[Spktyr]

Officer Aaron Dean, if he was an honorable man, should have immediately eaten his own gun after what he did.

His body cam clearly showed he did not identify himself and he was skulking around her house after dark.

In Texas, citizens are black-letter-law specifically allowed to use force up to and including deadly force to confront unknown trespassers on their property in the night time. It doesn’t matter if that lady had a f***ing flamethrower, RPG, or claymore mine - if she legally possessed it, she is legally allowed to use it to defend herself against an unknown trespasser after dark. The cop was already in the wrong, period, full stop. The body cam footage confirms it. The cop was not serving a warrant, he was there on a welfare check. There was no reason for him to approach the house stealthily. There was no reason for him to circle the house. There was no reason for him to shoot the occupant who quite legally was investigating the unknown trespasser on her property.

Oh, and if she’d shot the cop? Texas law, again, black-letter-specifically, says that you CAN use deadly force against police officers who pull exactly this crap. Texas Penal Code section 9.31(c)(2) and (d), plus subsequent sections. Section 9.32 does NOT exempt wayward police conducting themselves illegally from having deadly force used upon them.

[Navy Patriot]

Officer Aaron Dean, if he was an honorable man, should have immediately eaten his own gun after what he did.

Cowardice precluded that.

[Labyrinthos]

His body cam clearly showed he did not identify himself and he was skulking around her house after dark.

His body cam should also show the woman pointing a gun.

[null and void]

if she legally possessed it,

I wouldn't be certain she ever possessed the gun in her entire life, legally or illegally.

[dead]

Well said and exactly correct.