Dallas police officer arrested in shooting death of Botham Shem Jean

[Proud liberal 80]

A year from now there will be a headline that reads that she was acquitted.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/09/09/us/amber-guyger-arrest-botham-shem-jean/index.html

[erpowers]

1. Was Wondering About That Issue

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I was wondering if she would be able to use the defense of fearing for her life. She was in someone else's home, but could she claim she only killed him because she feared he would kill her?

[John Fante]

3. I remember when cops used to say "freeze" and "put your hands up".

Seems like protocol from a fantasy film now.

[Thrill]

5. You're breaking into his house. What is he supposed to do. Ask you to have coffee?

[JI7]

6. probably, all of these laws are made for white people to be able to kill minorities and get away

with it.

[lunasun]

2. Family met to demand her arrest.....should not have had to do that while grieving

[Cha]

4. Picture at booking..

Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was arrested Sunday for investigation of manslaughter after allegedly entering the wrong apartment and fatally shooting the resident there, Botham Shem Jean, 26.

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Guyger, of Dallas, was arrested in Kaufman County and booked into the Kaufman County Jail, the Texas Rangers said in a statement.

The shooting just before 10 p.m. local time (11 p.m. ET) at the South Side Flats, an upscale apartment building south of Dallas’ downtown, occurred when Guyger was off-duty, police said

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dallas-officer-who-entered-wrong-apartment-killed-man-arrested-manslaughter-n907976

[dansolo]

7. Has there been any info about where she was before the incident?

Everone seems to be just assuming that she was drunk, but all I have heard was that she was off-duty, and presumably in uniform. I just don't buy it. When was her shift over? I think she was sober, and intentionally went to his apartment, but it is unclear why. My gut feeling was that she pulled out her gun to intimidate him for some reason and it went off.