Slain man’s brother hugs Dallas cop after she gets 10 years

Allison Jean, center, mother of Botham Jean, makes comments during a news conference as attorneys Ben Crump, left, Lee Merritt, rear, and Daryl Washington, right, look on after the sentencing phase of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger murder trial at Frank Crowley Court Building in Dallas, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Fired Dallas police officer Amber Guyger listens as friends, family and coworkers speak in her defense during the sentencing phase of her murder trial, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, in Dallas. Guyger, who said she fatally shot her unarmed, black neighbor Botham Jean after mistaking his apartment for her own, was found guilty of murder the day before. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

Botham Jean’s younger brother Brandt Jean hugs convicted murderer and former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger after delivering his impact statement to her after she was sentenced to 10 years in jail, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, in Dallas. Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean, an unarmed 26-year-old neighbor in his own apartment last year. She told police she thought his apartment was her own and that he was an intruder. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

DALLAS — The brother of a black man who was shot dead by a white Dallas police officer who said she mistook the victim’s apartment for her own forgave and embraced her Wednesday as she sobbed after being sentenced to a decade in prison.

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