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Showing Original Post only (View all)Amber Guyger, when the National Review is calling you out, you're probably in deep shit. [View all]
Last edited Tue Sep 11, 2018, 06:29 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/amber-guyger-botham-jean-shooting-police-must-face-impartial-justice/Really surprised at some of the stuff they're saying.
Aside from the horrific details of the shooting itself, there are already troubling indications that Guygers identity as a police officer is providing her with actual, undeserved advantages in the prosecution of this case.
First, police sources are reportedly indicating that Guyger may actually try to raise the fact that Jean didnt obey her commands as a defense. Its not a defense. The moment she opened the door to an apartment that wasnt her own, she wasnt operating as a police officer clothed with the authority of the law. She was instead a criminal. She was breaking into another persons home. She was an armed home invader, and the person clothed with the authority of law to defend himself was Botham Shem Jean.
Which brings us to the second troubling element of the story. So far, Guyger is only charged with manslaughter. But all the available evidence indicates that she intentionally shot Jean. This wasnt a warning shot gone awry. The pistol didnt discharge during a struggle. She committed a crime by forcing open Jeans door, deliberately took aim, and killed him.
Texas law defines murder quite simply as intentionally or knowingly caus[ing] the death of an individual. Manslaughter, by contrast, occurs when a person recklessly causes death. Guygers warning and her deliberate aim scream intent.
First, police sources are reportedly indicating that Guyger may actually try to raise the fact that Jean didnt obey her commands as a defense. Its not a defense. The moment she opened the door to an apartment that wasnt her own, she wasnt operating as a police officer clothed with the authority of the law. She was instead a criminal. She was breaking into another persons home. She was an armed home invader, and the person clothed with the authority of law to defend himself was Botham Shem Jean.
Which brings us to the second troubling element of the story. So far, Guyger is only charged with manslaughter. But all the available evidence indicates that she intentionally shot Jean. This wasnt a warning shot gone awry. The pistol didnt discharge during a struggle. She committed a crime by forcing open Jeans door, deliberately took aim, and killed him.
Texas law defines murder quite simply as intentionally or knowingly caus[ing] the death of an individual. Manslaughter, by contrast, occurs when a person recklessly causes death. Guygers warning and her deliberate aim scream intent.
Not defending the NR here, and of course they always have a hidden agenda, but I still found it pretty remarkable that they're suggesting that she committed actual murder rather than manslaughter, and calling her out on her attempts to use victim blaming as her defense.
I'm hoping that this case has gotten so high profile that they won't have a choice about rendering real justice.
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Amber Guyger, when the National Review is calling you out, you're probably in deep shit. [View all]
Crunchy Frog
Sep 2018
OP
There are reports today that she'd often complained to him about noise in his apartment- including
bettyellen
Sep 2018
#7
not to worry. soon enough, she'll remember she "smelled marijuana". boom, not guilty.
unblock
Sep 2018
#6
"Intent" doesn't need hours or days to form: it requires merely a second or two
struggle4progress
Sep 2018
#10
Yes. When she pulled that trigger, she was certainly intending to kill him.
Crunchy Frog
Sep 2018
#12
If This Hideous Excuse for a Police Officer Doesn't Get Charged With Murder, ...
DoctorJoJo
Sep 2018
#13