Posted on 10/12/2019 5:35:50 PM PDT by Drew68
A white Fort Worth officer fatally shot a black woman inside her home early Saturday after police were called to the house to do a welfare check, according to police and the neighbor who called them.
The woman who was killed was Atatiana Jefferson, 28, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Police released a statement Saturday afternoon saying officers responded at 2:25 a.m. to a report the front door of a home was open in the 1200 block of East Allen Avenue. James Smith, who called a non-emergency police number, said he saw the doors were open and the lights were on, which struck him as unusual. He knew Jefferson, his neighbor, was home with her 8-year-old nephew.
Police parked around the corner, so the woman couldn’t see them, according to Smith, 62. About 15 minutes later, he said, he heard a loud bang and saw several more officers rush inside.
Body camera video released by police on Saturday shows two police officers using flashlights to check the perimeter of the home, inspecting multiple doors that are open with a screen door closed. In the back of home, one officer appears to see a figure through a dark window, and he quickly twists his body to the left.
“Put your hands up! Show me your hands!” he shouts through the window, his gun drawn. He then fires a single shot through the window.
He does not identify himself as a police officer in the video.
Police said in the statement that the officer, who joined the department in April 2018, saw a person standing inside the home near a window.
“Perceiving a threat, the officer drew his duty weapon and fired one shot striking the person inside the residence,” the statement said.
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Why should Dallas have all the fun?
Calling the police (for anything) almost never makes a situation get better.
Round 2 Amber Guyger. Please let this be fake news.
I'll be curious to compare this male cop's future prison sentence to Amber Guyger's.
Successful police operation.
1. They responded to the correct address reported by the caller for the welfare check.
2. The police have eliminated any questions whatsoever about the state of the woman’s welfare.
Horrible.
The policeman didn’t see any weapon, because there was no weapon.
The poor woman was inside her own home.
Oh boy. There’s gonna be trouble in them parts.
That cop shot one of fellow Americans. Not cool.
Unfortunately, it looks pretty real. The victim looked to be a good person as well.
If people are worried about gun violence...they need to start looking at the police departments. In all seriousness, the trend needs to move back towards police being “Peace Officers” and get rid of all their tactical gear.
Watched it.. It was another shoot first sort it out later event.
I live in a far different kind of area but this is one reason I would be very hesitant to call the police to check on the welfare of a neighbor.
Was she eating icecream?
Why didn’t the police simply go to the front door and ring the door bell? Guilty of murder.
They can always refuse to check. They can insist the caller be there. They’re being dumped on.
I agree. This is horrible. The police are increasingly embracing a defensive, adversarial mindset of "us vs. them" where everyone not wearing blue is the enemy.
Why didn’t the police simply go to the front door and ring the door bell? Guilty of murder.
Why didn’t the neighbor, who called the police, and knew the woman try to call her on the phone?
...saw a person standing inside the home near a window. “Perceiving a threat, the officer drew his duty weapon and fired one shot striking the person inside the residence,” the statement said.
Just wow. That’s the kind of behavior you would expect of an infantryman trying to neutralize a house occupied by enemy soldiers.
I would expect even a soldier to practice better target ID than this before letting loose.
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