I thought the chick was going to walk too. She didn't.He'll walk on murder.
This feels worse than the apartment one. Gun or not. The department doesn't appear to be standing behind him. That speaks volumes.
I thought the chick was going to walk too. She didn't.He'll walk on murder.
If they went with a lighter charge he wouldn't.probably. but that doesn't make it right.
I think the other case pretty much spells it out.If they went with a lighter charge he wouldn't.
If memory serves the video has him walking around gun drawn, but not pointed out in front of him.I think the other case pretty much spells it out.
In Texas if he intended to kill = murder. And why else pull the trigger but to kill someone?
Their only argument is self defense, but that's pretty thin given the way the entire situation was handled. The only reason he found himself in danger was due to his own incompetence. If anything, the lady that was shot was acting in self defense if she was holding a gun. Not that she would need one in her own home, but she was licensed to carry.
I'd have to watch again, but when walking with a flashlight and a gun both tools are typically pointing in the same direction.If memory serves the video has him walking around gun drawn, but not pointed out in front of him.
just by the facts as presented so far, the Murder charge is appropriate. He intentionally killed someone who he was not legally permitted to kill.If they went with a lighter charge he wouldn't.
She pointed a gun at him.just by the facts as presented so far, the Murder charge is appropriate. He intentionally killed someone who he was not legally permitted to kill.
I understand how we disagree that the fact that he was a police officer, granted a monopoly on violence by the State, and he killed a citizen who he was sworn to protect and serve should be 'egregious'.
But what are the mitigating circumstances that should make this less than Murder?
and she was perfectly within her rights to do so. And a reasonable person would point a gun at someone shining a flashlight through their backyard window.She pointed a gun at him.
You don't point a gun at something unless you're willing to shoot it. If this were a case of her shooting the guy with the flashlight walking around her property we'd be having a very different conversation.and she was perfectly within her rights to do so. And a reasonable person would point a gun at someone shining a flashlight through their backyard window.
The fact that she pointed a weapon is not a mitigating circumstance.
not in Texas.You don't point a gun at something unless you're willing to shoot it. If this were a case of her shooting the guy with the flashlight walking around her property we'd be having a very different conversation.
i'm not real bright, you might have to draw me a picture...That's kind of my point.
If she had shot him, that's on the cop. If she waves her gun at people and ends up being shot, different story.i'm not real bright, you might have to draw me a picture...
to me, this is exactly like "if a burglar was casing your house and shot you through your window, how would he be charged?"
the cop had no right be in that backyard pointing a flashlight through her window.
i don't think so. Only one person was legally justified in brandishing a weapon in that scenario.If she had shot him, that's on the cop. If she waves her gun at people and ends up being shot, different story.
and that was the lone individual brandishing (assuming the nephew's statements are correct)i don't think so. Only one person was legally justified in brandishing a weapon in that scenario.
Agree.He didn't identify himself as a police officer, so his order to drop the weapon was unlawful.
I can't say one way or the other. It was a very short time between the command and the shot, but it also sounds like the gun was pointed at him.He didn't give her a chance to respond to his command, and committed Murder.
In all honesty they probably should have resulted in the officer being shot.all the other departmental screw-ups that led to the moment right before he screwed up would not have resulted in a loss of life.
Manslaughter or criminal negligence causing death seem more appropriate given the circumstances.I think Murder is an appropriate charge, certainly not under-charging.
You are. It's just that like most of us, you don't speak "beardguyanese"...i'm not real bright, you might have to draw me a picture...
I really bright too bruv.You are. It's just that like most of us, you don't speak "beardguyanese"...
Pretty sure @Splinty calls you son not cause you're his but because you're bright.I really bright too bruv.
Pretty sure @Splinty calls you son not cause you're his but because you're bright.
Fuck an astronaut you're a star my dude.@Splinty always told me I could be anything I ever wanted
“Even an astronaut, dad? I once asked
“No. No not that.” He said
If we agree that he intended to cause serious bodily harm or death, neither of those charges would be appropriate.Manslaughter or criminal negligence causing death seem more appropriate given the circumstances.
You're ignoring the mitigating circumstance of someone pointing a gun at him.If we agree that he intended to cause serious bodily harm or death, neither of those charges would be appropriate.
Murder is the lowest charge available to a prosecutor where the intent to kill is established.
those aren't mitigating circumstances in charging, those are mitigating in sentencing.You're ignoring the mitigating circumstance of someone pointing a gun at him.