I’m not trying to be rude, but I’m not sure if you know how much this verdict means to some of us. Some of us live in Texas, Some of us have sons, Some of us have family that are of a different ethnicity. As much as we want to scream that this case has nothing to do with race, it does. Maybe not that she shot him because he was black, I’m sure that wasn’t the case, however, race will play a factor into the decision. It’s about holding the ones accountable that need to be held accountable and case after case we see that black unarmed men don’t get the justice that they deserve. The amount of hatred of amber was brought on by herself. When she failed to give cpr or when she decided to text her boyfriend/bootycall/someone else’s husband, two days after she killed him - then she deserves every amount of hate that she gets.
But while you may forget about the case, some of us, once again will have to worry about if this could ever happen to one of us. Not that it matters, but I’m mixed. I have a white mom and a black dad. Somehow I came out more so on the whiter side so I know first hand about privilege. So it does exist. My husband is also black and I constantly have to worry about his safety. We live in Mesquite - and just a few years ago a black guy was at his own car fixing it when the mesquite police came up and assumed that he was stealing the car, that man got shot in the back on the ground and did nothing wrong. Thankfully the guy survived but guess what, his case resulted in a mistrial. Mesquite is about 12 miles from Downtown Dallas. So while you may never think about this case again, I for one have to worry about if my husband (which works his butt off everyday, just like Botham) is going to be the next victim. So I don’t feel sorry for amber, that’s not my place to worry about feeling sorry for her. I’ll let my lord handle that... but I just wish people would see that what maybe little to some, is a huge deal for others.
I pray the jury gets this one right.