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LandOfHopeAndDreams

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5. Nope, Don't Think So

Reply to DFW (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 11, 2018, 05:09 PM

Sep 2018

I tend to believe she was just a power hungry, gun toting cop, who perhaps got confused and panicked. When you and I panic, we don't pull out a gun and start shooting. But not all cops are built that way. Remember, their lives are ALWAYS in danger, 24/7. Everybody they encounter is a threat.

There are plenty of examples of cops who shoot first and ask questions later. That's their training.

When you make a mistake with a gun, it's still a "mistake." Only with a gun, it often results in someone's life being taken away. Police live by the motto, "oh well, at least it wasn't me."

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Amber Guyger, when the National Review is calling you out, you're probably in deep shit. [View all] Crunchy Frog Sep 2018 OP

High Profile Means Little LandOfHopeAndDreams Sep 2018 #1

I'm sure she didn't consent to any testing for alcohol or stronger drugs DFW Sep 2018 #2

Don't Think That Played A Part LandOfHopeAndDreams Sep 2018 #3

That isn't exactly reassuring, of course DFW Sep 2018 #4

Nope, Don't Think So LandOfHopeAndDreams Sep 2018 #5

There are reports today that she'd often complained to him about noise in his apartment- including bettyellen Sep 2018 #7

possible but if she's stone cold sober qazplm135 Sep 2018 #8

Drugs and alcohol would actually provide an explanation whopis01 Sep 2018 #17

not to worry. soon enough, she'll remember she "smelled marijuana". boom, not guilty. unblock Sep 2018 #6

I've become extremely cynical too. Crunchy Frog Sep 2018 #11

I suspect it helps Botham was a Harding graduate, etc. moriah Sep 2018 #9

"Intent" doesn't need hours or days to form: it requires merely a second or two struggle4progress Sep 2018 #10

Yes. When she pulled that trigger, she was certainly intending to kill him. Crunchy Frog Sep 2018 #12

If This Hideous Excuse for a Police Officer Doesn't Get Charged With Murder, ... DoctorJoJo Sep 2018 #13

Nothing about this story passes the smell test worstexever Sep 2018 #14

NR makes a compelling case.. I hadn't Cha Sep 2018 #15

It requires a close reading of culpable mental state and justification moriah Sep 2018 #16