Dallas police, nearly 48 hours after the fact, finally identified the police officer who shot Botham Jean, a Harding graduate, in his apartment in Dallas Thursday night. But charges have not been filed because Texas Ranges have asked for a delay to pursue unspecified other information in the investigation. Update: Sunday night the officer was charged with manslaughter

Officer Amber Guyger has said she mistakenly entered Jean’s apartment thinking it was her own. Beyond that, little has been disclosed. She is white; he was black. Did race play a role? Does police privilege play a role in a lack of charges in a case where there’s no doubt a man is dead by her action? Such questions are being raised by Jean’s family and attorney.

Guyger, a five-year officer, shot a suspect during an arrest in 2017 but was cleared of wrongdoing.

Some early social media posts — referenced in an earlier comment by a reader here — apparently were mistaken in asserting Jean and Guyger knew each other. WFAA reports:

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