 You know for a second it seemed like there was a glimmer of hope that there would actually be justice in the Botham John case Because when we learned that his murderer was convicted of murder and not you know a lesser charge such as manslaughter you know there was just a Moment of us being hopeful that for once there would be justice in a case where a police officer kills an Unarmed black American however when we learned that Amber Geiger was only sentenced to ten years Well, that's a sentence that we'd expect if she were in fact convicted of manslaughter And when you factor in the likelihood that she'll probably be let out early for good behavior it's safe to say that there was no justice in the Botham John case and To make matters exponentially worse Well a key witness in this case 28 year old Joshua Brown was murdered over the weekend Now Mark Ramirez and Jennifer Emily of Dallas news reports a key witness in Amber Geiger's murder trial was shot and killed Friday evening at an apartment complex near Dallas Medical District authority said Joshua Brown a neighbor of Botham John and Geiger at the Southside Flats Apartments was slain about 10 30 p.m. In the 4600 block of Cedar Springs Road Brown 28 lived across the hall from John and Testified about the night he was killed a preliminary investigation shows Brown was shot in the back and thigh a government official said on condition of anonymity So the overall takeaway is that a key witness in a murder trial was shot and killed this information is So difficult to process it's like this is You know a mafia movie that we're watching play out now. I want to play a clip report from CNN They kind of go over some general details about this story But then they gloss over something that is really really Fundamentally important to this case towards the end. Let's see if you can catch it last week Geiger was convicted of killing botham John after walking into his apartment in 2018 she claimed to have mistaken his apartment for hers and thought he was an intruder on the witness stand 10 days before his own shooting death outside his home Brown testified he heard the shots and saw Geiger outside his apartment Brown got emotional recounting hearing his neighbor's voice from time to time Lee Merritt a civil rights attorney representing the John family said on social media Brown lived in constant fear of gun violence and that his death quote underscores the reality of the black experience in America Merritt also said Brown deserves the same justice that he sought to ensure for the John family Investigators have released few details on Brown's death only the witnesses heard gunshots and that they observed the silver Four-door sedan speeding away from the scene police have not said if the murder is in any way connected to the Geiger proceedings And Dallas police continue to investigate Brown's death They are hoping that somebody who potentially saw something or heard something will actually reach out to them and that right There's the issue right there in case you missed it the Dallas police department will be conducting the investigation unacceptable unacceptable because We don't know What happened here? Okay, if we are using common sense We'd expect this to be foul play. We would expect that this is probably retaliation because he gave a testimony that Facilitated the conviction of Amber Geiger. We don't know if someone within the police department decided to Murder him in retaliation to send a witness or to send a message to other witnesses across the country Hey, this is what's gonna happen to you if you testify against the police officer. We don't know I'm just speculating. I have no evidence that that's the case but the point is that Because there is a chance that this is possible or even likely There needs to be an independent investigation into the murder of Joshua Brown We cannot expect the Dallas police department to investigate themselves Effectively and efficiently and if they find wrongdoing hold their own accountable. We can't expect that we cannot expect that so of course there needs to be an independent investigation and Federal authorities need to get involved This is no longer an issue where you know, the Dallas police department can investigate and that will suffice Unacceptable a key witness was murdered here. This is just shocking news like every single American in this country Should be shaken to the core over this This is absolutely Insanity it's insanity. I don't I don't know what to say two men killed Murdered the second one most likely because he was a key witness, but again, we can't confirm this. There's no evidence it just is Very very suspicious and if you don't suspect foul play then, you know, I don't know. I don't know what to say I don't know what to say. It's very It's very odd that the key witness 10 days after giving a testimony that led to the conviction of a police officer is murdered What do you say, you know, I don't know what to say. There's no words. There's no words in this situation