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Amber Guyger found guilty of murder in fatal shooting of Botham Jean
Fox4 News ^ | 10/01/209

Posted on 10/01/2019 10:33:27 AM PDT by Envisioning

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To: Envisioning

She messed up big time. Let’s accept her premise. A policewoman chose to shoot an unarmed man instead of detaining & arresting them?

Welcome to the slammer. A cop in prison gets a lot of attention I suppose.


21 posted on 10/01/2019 10:57:29 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: treetopsandroofs
>>>I think if it hadn’t been white cop/black victim, it would have been negligent homicide

It fits because of the fact she was in the process of committing a felony (violation of 30.02 - which is a state jail felony) and death occurred. She entered a habitation illegally - thus committing a felony - and that resulted in the negligent death of an individual.

That is the textbook definition of what they charged her with and anything less would have been injustice had it been your loved one shot and killed - CORRECT? That is why they charged her with 19.02.b.3 murder. Remember, there is no 1st or 2nd-degree murder in Texas.

22 posted on 10/01/2019 10:59:02 AM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: DoodleDawg
>>>Killing someone in the commission of a crime in Texas is murder.

Finally, someone who knows Texas law....

23 posted on 10/01/2019 10:59:58 AM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: IrishBrigade

The act of shooting twice doesn’t necessarily mean anything. Many of us are taught a ‘standard’ threat response which in most cases is a controlled pair to the center of mass, followed up with other responses if that doesn’t stop the threat.


24 posted on 10/01/2019 11:00:42 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: grey_whiskers

rofl!!

Murder carries a sentence of five to 99 years...

That’s a BIG difference...5 to 99!!


25 posted on 10/01/2019 11:02:10 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: DoodleDawg

Thanks, your explanation of Texas law makes the outcome understandable.


26 posted on 10/01/2019 11:02:30 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner
she did not murder anyone.....she went to the wrong apartment....the door was cracked open and she pulled her weapon, something most freepers would do ....

she killed someone....it was not on purpose....

she's white....there's your answer to this "murder" conviction......

meanwhile those two black teenagers who deliberately beat a white man to death will probably get their hand slapped.....

she's white....that is the answer....

27 posted on 10/01/2019 11:04:53 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Magnum44

I read today the charge was subsequently upgraded to murder

Probably by a politically ambitious prosecutor . . .or one of those shameful white guilt cowards


28 posted on 10/01/2019 11:05:24 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Pussie Smollett, Mizzou, campus fake nooses, fake "protests" FAKE EVERYTHING Hey CNN? lol)
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To: grey_whiskers

I am going to do my best to mentally catalog your response. I intend to use it in the future. lol.


29 posted on 10/01/2019 11:06:01 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: cicero2k

She reportedly yelled “show your hands” twice


30 posted on 10/01/2019 11:06:26 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Pussie Smollett, Mizzou, campus fake nooses, fake "protests" FAKE EVERYTHING Hey CNN? lol)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

I think post 18 explains it.


31 posted on 10/01/2019 11:06:59 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Envisioning

Murder 1? Murder 2? I think if its unintentional murder, ie negligent homicide, then yes. Wouldnt say she had intentional plans to murder him beforehand.

But yes, negligent homicide.


32 posted on 10/01/2019 11:08:32 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: IrishBrigade

She was probably enraged she thought it was her home she didn’t announce she was police, just aimed and Turkey Shot the guy apparently black man. It was stupid mistake.


33 posted on 10/01/2019 11:09:35 AM PDT by wannabegeek
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To: Envisioning

I’m actually a little bit surprised. I thought murder would be a tough sell ... thought they’d convict of manslaughter.


34 posted on 10/01/2019 11:09:46 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: A_Former_Democrat
She reportedly yelled “show your hands” twice

Did the neighbors report hearing that? Or just her?

35 posted on 10/01/2019 11:10:02 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: plain talk

Yup. Basically their worst nightmare. which is why they cover for each other when they are liars or crooks themselves.


36 posted on 10/01/2019 11:10:30 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: treetopsandroofs
I think if it hadn’t been white cop/black victim, it would have been negligent homicide.

If the victim had not been black, she would have walked away clean.

37 posted on 10/01/2019 11:10:39 AM PDT by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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To: Envisioning

Always wo dered if she knew him in some way....


38 posted on 10/01/2019 11:10:55 AM PDT by stockpirate (Anyone who believes Epstein killed himself is a fool)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

“””She reportedly yelled “show your hands” twice”””


No other witnesses heard her say that.

It was her word against that of a dead man who cannot say what she said.

I noticed that when she was on the stand, she did not say ‘POLICE’.


39 posted on 10/01/2019 11:14:58 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Envisioning

And also, for those entrusted with higher authority and supposed extra training with weapons, dealing with tense situations, and an ability to kill others as part of their job, plus having the state normally on their sidein just about every comtroversial thingtheydo, yes, I believe they ought to be held to higher standards than the average person. When they screw up huge when they are the last group of people that should, and innocent people die because of them, yes, they need to be held to a higher standard.


40 posted on 10/01/2019 11:15:27 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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