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Dallas police officer who shot man in his own apartment indicted on murder charge

The indictment of #AmberGuyger comes more than two months after she was arrested in the shooting death of #BothamShemJean at the Dallas apartment complex where both lived -- a killing that sparked days of protests. Guyger was arrested after the September shooting and charged with #manslaughter by the Texas Rangers, the lead investigative agency, Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson said at a news conference. When asked why the grand jury indicted Guyger on the more serious offense of murder, Johnson replied, "We presented the evidence and we explained the law." Johnson said murder constitutes someone "intentionally and knowingly" committing a crime, whereas manslaughter involves "recklessly doing something." "At the moment of the shooting it was a knowing ... offense," Johnson said. The court records Friday showed both a manslaughter and murder charge entered in Guyger's file, but a clerk of court clerk confirm...