GUILTY TX - Atatiana Jefferson, 28, fatally shot at home, Fort Worth, Oct 2019 *officer charged* #2

[CrimeDawg123]

His sister did him no favors.

 

[Chelly]

His sister did him no favors.

I'm not sure if his brother did either, but at least he was friendly. Interesting personalities. They were all home schooled up until college, all six of them.

 

[WichitaFalls]

Wow, what the heck is going on in that courtroom and that judge with Manual Mata? This is going to open up a big can of worms for the Judge.
Jury done for the day. Will deliberate Monday morning at 9:00.

 

[MTW2011]

Does anyone know what Mata may have said for the defense since he didn’t want to be sworn in? Quite the chaos - and could be totally understandable - I just don’t know what he may have offered for the defense and/or why he wouldn’t want to take the stand. Unless defense was trying to bring him in to just discredit him somehow?

 

[Gardenista]

They talk about Mata at the end of this video.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Does anyone know what Mata may have said for the defense since he didn’t want to be sworn in? Quite the chaos - and could be totally understandable - I just don’t know what he may have offered for the defense and/or why he wouldn’t want to take the stand. Unless defense was trying to bring him in to just discredit him somehow?

I think the defense was in cahoots with the judge to remove certain persons known as activists or "citizen journalists" from the courtroom. I can't say I've ever seen that tactic before and it seemed a bit dodgy to me. Could a judge's behavior like that lead to a mistrial?

 

[SeesSeas]

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article270118767.html

‘What did I do?’: Activist arrested at Aaron Dean’s sentencing after family accosted
The judge presiding over former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean’s sentencing Friday ordered a community activist’s arrest after the man questioned why he was unexpectedly called up to be sworn in.
Dean’s defense lawyers called Manuel Mata to be sworn in right after Dean’s mother had testified about a group of people she didn’t know yelling at her and her family as they were going to their cars Thursday.

Video on Thursday shows a group yelling at Aaron Dean’s family as they were leaving the courtroom, including a man who appears to be activist Manuel Mata wearing a beanie hat in this screenshot. Steve Wilson

 

[SeesSeas]

Judge Gallagher's controversial history:

Texas judge orders electric shocks for uncooperative defendant

Appeals court orders new trial for a man whom a judge to be jolted several times with 50,000 volts from a shock belt

www.cbsnews.com

Texas judge orders electric shocks for uncooperative defendant​

MARCH 8, 2018

FORT WORTH, Texas --
[...]
The court ruled that state District Judge George Gallagher of Tarrant County violated Morris' civil rights when he ordered a bailiff, on three occasions, to shock Morris as punishment for not giving proper answers to Gallagher's questions.

Shock belts are placed on defendants' legs. The appeals court said they are to be used only if a defendant becomes violent, not to enforce decorum.
[...]

 

[Chelly]

Live in courtroom for sentencing this morning

 

[Chelly]

Judge is reading sentencing instructions to jury.

 

[Chelly]

Jury now has been deliberating two hours on sentencing verdict.

 

[SeesSeas]

Rebecca Lopez
@rlopezwfaa
WFAA TV Senior Crime and Justice Reporter
Judge in Aaron Dean trial started the day hearing from defense attorneys who say they have received death threats. They also say Manuel Mata who was arrested in court on Friday made terroristic threats to Dean family.
@wfaa
10:12 AM · Dec 19, 2022

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604857310752362496

 

[Weki]

Judge Gallagher's controversial history:

Texas judge orders electric shocks for uncooperative defendant

Appeals court orders new trial for a man whom a judge to be jolted several times with 50,000 volts from a shock belt

www.cbsnews.com

Texas judge orders electric shocks for uncooperative defendant​

MARCH 8, 2018

FORT WORTH, Texas --
[...]
The court ruled that state District Judge George Gallagher of Tarrant County violated Morris' civil rights when he ordered a bailiff, on three occasions, to shock Morris as punishment for not giving proper answers to Gallagher's questions.

Shock belts are placed on defendants' legs. The appeals court said they are to be used only if a defendant becomes violent, not to enforce decorum.
[...]

I’m not saying I condone this but I would’ve LOVED to see what this judge would’ve done to Darrell Brooks!!

 

[SeesSeas]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604955437094563841

 

[SeesSeas]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604983580056330240

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604984143720239104

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604983994982060033

 

[JerseyGirl]

Jury resumes deliberating manslaughter sentence for former Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean

FORT WORTH — A Tarrant County jury resumed deliberations Tuesday to determine a sentence for the former Fort Worth officer convicted of manslaughter in the...

www.dallasnews.com

 

[Chelly]

Cathy Russon

@cathyrusson
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1h

Deliberations on sentencing taking this long could mean they are really far apart....meaning some could want probation , some 20 years. If they were closer together, you'd think they come up with a compromise. We'll see. #AaronDean

 

[SeesSeas]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1605241210028769280

 

[SeesSeas]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1605267510890467328

 

[TenaciousTBacon]

Eleven years, 10 months, and 12 days