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Wow: Jury finds white officer guilty of murdering Jordan Edwards

I find it extraordinary, and encouraging, that a jury was able to unanimously slap this defense down

it only took a camera and the defendant's partner testifying against him.. lol.

How is it that a person who isn't smart/knowledgeable enough to pass the firefighter test gets to carry a gun around in an official capacity?!?

"Nope, you don't have enough sense to learn how to use a hose, but we have this other job that a simpleton like you can probably handle."

and this guy is definitely the exception, not the rule. the majority of these "good" cops would just stay silent or back up their partner in this situation out of fear for their jobs or getting shunned by their department.

Cop thinks she's entering her own apartment, but it's some random innocent guy's, so she shoots him dead.

Is placed on administrative leave IMMEDIATELY, so thank goodness the wheels of justice are turning quickly.

This article is confusing. So she walked into the wrong apartment and shot the rightful tenant? Jfc

That's got to be manslaughter and 10+ years served I reckon

Imagine we'll soon find out that laws about shooting people in your own home actually apply to anywhere you simply imagine to be your home. Depending on job, skin colour, wealth and so on, obviously.

i have a feeling she's not being truthful about what happened

like wouldn't you notice the furniture is different like as soon as you walk through the door?

Stand your somebodies ground.

FYP.

Well, the victim had 3 name so she'll get off for preemptively murdering a serial killer.

she was coming back from a bar...ask me if they did any blood/alcohol tests on her afterwards..

***** took the elevator to the wrong floor, her key wouldn’t work (in a door that I’d assume clearly displayed a different apt # than her own), so she started yelling “POLICE OPEN UP!”, guy does, which he is legally obligated to do (even though she’s not on duty), and she shoots him before he can get out “lol wtf are you doing?”. ugh.

I understand this was a mistake, or I hope. but she haaaas to go to prison for a while. 10 years for manslaughter, serve 5, come out owing a huge settlement to his family, life completely and utterly ****ed.

if *I* did this......smh.

I assume the article's been updated, as it now says a manslaughter warrant is expected.

This part is ****ing staggering though:

Oh, you walked in the wrong apartment and shot and killed the person who lives there? Go home, sleep it off, we'll deal with this in the morning (or not, if they still don't know where she is). WHAT????

Cop is still not in custody. If the roles were reversed the guy would already be dead.

Is that true about the bar? Hadn't read that. Drinking at a bar in full inform with her weapon? If she was with other cops they should also suffer some consequences. Regardless this is an institutional problem, but the institution won't address it at all.

I really appreciate all the coverage making sure to note that the cop wasn't injured. Great. So glad to hear it.

In closing,

Yeah, like... why the **** would she be injured? She was the one entering somebody else's home? Are they just reiterating that guy didn't use his right to stand his ground?

No, they're still treating this like an "officer involved shooting", like it was cop vs. perp. Instead of the murder that it is.

James Bond really missed a trick with all thst effort to become a 00 agent. Apparently a blue uniform and high school equivalency is enough to get your licence to kill.

Everything I'm reading this morning indicates that they are still "seeking a warrant" and she is still not in custody.

Manslaughter Warrant Coming for Officer Who Killed Man in His Dallas Apartment: Police

Like the touch about her stressful job, she just needed to unwind by wasting someone. Certainly has the air of the best story they could tell after a day's workshopping.

One would hope she was intoxicated in some way, otherwise premeditated murder is the only explanation.

why are you allowed to kill intruders (I know they weren't an intruder) in the USA? If they pose no physical threat to you- you should only be able to apply reasonable force as the situation dictates. Your laws are dumb.

So the situation is a cop calls in after shooting someone in cold blood on their doorstep having first demanded entry as a police officer. No mitigating circumstances apart from a story about thinking the apartment is their own when it definitely isn't.

I know I'm just stating the obvious, but this one is blowing my mind even harder than usual. She could have straight up executed the guy, waited around and then given an excuse that's insultingly dumb/lazy and still wouldn't have been arrested. Her department then spends the first day of the 'investigation' allowing her to chill whilst concocting a press statement that tries to sugar coat it (which they don't have the decency to put out honestly). F*** me.

In general, you aren't, but she's a cop and the victim is a black guy so she'll just say she was afraid for or life or some bull****.