murder trial of ex-Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean

FORT WORTH, Texas — Defense lawyers rested their case Tuesday in the murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, who fatally shot a Black woman in her mother’s home more than three years ago.

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Former cop Aaron Dean tells jurors at Fort Worth murder trial ‘the gun was pointed directly at me’

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean told a Tarrant County jury Monday morning he saw a gun before he shot and killed a Black woman in her mother’s home more than three years ago.

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Mac Engel: Brittney Griner owes the United States of America because she could have been Austin Tice

FORT WORTH, Texas — Trading a person whose crime is possessing a tiny amount of hash for someone who is convicted of dealing military grade firearms, many to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, doesn’t feel fair, or right.

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Texas man who wrote ‘Murder the Media’ on Capitol door gets 4-year sentence

DALLAS — A Fort Worth man who claimed to work for Murder the Media News was sentenced to four years in federal prison for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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Patrick Reusse: Death of Billy Martin’s ex-wife triggers Twins mysteries

MINNEAPOLIS — Gretchen Creswell had dealt with cancer for five years and died late last month at age 87. She had been married for the past 27 years to Wiltie, an ophthalmologist by occupation, and living in the Fort Worth, Texas, area.

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Mac Engel: The story behind TCU Football’s Graveyard: A father, his son, and a dead patch of grass

FORT WORTH, Texas — Bill Wood has a major problem, and his decision could affect the entire TCU community, and its football team.

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