Posted on 09/07/2018 10:05:52 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
Dallas police and the county district attorney's office are investigating after police said one of their officers shot and killed a 26-year-old man Thursday night upon returning home from her shift and entering the wrong apartment in her building.
Preliminary information suggests the off-duty officer, who has not been publicly identified, was still wearing her police uniform and was returning home after working a full shift, the Dallas Police Department said in a statement Friday.
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Another example of bad headline writing. Who entered the wrong apartment, the officer or the man?
Can't blame the writer, journalists study left-wing political activism and take courses like gender studies, they can't be bogged down with English courses or ethics.
Prison.
That is typical of getting off the elevator on the wrong floor. The layout of each corridor is exactly the same, and the doors all look alike. Without even thinking, you turn right, walk down four apartments, and try to put your key in the door.
Yes, I have actually done this. You usually notice that your key doesn’t fit, and everything else looks slightly wrong, and you say, Hey, wait a minute, this isn’t my floor.
“Without even thinking, you turn right, walk down four apartments, and try to put your key in the door.
Yes, I have actually done this. “
So have I.
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It will be interesting to see how this story progresses.
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