Judge sequesters jury in trial of former Dallas officer who shot black neighbour

The Guardian ^ | 09/23/2019

[zeugma]

I live here in Dallas. She’ll be found not guilty. It wasn’t murder. It was manslaughter. Dallas DA has overcharged her due to public pressure. They have screwed up. The shooting was not premeditated. She should have not shot him. It’s manslaughter and they didn’t charge her with that. She’ll get found not guilty and Dallas will be to blame for it.

I agree. They overcharged her. Unless, that is, they can show that she knew the man. Better, if she'd been to the apartment before.

[spetznaz]

She will not be found guilty. The DA decided to increase the charge from manslaughter (easily proven in this case) to murder (much harder to prove in this case), and the chances of her being convicted of murder is slim to none. If I was of the suspicious kind, I’d almost be willing to say that the DA did that on purpose to let a cop go free, but I’m not of a conspiracist.

Anyway, she will almost certainly go free since it is a murder charge. Her defense is already saying that her cop instincts kicked in when she saw a large strange man inside what she thought was her apartment, and when he started to (allegedly) approach she shot him. Maybe mention how he refused to stop when commanded (even though most of us wouldn’t stop if someone came to our house), and there has even been mention of marijuana. Good thing they didn’t say it was coke or spice from the mines of Dune or Bulgarian child prostitutes ...

Anyway, the murder charge will be poked full of holes, and the lady will be acquitted.

What is most ironic is this - had any of us walked into the wrong house and shot someone dead, we would be in a LOT of trouble. So much trouble a name hasn’t been created for it yet. She’s fortunate she is a police officer.