Dallas City Council to consider renaming part of South Lamar Street after Botham Jean
The 26-year-old accountant was killed in his apartment in 2018 by a police officer who was his neighbor.
The section of Lamar Street that will be renamed Botham Jean Boulevard will run between Interstate 30 to South Central Expressway, and will include the South Side Flats apartments, where Botham Jean lived.(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer)
When Chris Norman started an online petition to rename the street where Botham Jean lived and died, the Dallas native wanted people to remember Jean in a way that was impossible to ignore.
Fort Worth Weekly
Beyond fighting well-funded police unions, tight-lipped district attorney offices, and apathetic public leaders, families of victims of police shootings often struggle to keep the names of deceased loved ones alive and in the public consciousness. The family of Atatiana Jefferson the 28-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed by Aaron Dean, a white Fort Worth police officer, last year will soon have one more tool to continue the family’s push for justice.
Saturday’s naming of the Atatiana Jefferson Memorial Parkway (2-4 p.m. at 1203 E. Allen Ave.) marks a significant milestone for friends, family, and supporters of Jefferson. The event flyer promises influential speakers, powerful singers, and “so much more.”
Fort Worth Weekly
Song for Atatiana
With his first single and video release, Jeff Dazey aims to help heal a community anguished by police violence while fundraising for a new community center.
By Edward Brown
Photo by Brooks Burris with artwork by Jenny Lane.
Few events in recent memory have shaken Fort Worth like the killing of Atatiana Jefferson. The 28-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed by Aaron Dean, a white police officer, as she played video games in a house with her nephew Zion, who lived just a few miles from musician Jeff Dazey.
“I was out of town on tour with a band when it happened,” Dazey said, referring to the October 12, 2019 shooting.