Cop shoots "intruder"

I'm not sure this one passes the sniff test.

Cops are trained to notice details. I didn't see where time of day was mentioned but wouldn't she have immediately noticed that the furniture, etc. was not hers? Even if it was at night and he was awake he would have had lights on. And if he was asleep, lights off, she would have turned on lights herself if she thought she was home.

And it just happens that of all the similar doors in the complex, she "accidentally" picks the one belonging to someone she dated?

Nah...not buying it.

 

Did anyone read where she used a key to get into apartment? Are we asuming she used a key? He might of left apt door unlocked to let her in. According to some reports and his mother they have history together. Something doesn't add up. Texas Rangers are following some leads. He might of had dirt on her. Just my opinion.

 

While I'm a law enforcement supporter, I agree with everyone here that this may be one of those that probably never should have made it through academy. There are too many things that don't add up.

 

It is refreshing to see someone with such close ties to law enforcement exhibit a more balanced, unbiased view of a situation. Usually, one in your situation defends regardless of facts. Appreciate your post.

 

UPDATE TO STORY:

Dallas Officer Charged With Manslaughter After Killing Neighbor in His Apartment
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A Dallas police officer was arrested on Sunday, three days after she shot and killed a neighbor in his apartment, claiming she mistook the unit for her own and the man for an intruder, the authorities said.

The officer, Amber R. Guyger, 30, was charged with manslaughter and booked into the Kaufman County jail. She was freed on $300,000 bail on Sunday night.

Her arrest followed days of rising tensions in the community, accusations of preferential treatment for the police and questions about what role race may have played in a deadly encounter between a white police officer in uniform and a black man startled in his own home.

Officer Guyger went home from work in her police uniform late Thursday night and tried to enter the apartment, where she encountered and shot Botham Shem Jean, the police said.

To get to Mr. Jean’s apartment, Officer Guyger would have had to walk past 15 to 20 apartments — many of which have distinct wreaths, doormats and trash cans, Ms. Kinsey said. Mr. Jean, for instance, had a red doormat outside his apartment.

“It doesn’t look the same,” she said. “So my main question is: What was she doing?”

Mr. Merritt, the lawyer, said that that the officer and Mr. Jean did not know each other but that she lived in a unit below Mr. Jean, who had received noise complaints from a downstairs neighbor. He said the apartment complex uses electronic keys, which blink red when used incorrectly. Officer Guyger’s key was found in the doorway of Mr. Jean’s apartment, he said.

 

Her shot had nothing to do with her police duties. She should be charged as any civilian would be in this shoot.

 

now, she will not get the police union law firm to defend her. she either has to pay her own, or put her faith in the public defenders office..

good luck chuck....

 

If she goes to prison she better pray she doesn’t get sent somewhere where she runs into someone she arrested. Inmates especially aren’t too keen on ex-cops. Karma’s a *****,literally!

 

Bullstuff, if so why wait three days to arrest the officer? This was just another murder by cop of a black man.