As I said earlier in the thread. The procedure leading up to the shooting was bush league, but if you walk up to a window and someone points a gun at you you're probably going to shoot at then if you have the opportunity. Now, is that what happened? I don't know and I can't tell from the video what the officer saw or is going to claim he saw. But people in this thread are comparing the body cam to being a first person shooter video game.
If you want to argue semantics feel free, but the point remains.
I don't think it matters what he saw or thought he saw. The incident was 100% caused by his actions and someone is dead because of it.
I don't disagree, but there are levels of intent and if he had a gun pointed at him that makes a big difference in how this all is going to proceed in a court.
If there was any evidence of her pointing a gun at him, we'd know by now. And he wouldn't be charged with Murder
Reasonable doubt doesn't require evidence.
Because a prosecutor has never over charged a cop before because they wanted to make an example of them for the public...
Reasonable doubt, by virtue of being based in reason, requires evidence.
You know OJ got off, right?
If they were under-charging them they wouldn't consistently beat charges. Passively prosecuting is a different story.
They usually do both, IMO
I respectfully disagree.
Really? Qualified Immunity raises the bar for prosecution, and the State is eating its own... Don't see the incentive to aggressively prosecute
If you walk a beat, the State doesn't consider you to be "one of their own" unless it benefits them.
Just wanted to say rereading this thread made me realize that comparatively, you do have the patience of a saint.
The Woman Killed By A Fort Worth Cop In Her Home Had Pointed A Gun Out The Window, Her Nephew Said
i was wrong,
@JonJonesBeardguess we had to wait a day or two.
He'll walk on murder.i was wrong,
guess we had to wait a day or two.
but the murder charge is still appropriate. If she was unarmed, I'd say it was Capital Murder
i think that the fact that he was extensively trained, and a state actor, make the murder egregious. It's not an emotional thing. I don't believe in the death penalty, i think it's immoral and expensive. I just think when a police officer kills someone in their home out of professional incompetence, they should be held to the highest standard of the law.
no, i think they're under-trained.
