Texas deputies shoot woman mistaken for intruder, bodycam video shows
A Texas sheriff's office released bodycam video nearly a week after deputies allegedly shot a woman, mistaking her for an intruder, after she forgot her keys and broke the glass to get into an apartment.
So where's the NRA? Armed in her own home and shot by government tyrants exercising her right to protect herself with a firearm.
Who am I kidding...
Same place the NRA was when Philando Castile and Breonna Taylor were shot.
And since this woman is apparently queer, I'm guessing the NRA will have the same level of sympathy.
I always say this kind of thing when I see similar events. If you're going to be killed by the police just for having a gun in your possession, you don't have the right to have a gun. The right always likes to pretend like they care about gun rights and freedom, but if they did then they would want more restraints on cops, not less it's obviously just lies. They want cops to keep the poor in line while they do whatever the hell they want, and somehow they've been able to convince a bunch of other poor (though mostly white) people to vote for them.
The NRA stands for the right of white home owners to kill minorities.
She was safe(r)! (sorry forgot the /s)
https://youtu.be/eAz9_iApfRI?t=1m50s
I'm just going to leave a time-stamped link to the unedited video because there are a couple apologists in here that are absolutely ridiculous.
The officers identify themselves exactly once at 2:07, a car alarm starts going off at 2:18 and noticeably startles the officer wearing the cam, at 2:23 one of the officers says "someone's coming", and at 2:26 the syllable "Dro-" is interrupted by both officers completely unloading their magazines into the door/window.
It actually doesn't even look like the door was open and maybe the victim was trying to peek out the window?
So how exactly should she have handled this situation to have avoided someone trying to randomly murder her in her own home?
completely unloading their magazines into the door/window.
You're not exaggerating here. It takes about 8 seconds for the one officer to reload the weapon once the mag's been emptied by spasmodic panic-shooting, and while we can deduct time used to talk on the radio, it didn't stop what looked like 40-50 rounds being pumped into the general vicinity of a person.
I have cops in the family, and I get a good idea of the day-to-day grind their soul endures in my country's best-trained and worst-paid police force, and I'll be among hte first to review something critically. There's nothing mitigating about this; it's objectively horrific.
Edit: ho-oleee shit, she survived.
Pouncy, a friend of the woman who lived in the apartment, sustained a total of five gunshot wounds to the leg and torso, according to her attorney, Ben Crump, who reacted to the release of the video on Monday, calling it "evidence of the unnecessary and excessive force."
None of Pouncy’s vital organs were struck by bullets, but the long-term effects of her injuries are yet to be determined, according to Crump. He told ABC News that Pouncy is traumatized by the incident.
I hope she can live and sue the cops so hard it'll change their training, and these two will split between telling their story of idiocy and parking enforcement for the rest of their careers.
sue the cops so hard it'll change their training
Won't happen unless taxpayers raise hell en masse, since they foot the bills for lawsuits.
This is so insane. It actually does look like the police officers completely freaked and just started blasting and then got into a kind of panicked frenzy.
Basically the only way to be safe from police is to not have windows or have bulletproof glass or some kind demilitarized zone so you can see who is coming without coming "out of cover". Have a video phone to talk to would be visitors.
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Holy shit.
ACAB
WHAT THE FUCK.
They didn't even ask a fucking question, nothing. Just started shooting! What the fuck.
I honestly thought "well if they broke a glass it is an understandable misunderstanding" but nope, it isn't.
Pretty sure there's even an accidental discharge at 2:37 before the rest of the second mag gets dumped, as a cherry on top.
edit: might've been a shot back, not sure.
Okay, fair enough. To counter, officers typically have to make split second decisions that can mean life and death. They don't want to die, just like you and me. They go to the home, it's clear someone broke in. They announce themselves, 15 minutes later, someone comes walking to the door holding a gun. Now, how SHOULD have the cops handled the situation? Again, it's SO easy to say "well, they should have done this..or that..." when it's not you constantly worried about whether or not you're going to die every time you put on your work uniform.
Now, how SHOULD have the cops handled the situation? Again, it's SO easy to say "well, they should have done this..or that..."
Here's the thing...I don't have to provide the answer to this question. I am not a "trained professional" that is paid specifically to handle these kind of situations.
What I can say without a doubt is there is zero excuse for this woman being shot. If officers are not able to go through their workday without shooting an innocent person then either they shouldn't be a cop or they shouldn't carry a weapon. Period.
A police officer's discomfort or cowardice does not supersede an innocent citizen's rights.
I bartend. Bad neighborhood, no security. When I work, it's just me behind the bar. Same with my coworkers. There have been plenty of times over the years when shitheads have come into the bar looking to start problems, plus the usual nonsense that happens with a room fun of drunk people. I've never shot anybody over it. Neither have any of my coworkers.
It's an order of magnitude more dangerous to get in your vehicle and drive somewhere than it is to be a cop. Is this how you'd defend someone who committed vehicular manslaughter due to negligence?
Pizza delivery driver is statistically a more dangerous job then police, stop spreading copaganda/ apologia
Some proposed changes for your consideration:
"Who's doing it right?" Not us, my dude.
Its impossible to distinguish a combatant from a noncombatant by the mere presence of a gun. Half of households have a gun. Even if an intruder was on scene how would you avoid murdering the home owner if you shoot first and ask questions later. You communicate and take the risk of harm to yourself in order to ensure you don't shoot innocent people or you turn in your badge like the pussy removed you are.
For clarity why do you think its hard to say wait for the door to open and say drop the gun while pointing your guns at the person. Note if they freeze like deer in your headlights in fear you may need to repeat your response and wait for compliance.
What split second? They emptied their entire clips. That's like a 30 second decision.
Holy fuck. I don't usually watch these videos because I am pretty squeamish, but I did for some reason, and you don't actually see the woman get shot.
What you do see is two cops immediately empty their weapons' entire clips the second they think they see a gun.
Cowards. The lot of them.
To be fair, they did see a gun and it was after a break in, and they loudly yelled they were the Sherrifs department, with an open window nearby.
The sheriff's may not have made a correct choice, but if I were in their shoes shoes while standing outside the only exit after yelling I was a cop at an apartment that was just broken into and saw a person going up to the door without turning the lights on with gun in hand I would sure as heck be thinking this person is about to start shooting their way past us.
Your argument would work if they hadn't yelled to drop the weapon and started shooting in the middle of it.
She didn't point it at them... they weren't in danger. People are allowed to have guns in their own home... she did nothing wrong.
Given how these types of encounters keep working out, if I feel in danger when I see a cop with a gun coming to my house do I get to shoot him and say I felt threatened? If the cops did nothing wrong why can't I do the same because clearly we are in danger when cops come to our house.
No.
They didn't imagine the gun. The girlfriend confirms that she picked up her gun and went to the door. If the police are there and banging on the door, you don't pick up a gun and walk to the door in America.
Weird, I thought there was this thing called the second amendment that gun advocates always say is necessary to defend yourself against tyranny.
Also, the cops yell, "DROP THE GUN!" and the start shooting. Immediately.
Maybe don't blame the victim for both exercising her right and for the cops not even giving her time to do what they tell her to do.
Jesus lmao. What the fuck is that shit?
DROP THE
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GUN!
It's like a joke almost. Like the cops from Cyberpunk. The fuck.
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spends ten seconds reloading
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The number of bangs is impressive!
Sorry, I couldn't hear you over you shooting me. Can you repeat?
Assuming those officers are following their training, we need to change officer training. That behavior is more military than police.
The military have much stricter rules of engagement and punishment for not following them.
Police behavior is more similar to that of a street gang.
The US is one of the largest countries on Earth, with all sorts of different crimes from different walks of life. Street gang or not, it's imperative that we have strong police forces throughout the country to minimize crime. You think it's bad now? Imagine if no one would wanted to be a cop. Imagine if every time a cop did something wrong, they were fired or imprisoned. We'd literally have no one wanting to do it. I don't think people understand how big, and free the US is. Whenever you get something like this, strict law enforcement is not only needed, it's required.
Military would not mess up this bad!
Yes, and there was a point of nuance I missed as well. I was not attempting to disparage the modern military though, as much as point out the us-vs-them mentality and pursuit of destruction of the enemy as a high priority.
WTH they empty whole clips on her! WHILE asking her to drop the gun!
Not even one magazine, the pig on camera emptied the first magazine, spent longer reloading than she took to dump the mag, and then dumped A SECOND ONE
It's somehow even worse than Acorn Cop, at least he only dumped one magazine
i learned that if someone bangs on my front door and shouts "Sheriff's office!" then I need to exit my back door, run, and hide.
Arming bureaucrats and giving them legal immunity was maybe society's largest mistake.
When two female officers show up together nothing good is going to happen.
The same is true of male officers
Really, any officers showing up means nothing good is going to happen
Someone breaks into a house, and then walks to the window holding a gun...I mean, ya'll make it sound SO easy being a cop and reacting to split second decisions that can mean life and death....
Being a cop isnt that dangerous compared to other jobs. I have had 3 guns pointed at me from working retail and being a delivery driver. All robberies. I was armed for 2 of them. All 3 times I managed to not get shot or not shoot anyone by making the right decisions and realizing that material things are not worth more than life. Why can't cops be held to the same standard?
These cops could've retreated to cover down the stairs or to the sides of the door and attempted to make actual communication with the home owner. They are paid well and have great benefits. They know what they signed up for. We should be able to expect them to be competent in situations like these.
It's a good thing you're not a cop. It's a bad thing you're allowed to own a gun.
So they get to murder people in their own homes because their job is dangerous? I don't give a fuck if I break every window in my house at 3am and its real scary for the poor adults with body armor and deadly weapons. I think I have a reasonable expectation of not having some jumpy scrubs empty two magazines through my front door
Fun fact: in most countries in the world breaking and entering is not a life or death situation for the cops. Cop shows in Europe are really boring. Cops show up, ask questions, figure out what happen and arrest someone (or not). How insane is that?
There are plenty of cases where the police overreact or use excessive force entirely unjustified. There are even more cases when the police get shot at without any rhythm or reason.
There's a reason they're trained to open fire in uncertain situations. A split second decision might be the difference between them dying on the job and going back home to their families.
So, don't create those uncertain situations, unless getting shot is what you're looking for. If the police are banging on your door, they suspect that something is going on. Best you can do, is help them figure out the situation. The cops, however, are not psychic and don't know you and your intentions. So, if you have a gun, keep it in your holster or off yourself entirely. Identify yourself. Talk to them. Don't just walk out on them, gun in hand...
What the fuck ever.
Being a cop isn't even one of the top 25 most dangerous jobs in America and they get to have a gun and get away with shooting people.
The slogan is 'to protect and serve,' not 'to be a coward and fire an entire clip before you can assess the situation.'
The slogan isn't "get shot and die, because you're too tough to shoot an armed person first" either.
Just imagine yourself in this situation: You're a cop. You're in front of a house that someone, reportedly, broke into. You bang on the door and identify yourself. Several seconds later, a person with gun walks out, not saying a word.
Even if you take a second to access the situation: there's a person, brandishing a weapon (which, in most cases, is a crime) walking out of a house that has been broken into. How does this come off as a safe or normal situation, exactly?
They signed up to abuse power and be bullies not put their life on the line to protect people.
Clearly that's only reason police exist. No exceptions. They never do anything other than abuse power and shoot people for funzies. Not at all.
As we all know, the world is perfectly black and white. Assigning qualities to groups of people and, then, treating people in those groups as if all of them posses those same qualities is a perfect system with no flaws. AdolfSchmitler would know.
Yeah so the next time you get pulled over remember to reach for your registration real slow. Wouldn't want to make any uncertain situations by reaching for your glove box too fast. They aren't psychic after all you could have a revolver in there. Your family will take great solace in knowing that the internal investigation didn't find any wrong doing.
She literally grabbed a gun.
There's a difference between having a gun on yourself or in the vehicle when you're getting pulled over, and pulling one out and putting it in your hand.
When you see someone grab a gun, you don't assume they're going to scratch their back with it, do you? So, if you get pulled over and the first thing you do is grab a gun, you'll get lit up. Because you're an idiot.
