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No doubt he'll be receiving a totally fair and impartial trial
She's in her own goddamned home with people outside shining lights in the window.Her 8-YO nephew who was in the room said she had a gun in her hand pointed at the window when she was shot. Changes the narrative a little, no? Former FW Officer Says He's Sorry and His Family is in Shock
She's in her own goddamned home with people outside shining lights in the window.
She's got a right to be walking around with a gun.
The city has insurance for this, the rates will be going up, as will everyones property taxes to pay the new rates. Property owners are the ones who take the punishment for bad cops.The Civil lawsuit will bankrupt the city with any luck
She's in her own goddamned home with people outside shining lights in the window.
She's got a right to be walking around with a gun.
There is no imminent threat to the police outside.... it is dark and all they need to do is move out of the way if they're worried about getting shot. [snip] It's faster to run to the side and not be in that 10 degree cone, maybe takes a second or two, than it is to draw gun, aim and try to get bullet through window at a person.
That's your opinion, the legal system has a different structure to it when it involves police responses to a person's home and it's a damn good thing she didn't have a gun in her hand because that would have basically cleared the cop of any wrongdoing and he'd still be on the force and who knows who else he would have killed as a result.This, as far as I'm concerned she could be doing an interpretive dance with a Kalashnikov and it's legal... the kopsch own all of this f***up.
How is someone looking out a window an immediate danger? How is not knowing whether someone does or doesn't have a weapon in their hand an immediate danger?
Kop Skool 101: Anyone who isn't a cop is an immediate danger at all times.
That's your opinion, the legal system has a different structure to it when it involves police responses to a person's home and it's a damn good thing she didn't have a gun in her hand because that would have basically cleared the cop of any wrongdoing and he'd still be on the force and who knows who else he would have killed as a result.
I'm shocked, usually grand juries acquit these cases in a pre-Floyd world, but I guess times are changing?Guilty of manslaughter, sentenced to 12 years.
Jury sentences Aaron Dean to nearly 12 years in prison for fatal shooting of Atatiana Jefferson
Dean was convicted of manslaughter for shooting and killing Atatiana Jefferson in her home in 2019. He was on duty as a police officer at the time.www.keranews.org
I'm all for this new world where police have accountability and face consequences, and I hope to see more of it.I'm shocked, usually grand juries acquit these cases in a pre-Floyd world, but I guess times are changing?
thisI'm all for this new world where police have accountability and face consequences, and I hope to see more of it.
She did have a gun in her hand.....she was in her own home........and the cop just got sentenced to 12 years without possibility of parole.
The cop was a nutcase that never should have been hired in the first place and the court proved it.
This, as far as I'm concerned she could be doing an interpretive dance with a Kalashnikov and it's legal... the kopsch own all of this f***up.
He has that right under Texas law if, and only if, the person pointing the gun at him is using unlawful force. She was not, in fact, using unlawful force, so the case therefore hinges on whether or not he reasonably believed that the force she was using was unlawful. At no point did he properly acknowledge and factor into his actions the undeniable possibility that no crime was in progress. No reasonable person would regard this as highly improbable, yet his actions belied the consideration.But the cop also has the right to self defense from a person pointing a gun at him.
I'm just curious if you've actually read Texas Penal Code Chapter 19.He’s eligible for parole after 5 1/2 years I believe
I watched the trial, it’s a joke he was convicted, the evidence didn’t support a conviction on murder at all.
With respect to manslaughter, there was zero evidence presented at trial to support manslaughter. Manslaughter in this instance is basically a death resulting from reckless conduct without intent. A DUI death is an example. The person was reckless driving drunk and caused someones death even though the action was not intentional. He intended to shoot therefore manslaughter isn’t a thing. If he were rehoulstering his gun and it went off, that would be a manslaughter. He didn’t have an intent to shoot but his reckless conduct is what caused the death. That’s not what happened here, he intended to shoot, legally manslaughter can’t apply and there was ZERO evidence against this.
He has that right under Texas law if, and only if, the person pointing the gun at him is using unlawful force. She was not, in fact, using unlawful force, so the case therefore hinges on whether or not he reasonably believed that the force she was using was unlawful. At no point did he properly acknowledge and factor into his actions the undeniable possibility that no crime was in progress. No reasonable person would regard this as highly improbable, yet his actions belied the consideration.
Furthermore, he placed himself in a vulnerable position in front of that window and pointed his flashlight and gun into it, threatening anyone in the house and presenting himself in a position where a resident of the home could legally shoot him under Texas law. Even if we consider the same behavior in an alternate universe where there actually is a burglar, it was reckless to his own safety, since an actual burglar might have shot him in that instant without hesitation. The recklessness manifested not in his own harm, to which there would be some cosmic justice, but in hers.
I sure as hell don't want cops running around my backyard pointing guns into my home on the scant basis of an open door and messy floor, and you shouldn't, either. If they have probable cause to believe a crime is in progress, I expect a great deal more effort to preserve innocent life and to avoid a "friendly fire" incident with a lawful resident than this officer demonstrated.
I'm just curious if you've actually read Texas Penal Code Chapter 19.
It doesn't require a lawyer or judge to explain it.
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So you were on the side of the prosecution? Cool. Did you watch the trial as I did? You lick government boots.
The trial was a farce
A lawyer has an opinion. Well that settles it, then. But note that Branca agrees she would have a good SD case if instead she had shot him. All we need to do in order to find for him on SD is pretend that nothing he did meets the legal definition of recklessness. Sorry, but there is an argument to be made there.Not true. The unlawful force bs was discussed on brancas coverage of the trial. Also, he didn’t know who was point the gun at him, so in his mind it was unlawful. What matters is what the cop/shooter was thinking and that it was reasonable
His actions of being by the window etc are not reckless in the legal sense. This was a political prosecution like rittenhouse and he was wrongfully convicted
How can I get to the boots when your so busy chugging cop? Balls deep as usual…