Dallas officer kills man after mistaking his apartment for her own

[Ruffdaddy]

I'm not a back the blue type at all - far from it, but I don't see how her actions satisfy the legal requirements for "recklessness." The "circumstances surrounding her conduct" were that she went into someone else's apartment; the "result of her conduct" was that she shot a man in his apartment. Was and did she "aware of but consciously disregard[Ed] a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur"?

People get manslaughter charges for texting while driving. What she did was 10x as reckless as that.

This lady was reckless from the get go. In a sexual relationship with her partner...whom she was talking to on the way to intrude on Bothams apartment.

Then she goes in without her key fob working.

Then she pulls her gun on an unarmed man eating icecream

Them she shoots an unarmed man that she hasn't even confirmed was a threat.

That's so many layers of reckless that it appears to have totally confused yall into thinking it wasnt a textbook manslaughter case.

If I pull a gun at all without being certain I'm in danger...that's reckless. This lady pulled a gun and then shot an unarmed person in their own apartment.

I'm not an FTP person but these police need to start serving some time.

[lincolnboy]

The law will always have a different court of law.

[Nash B.]

Texas Penal Code § 6.03. Definitions of Culpable Mental States
(c) A person acts recklessly, or is reckless, with respect to circumstances surrounding his conduct or the result of his conduct when he is aware of but consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur.  The risk must be of such a nature and degree that its disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as viewed from the actor's standpoint.

This...no point in arguing when I'm clearly right.

When the definition he posted of manslaughter matches her actions exactly...only a cop can find a way to ignore the facts.

How does the saying go...once a cop...? What was that last part.

I'm not a back the blue type at all - far from it, but I don't see how her actions satisfy the legal requirements for "recklessness." The "circumstances surrounding her conduct" were that she went into someone else's apartment; the "result of her conduct" was that she shot a man in his apartment. Was and did she "aware of but consciously disregard[Ed] a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur"?

[svauto-erotic855]

I linked the article just to show that the lead detective also agreed this didn't meet the legal definition of a crime.

The police department that the Tactical Team belonged to that mutilated the infant also cleared themselves of any wrongdoing so it's like it simply didn't happen.

If this woman is acquitted you can probably expect some black lives matter types to gun down a bunch more cops in Dallas again, and I can't say that I would blame them.

[Ruffdaddy]

I linked the article just to show that the lead detective also agreed this didn't meet the legal definition of a crime.

You mean another cop thinks she's not guilty of anything for shooting a guy in his own home?

[jewozzy]

This convoluted logic reminds me of a tactical team that put a flashbang on the end of a pole and stuck it through an upstairs window a few inches away from an infant's face. When it went off it ripped a good portion of the kids face off and I believe he lost both eyes. They excused it by saying that their intelligence did not indicate that a child was present in the home absolving themselves of any responsibility.

When the founding fathers expressed fears about the potential for abuse from a standing army they were not talking about the type of military we have today. What they were describing and what they feared is exactly what law enforcement in America is today

I linked the article just to show that the lead detective also agreed this didn't meet the legal definition of a crime.

[svauto-erotic855]

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/sp...4-7ba2cfa28884

This convoluted logic reminds me of a tactical team that put a flashbang on the end of a pole and stuck it through an upstairs window a few inches away from an infant's face. When it went off it ripped a good portion of the kids face off and I believe he lost both eyes. They excused it by saying that their intelligence did not indicate that a child was present in the home absolving themselves of any responsibility.

When the founding fathers expressed fears about the potential for abuse from a standing army they were not talking about the type of military we have today. What they were describing and what they feared is exactly what law enforcement in America is today

[jewozzy]

I'll have to find it when I get home.

Edit: I just Googled "truck driver sent to prison for fatal accident" and I found several hundred. It might take me awhile to find the one I'm talking about.

I tried the same but the only thing I found with mass casualties like that was a driver that parked on the side of a road and a bus hit him.

[svauto-erotic855]

Link? What did his log book say?

I'll have to find it when I get home.

Edit: I just Googled "truck driver sent to prison for fatal accident" and I found several hundred. It might take me awhile to find the one I'm talking about.

[jewozzy]

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/special-reports/botham-jean/amber-guyger-didnt-commit-a-crime-when-she-killed-botham-jean-lead-investigator-says/287-2f00dbfc-0d5b-488d-ab54-7ba2cfa28884

[Baron Von Crowder]

This...no point in arguing when I'm clearly right.

When the definition he posted of manslaughter matches her actions exactly...only a cop can find a way to ignore the facts.

How does the saying go...once a cop...? What was that last part.

I bet you're really fun at parties.

[Ruffdaddy]

Don't argue with him, it's pointless. You've already stated you're not an LEO anymore and hes still making a reference to that and like you said, pointing his finger at you for posting facts, what a dope...

This...no point in arguing when I'm clearly right.

When the definition he posted of manslaughter matches her actions exactly...only a cop can find a way to ignore the facts.

How does the saying go...once a cop...? What was that last part.

[Craizie]

Link? What did his log book say?

Oh I'm sure he'd been running well outside of his legal hours.

[jewozzy]

A truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel crashed into a bus or house or something and killed 14 people a year or two ago. He just received a life sentence without parole for an accident. There were no extenuating circumstances like drug or alcohol use, he just fell asleep.

Link? What did his log book say?

[svauto-erotic855]

Yes she did but it wasn't intentional and she thought she was in her own home. A terrible accident, but doesn't meet the charge of murder.

A truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel crashed into a bus or house or something and killed 14 people a year or two ago. He just received a life sentence without parole for an accident. There were no extenuating circumstances like drug or alcohol use, he just fell asleep.