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  • oldag

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    These are exactly the types of calls from which cops are ambushed. I am not justifying this shooting, just answering your "why" question.

    I want to know if they talked to the complainant before approaching the house
    If a LEO assumes miscreants are likely to be at the house, they might be reluctant to make their presence know for fear of drawing fire. I am not saying all LEO's react this way. Some would choose to announce themselves loudly.

    In hindsight, the latter approach would probably have averted this outcome. But hindsight is 20-20.
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    ZX9RCAM

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    Going back to Live PD again, they always group at the door, announce themselves, and command for people inside the house to come out.
    Then they proceed to clear it.
     

    dmancornell

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    I don’t find it morally dubious at all.

    What I would find repugnant would be letting a participant skate just because he wasn’t the one that pulled the trigger.

    Let me know when every cop present when Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were executed gets slapped with felony first degree murder.
     

    TheMailMan

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    This trigger happy cum stain should be charged with murder. He should be removed from the force forthwith and sent to jail.

    The common sense that seems to be lacking in these kill bots tells us that someone inside a house with the lights on can't see outside the windows at night, nor with the windows closed can they hear the squeaking of the kill bot before they fire.

    You might get the idea that I'm pissed as hell at this stuff, you're right. We have the expectation to be secure in our houses. However some agent of the Government apparently feels they have the right to execute us because they are frightened of the dark.
     

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    There is a perfect storm of leftist initiated stupid forming. Depending on the thickness of your tinfoil done may argue it’s by design.

    You have idiotic leftist policies that make policing even more dangerous and even worse - ineffective. This frustrates true LEO who then leave the profession.

    You have idiotic leftist policies that promote disrespect for any law and order. This frustrates true LEO who then leave the profession.

    You have idiotic leftist policies that raise generations of folks who are brainwashed that they can’t handle any trouble and it’s someone else’s responsibility.

    You then have idiotic leftist policies that promote hiring standards that suck.

    You end up with cry babies who have never handled themselves in any physical manner, being thrown into jobs that require not only the ability to handle ones self, but to be able to think while doing so. Who are constantly told they are going to die.

    It shouldn’t come as a surprise that they panic when faced with potential danger.

    End result is loss of faith by all, not just the SJW types. You think this guy is ever going to call the cops again to report anything???
     

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    Meanwhile the guy who shot the other homeowner through his window last year is still on the job. I'm getting sick of this racial double standard. Nobody should be shot through his window by the government while minding his own business.

    My wife was minding her own business when a reckless Tarrant County jailer shot her in our backyard. The first thing my boss said when he found out the shooter wasn’t arrested and didn’t face charges was, “ you know if she was black that would’ve been different.”


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    avvidclif

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    Back in the day, well check call. Arrive at address of call. Walk up on porch, note door open. Knock on door several times. Call out loudly "Police, is anyone home" If no response than walk around home to see if anything else wrong. If not carefully enter home and check things out, loudly shouting "Police" all the time. NOTE: This ain't TV, gun in holster. Most cases the homeowner came to the door, a quick, "Everything OK?" tell them a neighbor was worried and called. Leave and go on about business.

    Common sense. Neighborhood doesn't count. I spent most of my career working in the black community. I was careful but never as scared as that officer. The being cautious came from the costume I was wearing to the ball, not the neighborhood.
     

    TheMailMan

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    Meanwhile the guy who shot the other homeowner through his window last year is still on the job. I'm getting sick of this racial double standard. Nobody should be shot through his window by the government while minding his own business.

    Sure he is. The DA made sure of that. It all depends on the "evidence" the DA brings to the Grand Jury. IMHO both the DA and that officer need to be investigated.

    I'm all with you. If you're minding your own business in your home there's NO REASON a Government Kill Bot should shoot you. Yeah, I'm going into the Kill Bot area. It seems that these so called Law Enforcement Officers go straight for the gun. See a shadow shoot it. Hear a noise shoot in that direction. See a citizen inside their house with the lights on at night, squeak then shoot. Forget that anyone with a brain knows you can't see shit outside at night if the interior lights are on, forget that if the windows are closed they aren't going to hear your scared little voice. Just go straight for the kill shot. Hell, why not, you know the Blue Mafia will close ranks and protect you. As long as ya don't step on your dick too hard there's nothing to worry about. You know you'll get special treatment, you'll be handled with kid gloves, given 48-72 hours before questioning, be allowed to talk with responding officers.

    You won't be handcuffed and thrown in the back of a cruiser, you won't go directly to jail, you won't be questioned for hours on end.

    Nope, we don't treat our Government masters like that.
     

    Glenn B

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    These are exactly the types of calls from which cops are ambushed. I am not justifying this shooting, just answering your "why" question...
    That is why I essentially wondered why they did not announce themselves from behind the safety of cover. Cover is about the best thing you can have and use as a LEO in a hostile situation and in a nonhostile situation to avoid making what I believe (based on that video mostly) the mistake these officers made. If this had been an ambush, then any hypothetical bad guy(s), with half a brain, in all likelihood would have been concealed behind cover and would have opened fire as the officers approached the house and were in the open. They were not being stealthy enough to avoid being injured or killed if this had been an ambush. Being what it was, had they announced themselves, the woman in the house likely would never have been shot. Had they announced themselves from behind cover and no one answered, then approach cautiously if need be. Either way - if had been an ambush - it would not have been like the bad guys did not know the police were there.
     

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    I would just like law enforcement (and everyone else) to observe the 4 basic rules of gun safety.

    I think the officer had his finger on the trigger and fired before he intended to. I say that because he didn’t even finish saying, “show me your hands” before he shot. I think he’s trying to cover his rear by saying he perceived a threat.


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    BillFairbanks

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    reminds of the startled cop who shot the lady who came up to their cruiser in Chicago.. what the heck are they thinking these days?

    Or the Fort Worth Officer who shot the guy holding a barbecue fork and tried to claim his shotgun malfunctioned

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    easy rider

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    Starting with "White Officer shoots Black Woman"......so I am to believe he shot her only because she is Black and he is White? What difference does the race make in this story......the cop would have shot a White person in the same situation......

    He was absolutely wrong in this shoot, I cannot and will not defend his actions........

    But I really do not believe race played any part of it....................

    jmho..............
    That was my reaction upon reading that. In today's climate racism sells, and it sickens me that the so called news races to report it like this was racially motivated.
     
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