There was a fair amount of grateful amazement by African Americans that Guyger was convicted of murdering Botham Jean in his apartment. It certainly seemed an open-and-shut case against her, and the jury's quick deliberation seems to verify that.
The assumption of many African Americans was that white people can walk into a black person's apartment and shoot them dead and get away with it. The thing about the Guyger case was just how absurd her defense was. Who walks into an entirely different apartment and think it's theirs?
When I heard the verdict, I thought, "Well, of course." The fact that most African Americans were surprised is both sad and amazing. It's amazing that they can believe the justice system is THAT screwed up and still abide by its legitimacy. Compare this to the cryptofascist Oathkeepers who are threatening to kill people if Trump is impeached via constitutional processes and replaced with Mike Pence.
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