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Dallas Officer Who Killed Man in His Own Home Says He Ignored Her Commands
The New York Times ^ | 10 September 2018 | Sarah Mervosh and Matthew Haag

Posted on 09/10/2018 7:38:00 PM PDT by Theoria

A Dallas police officer who fatally shot her neighbor in his apartment, claiming she mistook the unit for her own, told the authorities that the door was already ajar when she entered and that she shot him after he ignored verbal commands, according to court records released on Monday.

The officer, Amber R. Guyger, 30, who has been charged with manslaughter, could face additional charges in a case that has led to accusations that the officer received preferential treatment and debate about whether race may have played a role in the deadly encounter between a white police officer and a black man in his home.

On Monday, the Dallas County district attorney, Faith Johnson, insisted that the investigation into the death of the neighbor, Botham Shem Jean, 26, had not ended and that her office could seek charges “including anything from murder to manslaughter.”

“We’ll present a thorough case to the grand jury so that a right decision can be made,” Ms. Johnson said at a news conference.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: alcoholtest; amberguyger; cops; coverup; dallas; donutwatch; drugtest; falsereport; guilty; guyger; homeinvasion; leo; police; shooting; texas
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To: sjmjax

She does - she has those glazed, shadowed eyes of someone who takes ice. They are violent and unpredictable, also.


61 posted on 09/10/2018 8:41:25 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: Theoria
She said "get down" and he started to dance?

I am in soooo much trouble...

62 posted on 09/10/2018 8:43:23 PM PDT by null and void (McCain is dead but the A-10 lives on.)
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To: CaptainK


If I’m sober cop and my door is unlocked when I get home, I don’t go in. I call for backup.

exactly.

this thing has impaired shooter and police coverup written all over it.


63 posted on 09/10/2018 8:43:41 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: dandiegirl
If it was dark in there, how did she even know it was a black man?

If it was dark in there, how did she manage to shoot him with a handgun? Twice?

Firing a handgun accurately and hitting a target from several feet away is no sure thing under a stressful situation. Doing it in darkness - well, there's a lot going on with this officer's story.
64 posted on 09/10/2018 8:45:38 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: null and void

Thanks a lot! Now I’ve got “Jungle Boogie” playing in my head!! :)

“Get down, get down!”

Oh noes...now I’m in trouble, too.


65 posted on 09/10/2018 8:45:42 PM PDT by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: 867V309
or had some other relationship with the victim

It seems the victim's family's attorney, Lee Merritt, has turned up evidence in that regard. Two neighbors heard shouts of "Let me in!" accompanied by door banging. This was followed by gunshots, followed by "Oh my God, why did you do that?" in a man's voice. The victim's last words?

66 posted on 09/10/2018 8:46:17 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Theoria

Wow...

He allegedly ignored verbal commands and did what? Pulled a gun? A knife? Did he physically attack her? I would imagine the victim was completely blown away, going about his business in his own residence one second and then whammo!


67 posted on 09/10/2018 8:46:27 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Reno89519
Two halfwits equals what?

If they multiply their wits, a quarter wit.

68 posted on 09/10/2018 8:47:27 PM PDT by null and void (McCain is dead but the A-10 lives on.)
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To: TXBlair

Glad to share...


69 posted on 09/10/2018 8:50:04 PM PDT by null and void (McCain is dead but the A-10 lives on.)
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To: dragnet2

“I would imagine the victim was completely blown away, going about his business in his own residence one second and then whammo!”

Welcome to the Off Duty Police State.


70 posted on 09/10/2018 8:50:43 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: cynwoody


It seems the victim's family's attorney, Lee Merritt, has turned up evidence in that regard.

if there was a relationship, it will turn up IMHO. those things never remain hidden forever.


71 posted on 09/10/2018 8:51:01 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I believe she’s making stuff up as she goes. She’s betting she will skate because she’s a cop. If she does, between her killing an innocent civilian and the Muslim cop killing an innocent civilian it’ll be open season on civilians.


72 posted on 09/10/2018 8:53:23 PM PDT by Notthereyet (Notthereyet)
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To: Theoria

The left is hyping this big time.

Putting out memes and articles showing her mother westing All Lives Matter shirt and someone making the white supremacist salute etc...

They are trying to milk this for all it’s worth, saying it was done purposely to kill a black person.


73 posted on 09/10/2018 8:55:28 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Fungi

Because their total ages are under fifty

And the emotional ages are lcombined ess than forty


74 posted on 09/10/2018 8:56:54 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Moderates/Independents/Non-voters" Are DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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To: 867V309

She supposedly put in twelve hours. Her apt is within walking distance of the main police station


75 posted on 09/10/2018 8:59:02 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Moderates/Independents/Non-voters" Are DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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To: ifinnegan

“They are trying to milk this for all it’s worth, saying it was done purposely to kill a black person.”

It’s worth a murder conviction.

That is unless we want to live in a nation where we condone the police, even off duty police, walking into your home, shouting senseless commands and shooting you.


76 posted on 09/10/2018 9:00:10 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: 867V309

I think I read it was about twenty minutes


77 posted on 09/10/2018 9:02:04 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Moderates/Independents/Non-voters" Are DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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To: 867V309
if there was a relationship, it will turn up IMHO.

Hopefully, the Rangers will give their respective phones and computers a thorough examination.

78 posted on 09/10/2018 9:02:21 PM PDT by cynwoody
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“Guyger drew her firearm, gave verbal commands that were ignored by Jean,” the affidavit says. “As a result, Guyger fired her handgun two times striking (Jean) one time in the torso.”

Guyger then went into Jean’s apartment and called 911. She turned on the lights and when dispatchers asked where she was, Guyger returned to the front door and discovered she was at the wrong apartment, the document says.”

First off by the sworn affidavite it seems her reason for shooting was not a threat but failure to follow orders.

Next it seems she went into the apartment, called the police, then turned on the lights, went back to the front door and *finally* figured out she had the wrong place?!

This is her sworn statement and if you believe that well there is not much I can say...

Neighbors said they heard banging on the door, shouting of let me in, let me in. Then soon after gunshots. When they looked out to investigate they thought everything was inder control cause they saw an officer ( so she was still in uniform). Another neighbor recalled the same but added he heard the occupant say “why did you do that?” after he was shot.


79 posted on 09/10/2018 9:04:54 PM PDT by walkingdead (It's easy, you just don't lead 'em as much....)
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To: Notthereyet


I believe she’s making stuff up as she goes. She’s betting she will skate because she’s a cop.

me too.

my scenario: long shift, got loaded--drugs or C2H5OH--disoriented, she found 'her' door ajar, man freaked her and she popped him. crappy bureaucracy tries to cover for her.


80 posted on 09/10/2018 9:04:59 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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