Posted on 09/07/2018 8:14:12 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
A Dallas police officer was arrested Friday morning after she mistakenly entered the wrong unit in her apartment building downtown and fatally shot a 26-year-old man inside.
The officer was fresh off a shift and still in full uniform Thursday night when she walked into what she believed to be her apartment at the South Side Flats, located about a block away from the Dallas Police Department Headquarters. She was confronted by a man, identified by the Medical examiner’s office as Botham Shem Jean.
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Affirmative action hiring?
Unless you’re drunk,high or having a stroke how,in God’s name,do you walk into an apartment that’s not yours?
i wonder if it was _________ motivated...
Could happen to anyone. I'm sure any normal citizen would be let off with a warning, too.
In the eyes of the Court, these officers are considered Trained Observers.
Question is..how the hell was she able to get into that apartment?
The guys doesnt have door locks?
Outrageous. Also posted earlier: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3685582/posts
Of course it was the wrong turquoise Maverick that had just happened to pull up at the exact same time I'd supposed the other turquoise Maverick would be there. But if that woman had been carrying a gun, I wouldn't be here now, nearly fifty years later, telling the tale.
"...walked into another person’s apartment..."
Just a couple months ago I walked into someone else’s hotel room by mistake.
I got off the elevator a floor below my room somehow. Plus, the door had been left unlocked. I turned around and fled.
Of course, I didn’t have a gun drawn...
My brother has a neurological condition and gets confused sometimes. He owns a condo and the whole row looks the same. He has found hisself trying to get into the wrong condo. He’s lucky that they all know him.
There doesn’t seem to be an excuse for this cop though.
How did she get in?
When she did, was there a clue it might not be her place?
A world of facts about this woman are missing, like what about her taser?
They’re publicizing the victims name but not the officer’s?
Back in the 50s that happened to a co-worker.
She ran out,jumped into the car,and said,”Hi,honey” to what she thought was her husband.
We actually pitied the poor guy-———she was a notably unattractive woman.
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Right across the street from Gilley’s according to StreetView
Not paying attention and running on autopilot.
It really isn’t hard if you’re distracted to walk into the wrong room.
But what I’m curious about is why her key opened his apartment? You see, putting your key in the lock and it not turning would be a handy alert that something was amiss even if the door opened because it was unlocked. Keys not turning is hard to miss.
Unless the door was open and she immediately went from inattentive to focused on the potential for an intruder. But discounting that....
Dallas isn’t Abilene. Heck, I wouldn’t leave the door unlocked when I was in Abilene. Not sure I’d leave the door unlocked in Dallas even if I was in.
So how is it the apartments might have a common key?
“How do you walk into an apartment that’s not yours?”
Kinda wondering the same thing myself. Sounds like some things missing in this story.
If I'm a defense attorney in any case where my client was convicted based in whole or in part by this officer's testimony, I'm warming up my appeals.
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