Botham Jean gets a street named after him and more Dallas city news
Botham Jean gets a street named after him and more Dallas city news This street will now be called Botham Jean Boulevard.
Photo by Jeremy McKane In this weekly roundup of city news, a street in Dallas gets a name change, Denton launches a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, and a group decides to hold their own darn MLK parade. Here s what happened in Dallas this week:
Botham Jean Boulevard The Dallas City Council voted to change the name of a section of South Lamar Street to Botham Jean Boulevard, to honor the man who was killed in his apartment by police officer Amber Guyger on that very street in 2018. It covers a stretch of South Lamar Street between Interstate 30 and South Central Expressway, which includes the South Side Flats apartment complex where Jean lived and was killed.
Dallas City Council unanimously approves changing portion of Lamar Street to Botham Jean Boulevard thevoiceslu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thevoiceslu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jean s mother quoted a speech from Mayor Eric Johnson last year when she spoke to the city council on Wednesday. Here was a Black man who had done everything right and was in the comfort of his own home and still was killed by someone in a police uniform, said Allison Jean.
Fired officer Amber Guyger is serving a 10-year sentence for Jean s murder.
She said she thought he was an intruder in her apartment when she walked into his by mistake.
Several city council members had concerns about the cost of address changes but the final vote was unanimous.
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.