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funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
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That story is mind boggling. I think, ever since that cop killer in downtown Dallas a few years ago, all the local PD in the DFW area have slowly been loosing their minds.
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fell_equinox
· 5 years ago
Maybe they should tighten them and they wint be so loose all the time
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funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
Haha I'm not going to correct it now XD All they need is a wrench!
interesting
· 5 years ago
I dont know if I would say they're losing their minds, I will say they're on higher alert. Im also not condoning what happened. I will also say Dallas command specifically has dropped the ball in several areas... making sure officers have access to mental health services, access to basic gear, etc. The city will spend millions on a 20 x 20 park on a bridge but cant afford many of their officers to have ballistic vests. There's a reason why there's a max exodus of police officers leaving Dallas, they can get better pay and better resources in almost any other city in the county, or head north to Collin County.
funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
Which, in turn, means the department has to hire people who... aren't the best candidates; which sucks for everyone.
guest
· 5 years ago
She had a gun tho. So not unarmed
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funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
She wasn't holding it.... and even if she was holding it this cop was sneaking around her apartment unannounced. At that point he was trespassing.
interesting
· 5 years ago
Even if she was, the officer was unannounced and what him and his partner did was against training and protocol. If there was a break in, protocol is one officer announces at the front/rings doorbell or knocks while announcing 'police' at the front while the 2nd officer covers the back where, most of the time, suspects will run. If they'd followed protocol, announced, made contact with the tenant at the front door and confirm there was no break in, this would have been a very different story. There's a reason they train the crap out of officers on the right and wrong way to make contact and handle certain codes. Everyone knows I'm a big supporter of law enforcement but I call out issues and mistakes when I see them... and this looks like a negligent discharge from watching the video and it doesnt appear they followed protocol at all.
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interesting
· 5 years ago
Most native Texans are armed well enough to overthrow a small country on their own. If this had happened to someone who has thousands of hours of training on their EDC and a multitude of different weapons at their disposal, (so most native Texans), this probably would have gone in a very different direction and that person wouldnt have spent a single day in jail due to stand your ground laws. Officers are supposed to follow protocol and adhere to their training not just to keep civilians alive and safe but themselves as well. This was turned into a dangerous situation for everyone because they did not appear to follow protocol at all.
funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
There was no other officer. It was a welfare call and the dude was sent alone.
funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
Also, she was playing video games with an 8 year old. I mean, she's not exactly threatening and this fucker shot her through a closed window within 1.5 seconds of telling her to put her hands up; an order she probably didn't hear because, again, the window was closed. This was, at the very least, manslaughter... but that trespassing part puts this into 1st degree homicide for me. If this cop gets off with manslaughter the whole goddamn precinct needs to be investigated for negligence.
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interesting
· 5 years ago
I used 'officers' plural as a generic for the response to the call. You are correct that there was only one officer, that's actually part of the problem since how to handle this code and to follow SOP requires at least two. You are correct that it was a welfare call but the code was a possible reported break in reported to the non emergency number by a neighbor. I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just adding some clarity to some of the details.
interesting
· 5 years ago
I say this looks like a negligent discharge because, after watching the video, it doesnt look like he fired the shot on purpose. That being stated, that doesnt take away from the other hundred or so things this officer did incorrectly.
interesting
· 5 years ago
It's really confusing why this officer didnt follow any procedure here.
funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
The confusion can be lifted with one observation: He's a fucking moron. He was scared shitless on a welfare call and had no business being anywhere near a gun. This, in turn, reflects on the FWPD. Who the fuck are they hiring? Has it gotten so bad that only the craziest want to become cops? The exact people you WOULD NOT want as a cop? The question then becomes: why? Is it a dysfunction in the system or poor screening? A bit of both? I'm going with "all of the above". It's fucking systematic.
interesting
· 5 years ago
I mean there are still good cops in the department. I get that its angering to see something like this happen but let's not make broad, sweeping generalizations.
funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
No. I r mean. I r sweeping. I r... the wise janitor!
interesting
· 5 years ago
And just to clarify, he was responding to the call with a partner who was otherwise on the other side of the property. He was, however, alone when he shot the home owner.
