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In reply to the discussion: Dallas officer kills man after mistaking his apartment for her own, police say [View all]left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)26. Waiting for those famous words ...
"The officer feared for her life" ... which cops use to justify all cop killings.
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Dallas officer kills man after mistaking his apartment for her own, police say [View all]
neohippie
Sep 2018
OP
seems like 90% of the folks here need their sarcasm detector to get a reboot ;-)
BamaRefugee
Sep 2018
#35
you went after 100% of the people that didn't get your joke or think it was funny
CreekDog
Sep 2018
#105
WTF? How the hell did she get into the apartment in the first place? Do all keys open all apts?
catbyte
Sep 2018
#3
Yeah, and they said they are not handling it like an "officer involved shooting."
joshcryer
Sep 2018
#64
This story has not been fully told yet. There's more than a mistake at play here.
marble falls
Sep 2018
#19
At the time of the article police hadn't taken a statement from her and the Chief said he didn't ...
marble falls
Sep 2018
#70
Unless you are really wasted, how do you not recognize that's not your apt? lock your doors !LWB
lunasun
Sep 2018
#24
I've come home tired after a very long night shift while living in an apartment complex.
haele
Sep 2018
#50
+1, not only that she lived on the first floor. There's no muscle memory in walking UP steps to
uponit7771
Sep 2018
#94
Usually the only cops who get charged are women or minorities, and even then the
tblue37
Sep 2018
#58
and this is the problem with guns. they turn innocent mistakes into fatalities.
unblock
Sep 2018
#52
The officer was not hurt in the 10 p.m. shooting at the South Side Flats at 1210 S. Lamar St., bloc
tblue37
Sep 2018
#54
I ended up on the wrong floor once, following someone out of an elevator
truthisfreedom
Sep 2018
#63
Dallas officer murders man after mistaking his apartment for her own, police say
Marrah_Goodman
Sep 2018
#85
Dallas police seeking warrant for off-duty officer that killed a man in wrong apartment
Judi Lynn
Sep 2018
#86