I mean, does anyone else find the "I was afraid" shit like... disgusting?
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I really don't. The fact that this was off-duty means a lot.
Imagine retail: It's one thing to tolerate aggressive customers at the store. You're expecting it, you're ready for it, and you know it'll probably be okay. It might even become routine.
What if one of those customers knocked at your home? Or you saw them get into what looked like your car?
Training doesn't make people into always-on automatons immune to fear and surprise. At best it lets them do that for a while, then recover and do it again.
Anyway, this was still tragic manslaughter. Guyger fucked up bad and is being tried for it, like in any other manslaughter case (except with the court of public opinion somehow framing this as police racism, I guess).
Here's a CNN article with additional informationThe doors have electronic locks like a hotel. Supposedly Guyger was able to enter anyway because the door was ajar, saw a silhouette in the dark, and thought it was a burglar. Supposedly Botham Jean didn't respond to verbal commands, Guyger shot him, and he died despite first aid attempts.
Supposedly it was during the 911 call that Guyger realized it was the wrong apartment, so that recording should be interesting during the trial.
Guyger was involved in another shooting, last year, where a suspect grabbed her taser during a car stop. Guyger shot him, he survived.
Edit: Dangit I forgot to mention that the prosecutor is considering heavier charges than manslaughter. The investigation is mostly to see if this was actually murder (which, obviously, it very well could be).
Guyger was released from prison on bail.