Three Texas police officers charged with murder in fatal shooting of woman, 46, having a mental health crisis when cutting fire alarm wires in her apartment building

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[MeganC]

This is not a tough situation.

The cops were not in immediate danger. She had a hammer inside her home. The cops were outside.

One opened fire and the other two joined in.

Had that been three civilians doing the same thing it would be very clear that they were wrong. Nice to see cops held to the same standard for a change.

[MeganC]

I stand with you two and prefer liberty to the currently prevailing police state.

[9422WMR]

Cops with stars on the collars and a dozen stripes on their sleeves are comical.
That chief 🪶🪶🪶is a joke!

[skepsel]

There were no military present, just four civilians.

[gundog]

Were they reprimanded for not shooting the dog?

[thefactor]

When it comes to emotionally disturbed people, the first rule is “isolate and contain.” If this woman was alone in her apartment, I don’t see a need to open fire. Just hang back and call in SWAT to wrap her up. If she tries to flee or attack, that’s a different story.

[gundog]

Kinda hard to harm a cop with a hammer when he’s in the other side of a wall, as well. This was a bad shoot, and the first shots pretty much green-light other cops on scene to go hot.

[old school]

Admittedly, the article is short on facts and the body cams aren’t evident. Obviously, there are a lot of facts not in evidence. I mean, I wasn’t there. So, I probably shouldn’t have said that the cops were “justified.” However, I have to ask myself what I would have done, if a crazed woman had run out of her house at me with a hammer? I’m pretty confident that a “career” police officer (Sergeant) with fourteen years of experience, wouldn’t risk his career and (certainly not his liberty) just to shoot some crazie without justification. That’s illogical!

[sport]

I remember when the Police were actually your friends. Those days are gone forever. I hear what you are saying.

[SuperLuminal]

Alfred Flores, Eleazar Alejandro, Nathaniel Villalobos...

Texas toast has a new meaning...

[Mark17]

I remember when the Police were actually your friends. Those days are gone forever. I hear what you are saying.

I used to think they were our friends too, till I had some bad experiences with cops. Now, I don’t want to deal with them. Record them and take the 5th. They are not your friends.

[Pilsner]

However, I have to ask myself what I would have done, if a crazed woman had run out of her house at me with a hammer?

There is bodycam video on YouTube. She is as inside her home, standing far enough back from the CLOSED storm door that she is not visible in the video. The nearest officer was standing on her front porch, at least three feet back from the CLOSED storm door, and fired through it.

[nuconvert]

“However, I have to ask myself what I would have done, if a crazed woman had run out of her house at me with a hammer?”

She never left her house. They shot her through the door.

[sport]

What color panties you wear and what size dress? A man would just take the hammer away from her. But to you Police, the answer to everything is a bullet.