Amber Guyger Trial Prosecution Closing Argument

[@deew1215]

I can give her a pass right up to the door then she’s lost me. She CHOSE to enter when she KNEW someone was inside. RETREAT. It’s beyond a reasonable doubt that Bo is dead because of her choices.

[@frozenboot68]

@NY UK maybe not everywhere but in Canada they are taught to retreat, not to enter if you're not entering to save a life or the like.

[@gorgeouslady5612]

1. She ended her shift & returned to the CORRECT police department 2. She clocked out using the CORRECT time clock 3. She retrieved her CORRECT belongings from the CORRECT locker 4. She went to the CORRECT parking lot & retrieved her CORRECT car using the CORRECT set of keys 5. She then drove .2 miles on the CORRECT side of the street using CORRECT hand & eye coordination & observing all CORRECT traffic laws 6. She turns her car into the CORRECT apt building............ Wait For It....NEXT IS WHERE THEY WANT US TO BELIEVE AN ACUTE ONSET OF BLINDNESS & AMMESIA TOOK PLACE 7. She is now CONFUSED & parks on the WRONG garage floor on the WRONG side of the building 8.She gets out of the CORRECT car & locks the doors with the CORRECT keys & takes her CORRECT personal belongings. 9. She takes the stairs &/or elevator to the WRONG FLOOR 10. With her eyes open (The same ones used in the preceeding events & she used all day) She walks to the WRONG apt door 11. At this door is a RED DOORMAT that she has never seen before & located on the side of the door is where the apt number can be visualized( Sorry I forgot she went blind) 12. According to different reports she either A. Bangs & yells on the WRONG door because her CORRECT keys won't open the WRONG door & Mr. Botham answers the door & is shot. B. Stated WRONG door was UNLOCKED & she enters the WRONG dark apt and SUDDENLY REGAINS HER SIGHT & sees an unknown male & fires her police issued weapon at suspect striking him in the chest 13. At this point she turns on the light & realizes she is in the WRONG APT & shot the WRONG PERSON 14. She regains her vision & calls 911 (It has not been reported that she began CPR on Mr. Bonham) 15. EMS & police arrive in 4 minutes and per a video taken by a tenant & posted on social media said officer can be seen pacing hallways & talking on phone (family? lawyer?) 16. EMS is seen providing CPR to Mr. Bonham who is subsequently taken to & pronounced dead at a local Dallas Hospital 17. Officer sleeps in a comfortable bed & remains free without charges for 3 days because this has been described to the public as " A VERY SPECIAL CASE" 18. Mr. Bontham is placed on a cold slab in the coroner's morgue as his family flys thousands of miles from St. Lucia to identify their beloved son & brother's body 19. 72 hrs later officer is charged with manslaughter in the death of Mr. Bonham & posts 10% of the $300K bail is back home with her family 20. Mr. Bonham's family prepares to bury him on Thursday. * Now Let That All Sink In*

[@kyotabrown6999]

Gorgeous Lady exactly

[@elslewis4240]

Yesssssss !

[@monicaten1]

it happens idiot! people go to the wrong apt all the time. IVE DONE IT!!!!

[@TheStar798]

👏👏👏 Exactly (and what was she doing for the 7 missing minutes, so she could slip onto the 4th floor parking level behind someone else's car?)

[@milly4295]

Gorgeous Lady nail on the head

[@liladezacchicago6360]

After realizing she made a mistake and shot him, why didn't she try to save him? Instead she is running around like a headless chicken and texting. I am also appalled at the 911 operator. Why didn't the 911 person ask about the victim?

[@laurah674]

Lila De ZacChicago I wonder this too, and my response is going to come from an emotional place. I think she’s just not a good person overall, so she immediately went into thinking about herself and her future, versus Botham and his future.

[@SexyAzzHell93]

Same here.

[@maaikemartens6086]

Laura H glad your not on the jury list......

[@laurah674]

Maaike Martens uhh, yeah. Never said I would have made a good juror in this case. So, thanks for pointing out the obvious?

[@ViceKnIghtTA]

​@maaikemartens6086 they didn't have to be lol...the justice system will work the way it's meant to be. Juries are supposed to either like you or hate you. A good lawyer knows how to sway the jury. Your comment is kinda void when you look at it that way.

[@Dreamskater100]

I like how he (DA) says at end, if she had just thought, she would've been a little bit embarrassed and he and her would've laughed it off. Maybe made a friend and small chat.

[@DandyBeingTandi]

That was so sad but true. I'm afraid the jury is just going to compromise and come back with manslaughter.

[@nealjones84]

Excellent closing 👍

[@terriewilliams8831]

Dallas DA, if no one told the team- Thank you. The team did a wonderful job presenting this case. Maybe all can take this case and its verdict and mend lots of bridges because there are obvious issues that need addressing and correcting.

[@ARTCARGAL]

That's what this case was about. This is what it's intent to do is. I hope people can mend. We should look at the brothers actions where he said he loved the defendant and asked to hug her.

[@nealjones84]

This prosecutor is so passionate 😪👍 you can feel his pain regarding this young man's death. Praying they find her guilty,Becky she could have retreated and call for back up.

[@mywings2196]

Guilty! Sending support & love to his family! From Scotland! She must be held accountable! You can't extinguish a life and not! be held accountable. 😔

[@darlabegert9910]

Whats so sick about it all...she did NO CPR. Instead going out in the hallway on here phone...she should of never been a cop in my eyes.. All about her. Just sad...i hope she burns in hell...GUILTY!!!!

[@نادرالیراحمان]

Love the prosecutors expression of her defense "garbage!"

[@nas84payne]

That was powerful. He killed his closing argument.

[@jenabrown8694]

OMg. I just loved his closing argument. Everything he said, made sense to the common thinking purpose. He was great.

[@Lilly-leaf]

This guy reminds me of my old teacher.I like him though,he gives it to the jurors straight.

[@laurah674]

Elizabeth R he seems so disgusted to even have to be going over this, because it is absurd. I loved it.

[@tagifts]

@@laurah674 He made a mockery of the defense's arguments

[@JoanneLG1960]

Well done! They would have to feel stupid not finding her guilty

[@bradharrison7572]

I wonder if a photo was taken from her apartment door and Bothams so as to illustrate the difference between the 2 apartments. In other words forget about the wrong floor, forget about the red welcome mat, surely the furniture and layout of each respective apartment would have highlighted she was either on drugs or a dopey incompetent cop.

[@sansroyaltydecore9650]

Defnently drugs and incompetent of being a cop.

[@SexyAzzHell93]

She will say it was dark and she couldn't see inside...

[@ryangivins]

Good closing argument

[@margueriteorme8388]

He made the foolery profound. He address the reason to a beat of 1,2,3 so when deliberation comes there's noooo🤔? I hope GUILTY too.👍

[@KENZIIE_lol]

It was her shoot first ask questions later mentality that made her shoot. Even if it was her apartment, you don't have the automatic right to kill a person for being there. What if someone made the very same mistake and had walked into her apartment, then she showed up - kill the person? And also the SYG laws that encourage sticking around even when a strategic retreat is reasonable. When she saw him in the apartment, even if it were her's, why not pull back, close the door and holla for backup? I mean, com'on. Had she not killed this guy, she would have shot some other blk dude for no good reason, and no charges would have ever been filed. At least she's going to jail with this one.

[@DIEGOPSYCHE]

He eating ice cream watching a football game, right? Didn't wouldn't the glare of the TV have lit the apartment somewhat?

[@bullseye2694]

Yup and somehow she stated she didn't notice the tv on until after she shot him.

[@destinyzareck2036]

I like him. He's passionate about the case.

[@rodmills737]

I don't know why everybody is hard on the prosecutor, I think his closing argument was pretty good and to the point

[@casey2979]

"the ice cream was still frozen"

[@ashbash635]

She was tired and didn’t notice I believe she thought it was her flat but she didn’t have to go in there guns blazing. She absolutely could have done a million different things. All she had to do was radio her police station. If she had just waited two seconds, what made her think shooting a guy even if he was breaking into her house was acceptable? Someone accidentally walked into my flat when I moved into a new flat, they were embarrassed apologizing profusely and left.

[@mitzieransom1362]

She was straight up head hunting

[@MyLlamaDrama]

THANK YOU FOR HUMANIZING HIM!

[@emojuju666]

incredible closing argument. nothing but respect for someone able to deliver words like this, especially with the amount of emotion he had

[@capatga]

The prosecutor looks like a young Abe Lincoln .

[@prophetichippo]

Ten years and she has the nerve to appeal. Girl that's pocket change. Woman up and do that time

[@deepelements]

WoW what an amazing Lawyer.

[@phillipcarter2774]

Amber Guyger lied under oath on the stand that Botham Jean was gonna attack her.

[@DandyBeingTandi]

The court reporter reminds me of Layla Ali. Very pretty

[@monicaten1]

what if the person here reading this accidentally went to the wrong apt and killed a man, do you think you deserve to go to jail?

[@pixl8me]

Not from US, but learned recently about conscious/unconscious bias....

[@NappyChile]

Great part if closing.

[@irgski]

If she wasn’t a cop…say, jst a ccw holder…and she comes into someone else’s apt and killed them, that person would - more than likely - be found guilty. Being a cop has nothing to do with this case. Hope that apt complex paints huge apt level numbers on each level!!!

[@staceygantt]

Y'ALL KNOW SHE'S GUILTY.

[@ErikS-]

The defendant is an egotistical selfish person that only thinks about herself! And let us not forget her lying. This has nothing to do with being a cop. Based on what happened and her LYING, she should get a guilty verdict. What is left of society if we arent even protected of being murdered whilst sitting in front of our tv eating icecream...

[@beaversixniner]

She was told to lie by her fellow dirty cops.

[@bullseye2694]

I love this prosecutor.

[@kirstiecampbell4000]

This video shows me there are good people in the world. This video will be watched in history classes someday. (Or in social studies today!)

[@fredvalencia2205]

There is more to this case then what is being said its really hard to believe that she was at bothams apt by accident. I believe that she went to his apt to tell him something about noise that he had been making at sometime and an arguement got out of control and she shot him. just the door being open her being on the wrong floor her not observing apt number the floor matt and her lies.something is wrong with the whole story . this was murder.

[@tayonahudson9152]

Please help me please help me please help me please help me last time this is happening we'll listen to them crying out

[@tommyg2660]

I like the way that he is purging the jury’s mind of the prosecutions bullshit argument. Some are saying he is obnoxious and condescending, I’ll give you that, the fact of the matter is he is bringing attention to the true victim Botham Jean not her!

[@tommyg2660]

★ Froggie Animation ★ read the mother comments.

[@johnhanson9098]

He is the prosecution, Tommy..

[@truviews954]

Its absurd quote of the yr!!

[@elslewis4240]

Selfdefence shoot twice

[@MartinaP826]

What happened to the other prosecutor? Who is this guy?

[@DandyBeingTandi]

He's been there the entire time. Sometimes a prosecutor may know another prosecutor's strength is the closing, and they plan from the start for them to take that part of the trial (or half of the closing or rebuttal)

[@taitorani7469]

I havent seen in testimony that she got drug tested immediately after the incident. That might explain her 'cluelessness'! Or should i say her 'in-attentional' whichever...

[@scottquick4057]

Situational awareness

[@sfort515]

Okay, but this dude looks like Mr. Waterford from The Handmaids Tale. He even sounds like him

[@teenyverse7707]

can you not bring up some stupid show in real life situation? You need to start living in real life.

[@thematrixcvb1419]

If she gets off That BLM movement was on the Right Side the entire time

[@emhu2594]

OSOM 561 BLM still has a point. Convicting 1 cop murderer while thousands walk free.

[@solice8844]

If it was murder what was her motive?

[@SideControl]

If it wasn't murder, why is the man dead?

[@solice8844]

Drippy Because manslaughter, gross negligence, and other classifications also result in dead people.

[@TonyStone3000]

You don't have to have a motive to kill someone.

[@SexyAzzHell93]

Cray cray...probably was dared to do it by her lover.

[@solice8844]

@@TonyStone3000 No you don't have to have a motive to kill someone and yes you are correct. But generally most murderers do have a motive.

[@DandyBeingTandi]

I think he came off just a little too sarcastic, basically telling the jurors to use their brains.

[@khmershakur9197]

How would have you handled it

[@Lilly-leaf]

Amber's story is only believable to people who have an extremely low IQ and zero common sense.I think he said what most of us are thinking to be honest.

[@DandyBeingTandi]

I believe she is guilty. Appreciate the insults, Elizabeth. However, from watching a lot of trials over the years, and listening to interviews with jurors after the fact, many had to overcome their like or dislike of prosecutor/defense attorney. Simple observation I was making

[@DandyBeingTandi]

@@khmershakur9197 Backed out and called for help. Sure wouldn't have shot an innocent man

[@emhu2594]

Man, you really wouldn’t like my closing argument if a little sarcasm hurts your feelings.

[@ricochetwildhundreds]

@15:19

[@thematrixcvb1419]

She didn't even draw and say let me see your hands

[@SexyAzzHell93]

If it was so dark she wouldn't have been able to see his hands anyway she couldn't even see it wasn't her apartment.

[@tomnoodles8768]

I'm hoping for a guilty verdict but this prosecutor is a little silly. He's a bit goofy, he could have spoken better.

[@stuartstobhill]

He starts off addressing the jury as if they have already voted not guilty and he is giving them into trouble like you would a teenager caught drinking. I don't think they will like that one bit.

[@staceygantt]

Y'all Stop 🤣🤣🤣

[@brdlju3]

Very condescending towards the jury ....that can make or break your career buddy!! He treats them like children. This case is going to be one that will go down as historic. She’s definitely guilty, no doubt...but to which degree? I feel bad for his family and for how this will effect people of Texas and citizens of St Lucia. Beautiful people by the way. I went on a vacation at the Sandles resort many years ago and fell in love with the sweet people of Jamaica. Even kept in touch with one for years after. I pray for peace.... nothing can make this right😢

[@Original_Flanno]

@@brdlju3 Gotta love how you critisize this lawyer for being condiscending toward the jury, and then you go on in your next sentence to be condiscending and patronizing toward an entire country of people based on your experience with the employees at a Sandals resort lmao. Maybe he appears condiscending to you because he is trying to appeal to someone like you.

[@brdlju3]

Flanno ☝🏻 in·cur·a·ble /ˌinˈkyo͝orəb(ə)l/ (of a sick person or a disease) not able to be cured.

[@williamshepley3923]

Y'all,Y,All ,Guk guk derp 🇺🇸

[@Dreamskater100]

I thought the 'y'all' was quite relaxed for a court room.

[@butterflyrising9567]

Please let it not be...Did they choose this guy to close to put the jury off? What happened to the guy who argued the case? This clown is condescending, offputting and awkward.

[@monicavictoriagirl5262]

The main prosecutor will most likely do the closing rebuttal

[@butterflyrising9567]

@@monicavictoriagirl5262 praying your right, this person was very negative

[@monajean-baptiste890]

I think that his tone is necessary to communicate the unreasonable nature of her actions and defense. The case came down to what was reasonable and that tone stuck in one’s head can have the effect of driving it home. He’s incredulous, flabbergasted and his tone suggests that the sheer ridiculousness of the defense should leave you feeling the same. I get the strategy; doesn’t always work on everyone.

[@listentome9356]

LOL. What are you in an acting class? This guy with the beard sounds ridiculous. You won’t get the part

[@denniskeohane1219]

Referring to the jury as "you guys" is insulting and unprofessional.

[@Twigarati]

Can’t stand people pointing a finger ‘ay me’ like that [if I were a juror] ... don’t patronize me [if I were a juror]

[@renie22222]

He is obnoxious!!!

[@renie22222]

@@missadams1330 I an sure he is but I feel he is trying to lead the jury! Almost demanding they return a guilty verdict! Deliver your statement and let them make the decision whether or not to convict...

[@JenKelly]

‘Use your brains’ !!!!?? This guy is a patronizing tool

[@nealjones84]

@@missadams1330 👍💯

[@nealjones84]

@@renie22222 l disagree this guy is very passionate

[@picachicaasmr260]

It worked

[@peacelovemusic3400]

Let’s calm down sir. No need for the shenanigans and intimidation. Let them do their job and maybe you can go take 5 to relax a little.

[@muchsunshine6037]

Yelling at them, "you promised me!" as if they're a bunch of liars also seems offensive.

[@renie22222]

This guy is awful!!!

[@Dreamskater100]

Why?!

[@renie22222]

@@Dreamskater100 Don't like his condescending attitude! He is all but demanding they return with a guilty verdict! It's not right!

[@Bete_Noir]

This guy has to be the worst trial lawyer in the D.A.'s office. Good thing it's a slam dunk case that no one could lose.