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"I don't understand. But I don't care, so it works out."
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Originally Posted by travis t
This is purely conjecture, but from the photos of the Dallas police officer, she looks like she might be a druggie. I say this as a former rehab professional. Only 30 yrs. old, and she already has pronounced 'raccoon eyes.'
I think there will eventually be much more to this story. She said the door was ajar. Who leaves their door ajar in a large apartment building in a big city? Neighbors said they heard her bang on the door and shout let me in. A trained officer would not fire at a shadow without seeing a gun, knife, or other deadly weapon. They train on this stuff backwards and forwards. She would have backed away and called for back-up.
To be fair, that mugshot was taken 3 days after she killed a man in his own apartment.
The other pictures I've seen of her, she's the picture of glowing health.
I realize that - but the Castle Doctrine doesn't cover walking into your home knowing ahead of time an intruder is in there, and killing them. The Castle Doctrine covers you if you're IN the home and suddenly fear for your life or your family's lives when an intruder enters.
For her to have done this - in the DARK - is terrible.
(At first I thought she was completely startled and reflexively grabbed her gun and shot, but that doesn't appear to be the case anymore).
I don't think that really matters much. If she had been entering her actual apartment and shot an intruder in the same manner she probably would've been legally/criminally cleared. She was too quick to shoot regardless but if she had been entering her own apartment she would be clear . Her real problem is entering someone else's apartment and being too quick to shoot.
Going into the wrong residence is actually more common than you think. I know from being a police dispatcher many moons ago.
However, I can't recall any case in which the person who entered the wrong residence wasn't completely wasted or stoned out of their mind...to the point they weren't able to move once they plopped on the couch. Cops literally had to pick them up and carry them out of the house.
The neighbors heard banging on a door and a woman's voice yelling "open the door". Why would she tell someone to open the door if she thought that she was at her own apartment door?
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