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The mayor said her having a gun was irrelevant. Her having a gun and reportedly having pointed the gun at the officer through the window, is definitely relevant. It could be a mitigating factor should the officer claim he was in fear of life and it was self defense.

Does anybody know whether the interior lights were on, allowing the officer to see in the house, but possibly preventing her from seeing out? Because the report said the officer was using his flashlight to look in the window, maybe they were playing video games in the dark.

Also I am curious whether any of the officers entered the house before the shooting. If not, why would they announce they were the police before checking out the exterior?

I’m thinking there is a whole lot more to the story than what is being reported. It’s way to early for the mayor and others to call this a murder, when, at least superficially, it looks more like potentially self defense or at the worst, involuntary manslaughter. Pretty sure the police didn't offer special prizes at roll call for killing innocent black citizens.

Also can’t figure out how this is a civil rights violation.

I guess that’s what the cops get for doing their job. Goes to show how just checking the welfare of a citizen can go sideways so quickly.

I’m thinking there is a whole lot more to the story than what is being reported. It’s way to early for the mayor and others to call this a murder ...(snip)

The mayor, the police chief and other public officials are poisoning the potential juror pool (public) and making it impossible for the officer to get anything even close to resembling a fair trial at this point.

Whoever the officer's lawyer is, he'd best get that trial moved elsewhere.