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In reply to the discussion: Texas police officer shoots woman to death inside her home [View all]Hotler
(13,747 posts)42. I had an officer check on an open door of mine.
A nice summer morning I had the back door open about half way to let the cat run in and out while I was in the front room on the computer. To see the door from my desk I have to lean and look around a corner. My backyard is open to the alley. I'm sitting there and I hear knock, knock hello, anyone there? I look around the corner and a police officer looking in. He said he was driving down the alley and notice the door ajar and was doing a welfare check. I said thank you and he left.
The point is he knock a few times and said hello. He acted neighborly.
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It's a training issue. And I have a theory it is a result of 40 years of dash cams and body cams.
Hassin Bin Sober
Oct 2019
#48
I agree, Its Texas for crying out loud! Someone having a gun in their home is not unusual
tulipsandroses
Oct 2019
#26
But the fact he was on duty probably reduces the chances of him being convicted
Sapient Donkey
Oct 2019
#19
Neighbor James Smith said he called a police non-emergency number when he noticed the open door.
Snake Plissken
Oct 2019
#12
I agree -- it's much more likely if you are POC. The cops, just like rapists and serial killers,
Nay
Oct 2019
#40
Trump won't say a word about this... but he has no problem spending hundreds of hours whining about
Snake Plissken
Oct 2019
#34
Her name was Atatiana Koquice Jefferson. 28 years old. Murdered in her own home
DesertRat
Oct 2019
#45