Texas Cop shoots woman to death inside her own home.

Trade

Trade

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Here we go again.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...r-shoots-woman-death-inside-her-home-n1065451
A Fort Worth police officer checking out a residence with an open door opened fire on a woman inside her home, killing her, authorities said.

The shooting early Saturday occurred less than two weeks after a police officer in nearby Dallas was found guilty of murder for fatally shooting a man in his home in 2018. In both cases the officers are white and the victims were African American.

In the Fort Worth shooting at 2:25 a.m. Saturday, authorities have the officer's body-camera footage.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-new...ally-shoots-woman-inside-her-home-71161925590


OCT. 12, 201901:52

According to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, the imagery shows the perspective of the officer outside a home, peering inside a window using a flashlight, spotting someone inside standing near a window and telling her, "Put your hands up — show me your hands," before opening fire.

Fort Worth police say one shot was fired.

Officers entered the home and began providing emergency medical care to the woman but she was pronounced dead, police said.

The Tarrant County medical examiner identified her as Atatiana Koquice Jefferson, 28, according to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.

A gun was found inside the home, police said, but it wasn't clear if the woman was near it at the time of the shooting.

Neighbor James Smith said he called a police non-emergency number when he noticed the open door.

"If you don't feel safe with the police department, then who do you feel safe with?" he said.

Amber Carr, Jefferson's sister, questioned the officer's training. "I just don't understand," she said.
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The white police officer who shot dead a 28-year-old woman through the window of her home in Fort Worth while performing a wellness check did not identify himself as law enforcement before he opened fire.

The officer and his colleague were called to the home by a neighbor who noticed that Atatiana Jefferson's front door was open at around 2.30am Saturday.

Atatiana was playing video games with her eight-year-old nephew when they heard a noise outside and she got up to investigate, assuming it was a prowler.

Body camera footage released by the Fort Worth Police Department shows the officer, who has not been identified publicly, shining a flashlight into the back side home as Atatiana approached the bedroom window.

'Put your hands up! Show me your hands!' he shouts through the window with his gun drawn.

A split-second later, the officer fired a single shot, killing Atatiana in front of her nephew.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...black-woman-home-DID-NOT-identify-police.html
 
Merritt accused police of 'villianizing' Atatiana by releasing photos of the gun that was allegedly found in the home.
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So what if there was a gun in the house?

It's Texas for Christ sake.

I'd venture to say most houses in Texas have at least one gun in them.

If I hear a strange noise in the middle of the night, chances are I'm going to get my gun before I go to check it out.

This is just the cops looking for some way to cover for one of their own.
 
jerry r. garner said:
I live down here, I'm tired of the embarrassment that some of our folk do. When I see a particular gruesome event on news or radio, my first thought is': "I hope it was not here (Texas.) DAMN!
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I feel your pain.

I'm originally from Florida.
 
Any event that makes folks aghast will be beat to death on the media drum. This 'cop kills woman inside her home' is a
catalyst: Their already interviewing relatives and others that have no relevant information; their offered an opportunity to give their opinion
of 'what happened.' We know what happened, (apparently?) let the court's deal with it.
That is not going to happen, were going to be feed a daily dose of rehashing- WHY?
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jerry r. garner said:
Any event that makes folks aghast will be beat to death on the media drum. This 'cop kills woman inside her home' is a
catalyst: Their already interviewing relatives and others that have no relevant information; their offered an opportunity to give their opinion
of 'what happened.' We know what happened, (apparently?) let the court's deal with it.
That is not going to happen, were going to be feed a daily dose of rehashing- WHY?,
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Because I'm tired of seeing cops get away with murdering black people. This shit needs to be put out in the open instead of swept under the rug. Then maybe the public outrage and pressure can bring about some change.
 
Trade said:
Because I'm tired of seeing cops get away with murdering black people. This shit needs to be put out in the open instead of swept under the rug. Then maybe the public outrage and pressure can bring about some change.
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C'on Trade, You & I lock horns over many things but.......Do you really believe that officer left home that day, reported for work that day, with the thought....I'm going to shoot & kill a black person today?............ I do not.

When a call comes out for a police officer(s) at an address, they [dispatch] sends officers, or an officer. They don't get to pick skin color & or race. And unless it is a heavily ethnic influenced neighborhood, they no not who is calling either.

Some of problem IMO is the lowering of standard of hiring & filling of positions on police depts. When the standards were higher , [regarding physical abilities / size, etc.] Officers were less likely to go for the gun immediately . Add to that the fact that more & more criminals / thugs, these days are carrying guns as well. And we end up with officers that are more 'on-edge' than in the past.

And I'll add, follow the money.....budget cuts & the inability to get taxes passed, cut back on two-man cars. As such we have so many more officers alone, answering these calls.....which means no immediate back-up.
 
I'm just glad I'm an old white guy. At least now if I get stopped by a cop and he asks for my ID I can reach for my wallet with a reasonable expectation that I can do so without being shot. I don't know what a black dude is supposed to do in that situation.
 
rgp said:
C'on Trade, You & I lock horns over many things but.......Do you really believe that officer left home that day, reported for work that day, with the thought....I'm going to shoot & kill a black person today?............ I do not.

When a call comes out for a police officer(s) at an address, they [dispatch] sends officers, or an officer. They don't get to pick skin color & or race. And unless it is a heavily ethnic influenced neighborhood, they no not who is calling either.

Some of problem IMO is the lowering of standard of hiring & filling of positions on police depts. When the standards were higher , [regarding physical abilities / size, etc.] Officers were less likely to go for the gun immediately . Add to that the fact that more & more criminals / thugs, these days are carrying guns as well. And we end up with officers that are more 'on-edge' than in the past.

And I'll add, follow the money.....budget cuts & the inability to get taxes passed, cut back on two-man cars. As such we have so many more officers alone, answering these calls.....which means no immediate back-up.
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RPG's defending the white guy that shot the black woman.

 
Trade said:
If that's your criteria for not going you are going to have to add a lot more states to that list.
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Yep. Top 10 states. Texas doesn't even make the list. Though I do agree with Trade above that there's at least one gun in most homes in Texas. As for the list, I'm not sure of the accuracy since there's no standardization for gun reporting by state.


State Gun Ownership 2019 Pop.
Alaska61.70%735,720
Arkansas57.90%3,026,412
Idaho56.90%1,790,182
West Virginia54.20%1,791,951
Wyoming53.80%572,381
Montana52.30%1,074,532
New Mexico49.90%2,096,034
Alabama48.90%4,898,246
North Dakota47.90%760,900
Hawaii45.10%1,416,589
 

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