Fort Worth shooting: Officers weren't asked to do welfare check. Here's how it changed things

CNN ^ | OCT 17 2019 | Nicole Chavez

[SERE_DOC]

Perhaps if he yelled “quit resisting “ or “get your hands out of my pocket”
He wouldn’t be in so much trouble.

[circlecity]

"Buck fever..."

Bingo. I think you hit the nail on the head.

[terycarl]

I predict the cop will plead to Manslaughter. 10 year sentence.

I hope he pleads guilty to NOTHING....have a trial!!!

[yesthatjallen]

“I’m not accusing the officer of murder but his actions put both the homeowner and the police officers’ lives in danger.”

So did hers.

The difference being, while the officer was aware of his actions (called to the house to check on the door left open for hours and searching the perimeter of the house) the home owner was completely oblivious to what was going on.

The officer had time to think about what he was doing. The homeowner had seconds to react to hearing a noise and seeing someone outside her window.

This is why I side with the homeowner.

She had no idea 'the good guys' were outside her home. She heard a noise and reacted.

The officer had a responsibility to identify himself.

How could she know, when she heard a noise, grabbed her gun, and turned toward the window, the person outside her window was a police officer? Would anyone who heard a noise outside there window stop to ask themselves, 'is that a criminal or a cop?'

The officer was the one who made mistakes. The homeowner was only reacting in self-defense to a perceived and unidentified threat.

[Penelope Dreadful]

What does race have to do with it??? Which race is it that usually attacks and shoots at cops???

Gee, what planet do you live on??? Even Pizza Delivery guys know that.

[skr]

I didn’t say anything about murder. Murder implies intent to kill someone. This seems more like a reckless manslaughter case to me. I doubt this officer intended to kill anyone when he answered the call.