Black Twitter expressed outrage over a Texas Ranger’s testimony in defense of former cop Amber Guyger who is on trial for murdering Botham Jean in his own apartment.
After working a 13-hour shift on Sept. 6, 2018, Guyger, 31, parked on the wrong floor and claimed she entered the wrong apartment under the belief that it was her own.
But prosecutors say Guyger was distracted by steamy text messages from her lover when she entered Jean’s apartment located directly above her apartment.

Texas Ranger Sgt. David Armstrong took the witness stand and said the former Dallas police officer did not commit a crime when she entered Jean’s apartment and shot him dead.
“I don’t believe that (the shooting) was reckless or criminally negligent based on the totality of the investigation and the circumstances and facts,” he said earlier this week.

Armstrong claimed the evidence shows Guyger had access to Jean’s apartment because his door was ajar.
“On multiple occasions, the door would close all the way and the door would also not completely close depending on the distance. And we were just letting go of the door not using any force and sometimes it would close all the way sometimes it wouldn’t, depending on the distance.”
But neighbors posted videos on social media that showed their apartment doors closing completely and locking automatically when they let go.
Armstrong also explained Guyger’s mental state when she confronted Jean in the living room of his own apartment.
“Physically your heart rate goes very, very high,” said Armstrong. “Your vision becomes narrowed, which is commonly referred to as tunnel vision. You begin to think very, very quickly and because your vision is narrowing, you begin to concentrate on what you believe your threat is … and that’s due to blood rushing to the major organs of the body because your body is saying ‘I need to do this right now,’ which is either fight or flight.”
Prosecutor Jason Hermus objected to the testimony, saying Armstrong was not qualified to speak to Guyger’s state of mind.
“What Ranger Armstrong believes is Ranger Armstrong’s opinion. His opinion and belief doesn’t help the jury. … The fact that he believes something based on evidence doesn’t mean the jury is going to believe the same thing.”
According to published reports, Armstrong also has blood on his hands. He was previously investigated for killing a man while driving twice the speed limit. Armstrong was never tried in that case.
A lawsuit stated the accident would not have occurred if Armstrong was driving the legal speed limit.
Black Twitter reacted strongly to Armstrong’s testimony in Guyger’s defense.
David Armstrong just said shooting Botham Jean was reasonable because he was seen as a THREAT to Guyger. Even when you're sitting in your home minding your own business as a black man you still don't have any rights. #AmberGuygerTrial
— ShejeHi ? (@ShiJeHiggs) September 25, 2019
~amber guyger/Texas ranger david Armstrong~ —david Armstrong appeared as a strong witness—he gives good camera face—but—he reminds me of the former cop—mark fuhrman from the oj’s murder trial—he had skeletons in his closet as well Armstrong gives me (3)
— Knowingly (@KnowinglyFair) September 26, 2019
Here is a question for David Armstrong. If the roles were reverse and Amber Guyger was the one killed, would you say he was in his rights? Or would you state oh he had no reason to fear a stranger enter your home? Fucking idiot!!
— TITAN (@MICHAELLEXX) September 26, 2019
David Armstrong, a Texas ranger, said Amber Guyger killing Botham Shem Jean in cold blood doesn’t constitute a crime. That just happened. These types put a uniform one and forget what they look like, truly. I fear this will not end well for Jean’s family. Hope I’m wrong.
— Brew Drees (@_Elle_Spencer_) September 25, 2019
I'm having a terribly hard time figuring out how David Armstrong – a Black Texas ranger – really just sat on the stand and testified that he believes Amber Guyger (a former police officer) could've honestly mistakenly walked into Botham Jean's apt
— Noel? (@nlspro) September 25, 2019
Meet the Big Hat wearing David Armstrong investigator Texas Ranger //Chief Renee Hall can't fire Amber Guyger//says ths all black team //but DPD general orders say otherwise pic.twitter.com/yQVyHCzAJ7 pic.twitter.com/fwXrw4ulE2
— JacqueRouse #FierceJ (@jrjrouse13) September 20, 2018
FOH ! Bye … cant cover this broad up smh
I can see where this is going let me exit….
If he don’t sit his @ss down. This is some of the most dumbest stuff I have ever heard of. Stop defending this murderer. Door was ajar, so she a right to enter.
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the Jury is young and half black…same time this is Texas smh where is Tekashi when you really need him
Had it been the opposite way around or if he would have shot and killed her for entering his apartment it would have been a crime and he would be convicted. I believe she will get off, because of her white privilege.
Uncle Tom smh.
An uninvited intruder needs to enter his home (supposedly thinking it’s there’s) & shoot his asz (b/c he has the nerve to confront them for being in his home). Then he should let us all know (if he survives) how he feels about the situation.
There’s always at least one coon azz clown, supporting the white woman.
When are we going to hold law enforcement to the same standards of civilians?! If she wasn’t a cop, would she receive such support? Why didn’t she use the techniques learned from their mandatory deescalation training? Where was her taser? There was absolutely no excuse for killing this man and using lethal force.
She is a professional who works among the public and should know how to handle such situations, on a PROFESSIONAL level. Civilians don’t and yet are held to a more accountable level than law enforcement? Please.
This got me hot ?
Except she did commit a crime and will be going to jail. This idiots biased perception of the facts changes nothing.
LOL right
Mr. Texas Boot Licker ! Goes well with your 10 gallon hat….SMH..Good Morning & Happy Friday Roses!
You cannot make this shyte up!! Not today Satan not today!!!
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Wtf?
thats not that far from me…i need more details on this before i run to it. feels a little juicy smuuuyeh to me. If its true oh its gonna be trouble
Straight facts, straight up coon
Yeah I read about it. At a private Christian school. Three white boys attacked her in less than a minute and told her “you shouldn’t be alive.” ?
True
I’m reading about that story right now.
Going in an apartment that doesn’t belong to you and shooting and killing the resident of the home isn’t reckless? Wtf?? I believe this lady is going to get away with killing this young man but had the tables been reversed he would’ve had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at him. Smdh
It’s always one https://media2.giphy.com/media/qEQ3atlwnKkJa/giphy.gif
All folk ain’t kin folk
Sheriff Clark is also black. In law enforcement racism towards blk is perpetrated by all irrespective of the cops skin color.
Wayment, wth? Goes to look for the story…BRB https://media1.giphy.com/media/Sb9ABMMjDw8EDhnwfc/giphy.gif
TGIF
Complexion for the Protection
Well, if all of that blood rushing and what not that happens in a dangerous situation leads to an unjustified killing, then a whole lot of people need not be in law enforcement. https://media2.giphy.com/media/Pjlfcac7MLTepanYTz/giphy.gif
Sad to hear this type of testimony from another black man..it couldve been u my brother, it could’ve been you!
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Absolutely!
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You THOUGHT wrong!!!
Yup…all “skin folk” ain’t kinfolk!
Texas Ranger looks like the victim.. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9f792db9dd06916c57df0ea7d3e44893b4227ff65c9dcd29aa049d55ea641efc.gif
Some of these black cops can be worse than the white ones. Black, white, yellow, whatever…they all seem to end up looking out for each other, covering each others’ backs.
Yea I read that story.
In my mind, at the very least this is criminally negligent homicide. If the situation was reversed, and this black man had killed her in her apartment, you best believe he’d be looking at serious jail time.
I feel for this man’s family having to sit through this mess. This is absolutely unbelievable.
There’s always one. Like the token they put front and center at trump’s Klan rallies. Nothing new
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Yeah, those annoy me. Nigs wearing “Blacks for Trump” T-shirts. smh
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All kinds of common sense was ignored in this case. Where was the threat? No one had a gun to her head telling her don’t move or they would shoot. Even if it is dark, everyone’s place has their own scent. If your eyes fail you, your nose should do the job. Like you said, she could have just exited and called for back up.
He is a disgusting coon and I don’t have the inclination or energy today to read his Samborific ass like a bureaucratic policy. SMMFH.
I remember this fool – I think he was the one who made threats against Obama or something like that. SMH.
but he looks like a retard…he don’t know better
I hope he’s asked if he was sitting in his home and it was reversed, what he’d want to happen. How can a unarmed and undressed man be a threat to any one with a GUN!
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Is he marry to one her cousins or something…where did he come from…what do he have to do with the case? This is why my people will never break the unjustice with law enforcement..because there is always a coon waiting in the hedges to show the only thing black about him is the circle around his eyes and tail.
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I was watching CourtTV the other night and there were three cops on the show–two black and one white.
One of the black cops was whole hog defending Amber at every point. The other black cop was only 85% supporting her a$$ but he said something disturbing that it was the cops against the public.
That made my blood run cold and just reinforced why I can never support cops even if I think they are in the right.
The vast majority of them are straight up sociopaths and I don’t know if they go into law enforcement because they are sociopaths or if the jobs turn them into sociopaths but regardless most of them don’t deserve badges or respect of the public.
I really hope you are right and that she gets the time commensurate with the crime. I think one debate is how she got into the apartment. They’d have to prove she really didn’t know she wasn’t in her own place. But even if that were true, how can the shooting be justified if she was not in imminent danger?
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LMAO!! It’s not even high noon and y’all cutting up already. I am DONE. https://media3.giphy.com/media/uHsIiRP5tOFHi/giphy.gif
“..feels a little juicy smuuuyeh to me..” I heard this in Dave Chappelle’s voice.
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“Waste of black skin” Eh??
You’re making me want to binge watch Chappelle’s show. Classic!
Damn it!!! Now I have to go to this nasty behind bathroom @ work! Hahhaha, this gif!
She must be a DAYUM GOOD dyck sucker https://media0.giphy.com/media/o4sXzhoG7VEyY/giphy.gif
“Armstrong claimed the evidence shows Guyger had access to Jean’s apartment because his door was ajar.”
Maaaaaan if this Oreo don’t cut the phuckin jokes! The ONLY way that shit would be “ajar” is if it was purposely left open tin the same manner that Tariq left the door open for Tommy on that last episode of Power!!
If this woman gets off then the world is in complete shambles and no one is safe. How do you walk into someone’s home without cause, kill them and then try to excuse it away. The victim was minding his business, sitting on the couch eating ice cream. Negligence resulting in a death is still a crime and this woman needs to serve time. Period.
It’s a cult. That’s how they roll ?????
Yes. They will ALWAYS be able to find some feeble minded Virus that’ll be willing to become ANYBODY’S N***a for that 30 pieces of silver.
I pray God steps in and prove He exists. I’m still upset over the Trayvon Martin murder.
Hey Doll…….How are you? I hope all is lovely. I am so through with this “ranger”. How he can try to justify her actions with a straight face is beyond me. SMDH (HARD). On a side note, Looking good! I like your hair. It looks nice. Go on Doll and do you. Have a great weekend.
Polyester n silk still doesnt have a job in the White house.
Hey Jenie…..How are you? I am leaving too before this coon runs up my pressure. I am taking the easy way out on Sunday……a pot of spaghetti and I’m calling it a day. Enjoy your weekend.
This Booty-Lover of the White Male Penis got the nerve to try and justify this White bitch”s fuckup. I am not buying that shit she’s trying to sell. Don’t no two apartments smell the same. She knew what she was doing. Pigs ! They go on my long list of humans that I can’t stand.
Find you a seat on this vessel.
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She was mistaken (playing with her phone instead of paying attention) in entering the apartment but it’s still a crime she committed by illegally entering the apartment. She compounded this by shooting the man dead. It’s not first degree murder but second degree for sure or even manslaughter lastly. If you look at all the facts of this case she cannot walk free. This is one time when that blue curtain should have no bearing on this case.
I have had my belly laugh for the day. ??????????????????????????
It’s crazy. Many of those white people at Trump’s rallies wouldn’t even spit on him if he was on fire… but he’s out there caping for a white supremacist president. Sad.
Many sociopaths go into the field of law enforcement. It suits their inner demons. They can kill with impunity while having a get-out-of-jail card at their disposal.
Damn what he said!
This bish is digging her own grave on the stand RIGHT NOW because the prosecutor just got her to admit that she intentionally used deadly force against the victim. Further, she admitted that she failed to properly administer CPR afterwards because she was busy texting! He is wearing her lying azz out!!!???
Should be first degree… She killed him while she was committing a crime of illegally entering his home. Not to mention the negligence on her part.
I hope that little shit get what’s coming to him.
I’ve stopped on the wrong floors in elevators before while I was on my phone. The moment one foot steps out the door u realize something is off. Elevators never even has a chance to close before you realize what’s going on. So how she park on a different floor and enter a different apt without realizing.
yes he is in her azz even about the naked pics chile
Agreed
the world will become a real life purge soon. ppl will be free to kill without consequences.
EXACTLY!!! Stupid fool..,
No argument from me!
Ms George Zimmerman!
Same to you bew … enjoy your weekend ?
Ty!?
Shug, I clicked on it by mistake on YT, smh. I had been intentionally avoiding it… but when I tell you my mouf dropped open when I realized how he was oh so deftly dragging that lying azz through the court’s briar patch, dog house, tar pit, and outhouse, I was shooketh!?
I’m watching the trial live right now, they asked her if she intended to kill Mr. Boatham when she shot him, she said yes.
Thank you! So glad to hear this??
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Not sure about this complex but my breezeway/hallway is always lit such that I can see immediate area inside my apartment I would know instantly if not mine…not to mention recognize my doormat before entering. If no lighting I think apartment is negligent I would sue the complex as well this should never have happened. What about the light from her cell phone. Bish please stop the lies!
Im watching too. She’s lying about every damn thing smh and she still might get off smh
An unloyal black male. Wow such a surprise?
Jay-z will probably defend this guy and the police officer!