Former Texas cop sentenced to 11 years in prison for Atatiana Jefferson killing

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Former Texas cop sentenced to 11 years in prison for Atatiana Jefferson killing

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire, Senior National Correspondent Aaron Dean, the White police officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in her home in Texas, has received an 11-year […]

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