Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention. Kelli Smith (
Dallas Morning News) reports on the renaming of a street in front of Dallas police headquarters to Botham Jean Boulevard. Botham Jean was a St. Lucian-born man who was killed in his own apartment by an off-duty police officer in September 2018
Calling it a bittersweet moment, Botham Jean’s family on Saturday unveiled a new street sign bearing his name south of downtown Dallas in an emotional ceremony commemorating the man killed by an off-duty police officer in September 2018.
The newly dubbed Botham Jean Boulevard encompasses about four miles of Lamar Street, where Botham, a 26-year-old accountant, lived and was killed when Officer Amber Guyger shot him after mistaking his apartment for her own. Nearby, the road runs in front of police headquarters.