Of course, they only cuffed him because he was freaking out over the fact that the cops though he was a dangerous criminal... clearly the cops where just helping a poor kid that was scared for reasons out of their control...I want to point out that sometimes a person is so freaked out that they become a danger to themselves, and being restrained is for their safety. But, you've already gotten you mind made up about this, even though, as has been pointed out, we don't have all the story to go along with what happened.
I can almost understand her reasoning. She had her windows open and basically someone else's kids were standing outside yelling for a pretty long time. She handled it terribly and used the absolute bullshit excuse of "selling without a permit", but it still stemmed from not wanting to hear someone yelling outside of your window for hours.Heh, PermitPatty:
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44601668
After reading this, I expected the incident to have occured on a leafy suburban street.I can almost understand her reasoning. She had her windows open and basically someone else's kids were standing outside yelling for a pretty long time. She handled it terribly and used the absolute bullshit excuse of "selling without a permit", but it still stemmed from not wanting to hear someone yelling outside of your window for hours.
Eh wot, guv? Some chit is cross with us 'cause we be 'avin' a gas, eh? A nasty jar for 'er, that is.But that street in the video? She's just lucky it ain't turn of the century London with newsboys 'ollering the 'eadlines on every corner.
She would need to call the police on a lot more people. Someone selling marijuana illegally probably shouldn't draw attention to herself either way.After reading this, I expected the incident to have occured on a leafy suburban street.
But that street in the video? She's just lucky it ain't turn of the century London with newsboys 'ollering the 'eadlines on every corner.
For a second there i though that was the guy they finally found guilty of shooting his daughters black boyfriend, after 3 juries couldn't decide on a verdict.
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say an officer returning home from work shot and killed a neighbor after she said she mistook his apartment for her own.
Police issued a news release Friday saying the shooting happened Thursday night. Police say the officer had arrived at her apartment complex in uniform after working a shift.
Authorities say the officer called dispatch to report the shooting. She told responding officers that she believed the victim’s apartment was her own when she entered it.
The man was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.
The officer, who was not injured, will be placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
Funny thing is, if he'd've been in a position to "Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground", he would have most likely been put on the fast track to Death Row for shooting a cop.By the time I saw it... first sentence in story now.
DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who said she mistook a black neighbor’s apartment for her own fatally shot that person and will be charged with manslaughter, police said Friday.
Dallas Morning News is reporting the officer will be charged with manslaughter, and once they have a warrant they'll release the officer's name.
This has actually been tried before with officers in uniform after they broke into the wrong house for a raid. The occupant jumped from his bed, grabbed his gun and returned fire before realizing it was the cops and taking a hit from their return fire. He and his wife sued the department afterwards and the results were basically "We're not charging you for attempted manslaughter because of Castle Doctrine and because you had a good faith reason to believe you needed to defend yourself. However, because you fired on the officers in a good faith commission of their duties, we can't find them guilty ether. They had just as much justification to fight for their lives as you did."Funny thing is, if he'd've been in a position to "Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground", he would have most likely been put on the fast track to Death Row for shooting a cop.
*This is America*I just don't really understand why they're dragging their feet. If the police officer wasn't in uniform and this was off duty, she's a regular civilian. If I get so drunk I go to the wrong house, get in, and shoot the person in there, that's definitely purely on me and I'm not sure what it'd be classed as - manslaughter or another legal term - but I'm definitely going to see the inside of a jail. My job, my color, the other person's color, they all really don't seem relevant whatsoever.
Conflicting accounts abound:I still don't understand how this happens. You're not at your correct door. Therefore your key doesn't work. You look up a bit, realize you're an idiot, and go back one floor down. How does "my key doesn't work" translate into "this is still mine, whomever is in there should be shot, since they changed the locks somehow." Or... what?
SourceCrime-scene evidence from Botham Jean’s apartment supports Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger’s account that she shot Jean from across the room as she stood inside his apartment door, (..) [t]he evidence, at least so far, doesn’t conclusively determine whether the door was unlocked or ajar.
(..) Guyger told police the door was open and ajar and she thought Jean was an intruder.
(..) A search warrant obtained by Dallas police says “an unknown male, inside the apartment confronted the officer at the door.” The warrant affidavit obtained by the Texas Rangers to arrest Guyger on a manslaughter charge three days after the shooting says Jean was “across the room” when the officer walked through the door.
(..) An attorney for Jean’s family, Lee Merritt, has said two independent witnesses had come forward to say they heard knocking on the door in the hallway before the shooting. Merritt said one witness reported hearing a woman’s voice saying, “Let me in, let me in.” Then they heard gunshots, he said.
Seems a bit too much for "just" neighbours...This story reads far more likely that someone had some sort of beef with her upstairs neighbor and, with judgement impaired by alcohol (and no doubt emboldened by her position as a police officer), she decided to confront him about it and things then escalated due to additional poor decision making and got out of hand, and her buddies are trying to cover for her. It’s (probably) not really about race, pot, police, guns, or even gender*.
I mean, I can’t be the only one seeing this as the most likely story, right?
—Patrick
*well, it actually could be about any of these things, but let’s assume the best, ok?
They have keyless entry systems, so you're not necessarily trying to fit a key. Some reports have said they door may have been not completely locked closed. I'm really not sure what the hell actually happened. I believe that she is at fault, that possibly there is more between them than has been reported. It's a big mess that I'm not sure we'll ever get the full story in the public eye.I still don't understand how this happens. You're not at your correct door. Therefore your key doesn't work. You look up a bit, realize you're an idiot, and go back one floor down. How does "my key doesn't work" translate into "this is still mine, whomever is in there should be shot, since they changed the locks somehow." Or... what?
Hell, the first part HAS HAPPENED TO ME. Once. I was really REALLY confused as to why my key didn't work, as the hallway is identical. But then I looked a little harder at the number on the door, then felt like an idiot for punching the wrong button on the elevator. Then I went to my correct floor, and I laughed at myself for a few minutes, and haven't told a soul until now.