What the hell is wrong with these people?

[Soph0571]

Even when you are doing everything right - job - home - family - they still have to try and demonise when they kill you... fucking racist wankers

[safeinOhio]

1. Information about the cop is sealed.

Yet, a small amount of weed, that might have been planted is information that is given to the press.

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. Who cares if he smoked weed?

I don't. It has nothing to do with anything.

[SammyWinstonJack]

17. Yeah, really and I bet most people don't, either. Stupid to even try that

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. I'll tell you what's wrong with them.

They're fucking cowards. They will very often do ANYTHING to protect one of their own, no matter how egregious the crime.

The fact that the woman cop is so damned stupid as to not know which floor her apartment is on should be a clue that she might not be fit to be a police officer, but nooooo.... She was OBVIOUSLY in the right to shoot the guy after making a mistake that literally NO SOBER PERSON MAKES.

They will muddy the waters as much as they can. "Yeah, she shot him, but he was a damned criminal anyway, so no great loss."


Fucking assholes.

[tazkcmo]

4. Kick x a billion. n/t

[obamanut2012]

5. She isn't a woman cop, she is a cop

I keep seeing people on DU say she is a female cop, a lady cop, a woman cop. She is a cop.

The lady judge, the woman CEO, the female lawyer, the lady firefighter., the woman whatever. UGH.

Sorry, it is driving me crazy.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. OK, fine.

"The fact that this PERSON is so damned stupid...."


Better?

[obamanut2012]

33. Cop is fine -- no need to gender it

[Croney]

8. Yes! And male nurse. I hate this too.

[obamanut2012]

32. And "guyrarian"

Agreed!

[HopeAgain]

10. She is a WHITE cop

and THAT is what makes all the difference here,

[obamanut2012]

34. EXACTLY!

[marble falls]

14. Good point. I agree. No one is ever described "male cop".

[LakeSuperiorView]

18. "after making a mistake that literally NO SOBER PERSON MAKES. "

I have to disagree on this one point. I walked into my downstairs neighbor's apartment by mistake. It was after a long day at work, I was tired and walked up one less flight of stairs than I should have. Door was unlocked, not surprising since my roommate always got home before I did. Two steps in the door, and I could see that the living room furniture was all different. I was back in the stairwell before I knew it. No alcohol involved.

In no way does this excuse what she did, but it is entirely possible to wind up on the wrong floor, by accident, with no alcohol or drugs involved. Perhaps if one has never lived in a multistory apartment building, it is hard to imagine winding up on the wrong floor, but generally all the floors look the same. She should have noticed the red floor mat that he had in front of his door, but didn't. she screwed up big time, but being on the wrong floor happens.

[uponit7771]

38. +1, I have too, just never thought shooting something up for my mistake

[snowybirdie]

26. Until

YOU NEED ONE!

[thucythucy]

29. Remember the old bumper sticker

"If you think cops are pigs, next time you need help call a hippie"?

Well, EVERY TIME I've ever needed help, and the cops responded, I would have been better off calling the hippies.

This most definitely includes the time I was raped. The cops in that instance were absolute jerks. A group of hippies could only have been better.

Edited to add: This in no way includes the fine people I've encountered in our fire departments. Maybe it's the fact that they don't carry guns, but much less swaggering, far more helpful.

[bearsfootball516]

27. I agree that the cop in this situation was horrendously out of line, and should be removed.

But to say that all cops are bad and there's no such thing as a good cop is extremely offbase.

[dalton99a]

35. She's unfit to be an elevator operator

[Cha]

43. You know what else was found in his home? An unauthorized off duty cop with a quick trigger finger

Link to tweet

[safeinOhio]

36. My ex was a cop and used to say,

"I'm a member of the biggest gang in the country, f**k with one of us and you f**k with all of us".
Also, "who's going to arrest me, I'm a cop."

[Persondem]

45. Your statement about cops is a crock of shit.

I have known many good cops. And you are just as ignorant as the bad cops.

[SimpleC]

3. Doesn't matter if he was actively smoking a joint

This particular case I'm following and waiting to hear the eventual fallout. If this truly was nothing more then a tragic accident, manslaughter is appropriate.

Either way, the officer's career is toast, as it should be.

[Hortensis]

7. They found some pot. How shocking. Didn't know a search

warrant was needed for the scene of a murder, and still don't, but I wouldn't get excited about that. Now, if they didn't investigate thoroughly...

[Fritz Walter]

9. Well, since we're on the subject of controlled substances

What are the results of the defendant’s blood tests?

If authorities can leak this tidbit, let’s hear about the rest of it!

[dhol82]

12. I read somewhere that the cops waited to do her blood test until they were sure she was clean.

No links, just a passing comment.

[HopeAgain]

11. I keep saying, White cop, Black victim, State of Texas

we all know how the story ends.

[watoos]

13. I read an article

a couple of years ago that claimed that White Supremacists were becoming police officers at an alarming rate.

[Hav]

16. Is this normal procedure? Is there something missing in this story?

Why the need for a search warrant for the shot victim who did nothing wrong, as far as one can tell? Why would it matter that they found this? At best, the cop showed up there by accident and shot him because of a lack of composure, bad nerves or incompetence.

[joshcryer]

23. Yes, it is very normal for the police to demonize their victims.

[HopeAgain]

37. Normal procedure to plant evidence

[certainot]

19. what's wrong? turn on any asshole with a talk radio show and at the very

least they're very loud in blaming the victim vs the cop (limbaugh taught them well during the trayvon martin and mike brown events) while using their megaphone to fight community legislative efforts to raise educational standards etc

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Why a search warrant for his apartment and not hers? His was the scene

of the crime: murder. Shouldn't they have gotten a warrant to search the "suspect's" home? This is so screwed up from a normal crime.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Do The Even Need A Warrant. . .

. . . to investigate the actual scene of a crime?

Not saying i know an answer. Asking a question.

But, it seems odd that they would need a warrant when it's already an active crime scene.

[joshcryer]

24. They wouldn't, but because they need to exonerate the murderer...

...they made sure to cross every T and dot every I.

And then they leaked this unnecessary and irrelevant detail about his private life in order to poison the jury pool. Any competent judge would strike down any mention of his marijuana usage or possession.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Yep, I Agree Completely

They got a warrant they didn't even need to make the smear more realistic.

Insult to injury

[Nitram]

21. Standard police procedure.

Circle the wagons, smear the victim, protect the rogue cop.

[VOX]

28. And the "drop gun," an unregistered firearm w/no serial number.

Kill your suspect, drop that print-free junker near the corpse.

“The suspect brandished a loaded firearm, pointed it directly at the officer, who was compelled to defend himself. Next question.”

[Nitram]

30. I think the drop gun is a more advanced technique, not "standard."

A little risky to be carrying a drop gun everyplace you go. Probably those more likely to shoot first and ask questions later carry a drop gun.

[Donkees]

31. The video-clip of his 'searched apartment' made it look like he was slovenly ...

Video at link:

''It’s a typical bachelor’s apartment, complete with a leather sofa piled high with odds and ends. There's a bowl of cereal on the ottoman and a lone flip-flop on the floor.''

https://www.insideedition.com/haunting-images-show-texas-apartment-where-dallas-police-officer-opened-fire-resident-46771

[csziggy]

44. Thanks for the link to the video

One thing that has stood out to me with the video following the shooting - the cop still has her gun. Shouldn't her gun have been taken from her during the investigation?

And I appreciate that this video shows the differences between the two floors and that Mr. Jean had a red door mat while the cop had no door mat. I'd been wondering if the cop had a similar door mat at her door since the first reports showed his.

[Donkees]

46. The video report states that the cop had no mat at her door. Amber Guyger first reported that ...

she didn't notice the red mat because she was holding items in her arms, then had to set them down on the floor (?)

I don't know why the news showed the mess in his 'searched apartment', since his family might have piled up his clothing for removal or when selecting an outfit for his funeral, sorting through his personal belongings, etc. It seems disrespectful of his family's privacy.

Have read reports that Amber Guyger has hired a public relations firm to help build a positive image of her 'accomplishments' (?)

[maxsolomon]

39. Well, that changes everything.

That's a SCHEDULE ONE NARCOTIC.



Several States and Canada are laughing at you, Texas.

[lame54]

40. What did they find in her apartment?

[Cha]

41. Pissers. i can imagine the disgust and

heartbreak of Bo Jean's family and friends.

[Cha]

42. Patton Oswalt tweet..

Link to tweet