Aaron Dean Wiki
The white police officer who shot dead a 28-year-old black woman through the window of her home in Fort Worth while performing a wellness check has resigned.
Fort Worth Police Interim Chief Ed Kraus said before officer Aaron Dean resigned, he’d planned to fire him for violations of use of force, deescalation protocols & unprofessional conduct.
He had already been stripped of his badge & firearm when issued an administrative warning. https://t.co/Q2xRrDBvJ2— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) October 14, 2019
Fort Worth police Statement
announced that Officer Aaron Dean tendered his resignation on Monday afternoon.
Kraus said the department had been gearing up to terminate the officer’s employment.
Dean may still face criminal charges in the death of Atatiana Jefferson, as well as possible civil rights violations, and ‘no longer has the protections of state civil service law’, Kraus said.
At the same Monday press conference, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price called Atatiana’s killing unjustified.
‘I’m so sorry. On behalf of the entire city of Fort Worth, I’m sorry,’ Price said. ‘To Atatiana’s family, it’s unacceptable. There is nothing that can justify what happened on Saturday morning. Nothing.’
BREAKING: Officer who killed #AtatianaJefferson has resigned from @fortworthpd — paperwork will reflect that he was dishonorably discharged. Former Officer’s name is Aaron Dean, chief says. @wfaa pic.twitter.com/J37wpbazdK
— Bradley Blackburn (@BLBlackburn) October 14, 2019
The Fort Worth Police Department is one of the deadliest in the United States. They need serious systematic reform, “Miller said. “We are asking the federal government to come in and make a conscious look at the policies and procedures that allow something like this to happen.”
another officer was called to Atatiana’s home
Dean and another officer were called to Atatiana’s house by a neighbor who noticed that the door was open around 2.30 a.m. on Saturday. Atatiana was playing video games with her eight-year-old nephew when they heard a noise outside and she got up to investigate, assuming she was a marauder.
Body camera footage released by the Fort Worth Police Department
Body camera footage released by the Fort Worth Police Department shows Dean shining a flashlight into the back side home as Atatiana approached the bedroom window.
‘Put your hands up! Show me your hands!’ he shouts through the window with his gun drawn.
A split-second later, the officer fired a single shot, killing Atatiana in front of her nephew.
BREAKING: Texas Cop Who Fatally Shot Atatiana Jefferson at Home Resigns.
Police say officer Aaron Dean did not identify himself as a police officer prior to the shooting.
The dept says he would have been fired if he had not resigned. #AtatianaJeffersonhttps://t.co/EdUu2HLQFY pic.twitter.com/GQTJFzm5Fo— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) October 14, 2019
Fort Worth police Investigation
The investigation should be handled by someone other than the Fort Worth Police Department, specifically the Department of Justice, the FBI, or worse, the local sheriff’s department. Anyone other than the city of Fort Worth should be called, who is clearly incompetent to investigate herself.
Aaron Dean, pictured in a screenshot photo from his April 2018 Fort Worth Police graduation, was going to be fired after the Atatiana Jefferson shooting if he hadn’t resigned, the department’s chief says. The 35-year-old is an Arlington native: https://t.co/O1iGwdYRef pic.twitter.com/aBCRZINIOr
— Tom Cleary (@tomwcleary) October 14, 2019
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