Now a Crime to Leave Your Front Door Open While Black

[McCamy Taylor]

This is a tragic story. Read it here at NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/us/fort-worth-police-woman-killed-home.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage

A Texas police officer responding to a call about an open front door early on Saturday shot into a woman’s home from outside her window, killing her in her bedroom, officials said.

Officers responded to a residence in Fort Worth regarding an “open structure” call around 2:30 a.m. and found the front door open, the police said in a statement.

When the officers searched the perimeter of the house, one officer outside noticed a person standing inside, near a window. “Perceiving a threat,” he drew his weapon and fired once into the house at the person, the police said.

Officers entered the house, located the injured resident and a firearm, and began providing emergency medical care, the police said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

[Runningdawg]

1. Now more than ever, know your neighbors!

If the man who called could have called to check on the neighbor FIRST, she would still be alive and he would be able to sleep at night.

[riversedge]

2. oMg!!

[hmanne]

3. I guess so.

Tragic.

[malthaussen]

4. "Perceiving a threat," forsooth.

The only "threat" was the man with the badge.

-- Mal