Botham Jean's family files lawsuit, Dallas mayor on police funding, Cowboys roster cuts: Your Friday morning roundup

Plus, could it be a snowy winter for Dallas-Fort Worth?  [Morning roundup]( 09/04/2020 By Mallorie Sullivan Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌦️ Weather: Partly cloudy and warm with a 30% chance of scattered thunderstorms. High of 89. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( ADVERTISEMENT [Southwest Airlines to launch initial routes to Miami and Palm Springs]( [Dallas needs to end food deserts, but first it must not double down on a bad idea]( [Huge downtown Dallas skyscraper hits the market]( [New York restaurant group launches second of five new ghost kitchen concepts in Dallas]( [Cowboys roster cuts: Dallas parts ways with veteran safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix]( [Good riddance to a scooter program that failed]( [Dallas man convicted in deadly 1987 robbery makes another bid for freedom after new evidence surfaces]( [Could it be a snowy winter for Dallas-Fort Worth? Here’s what the new Farmer’s Almanac says]( [Dallas County reports 250 new COVID-19 cases and 8 deaths]( [Dallas mayor opposes cuts to police overtime and doubles down on defunding City Hall bureaucracy]( Botham Jean was shot and killed inside his apartment after a Dallas police officer entered his apartment thinking it was hers at the South Side Flats in Dallas on Friday on Sept. 7, 2018. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News) COURTS [Botham Jean’s family files lawsuit against apartments where he was killed]( Botham Jean’s family has filed a lawsuit against the apartment complex where the 26-year-old was fatally shot two years ago by former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger. [In their wrongful death lawsuit filed Tuesday,]( Jean’s family alleges a confusing floor layout and faulty door at the Southside Flats contributed to Jean’s death. Guyger was still in uniform but off-duty when she returned home from a shift and entered Jean’s apartment and shot him on Sept. 6, 2018. She testified at her trial last year that she mistook his apartment for hers and wrongly thought he was a burglar. She was convicted of murder and sentenced to 10 years in prison. ADVERTISEMENT  👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [the newsroom.](  STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2020 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](