A judge who got down from the stand, hugged former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, and gave her a Bible said that she thought her actions were appropriate since the trial was over and the former officer told her she didn’t know how to begin seeking God’s forgiveness.
Speaking for the first time since the moment went viral, Judge Tammy Kemp said she had never previously acknowledged her Christian faith to a defendant or given one a Bible, but Guyger said she didn’t have one at the end of her trial for the Sept. 2018 killing of her upstairs neighbor, Botham Jean.
