TX - Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger, indicted for Murder of Botham Shem Jean #5

[Jax49]

Maybe she is beginning to think that she might not beat this.

Maybe. It went on for quite a while, not just a small sniffle. She appeared to be very upset. moo

 

[gitana1]

If he was my child riots would be the least of my thoughts. Burn the whole corrupt system. If she walks it solidifies for me that some people, depending on their job and locale, ARE in fact, above the law.

It would set a super dangerous precedent. For that reason I feel she may not walk. We all should have the right to be safe in our own homes from trigger happy cops.

 

[BeachSky]

Ear buds lay on the floor near Jean and prosecutor Jason Hermus, a former police officer himself, suggested that he could have been wearing them when Guyger arrived

Jurors in Amber Guyger's murder trial watch officers' desperate efforts to revive Botham Jean

 

[Jax49]

It would set a super dangerous precedent. For that reason I feel she may not walk. We all should have the right to be safe in our own homes from trigger happy cops.

bbm

Glad to see someone use the term I believe describes Guyger perfectly.

 

[bwt42]

No reasonable person can believe her defense. I don't know what her motive could be. But there is no way that she is justified in this shooting. Just like Nouman Raja. She's sociopathic. And I believe her relationship with Rivera triggered this act. It sounds like he was jerking her around, and she was desperate. I wouldn't be surprised at all if she did this for attention. I seriously wouldn't! It sounds crazy but so does claiming to have walked into the wrong apartment and shooting someone to death.

If her defense is she entered the wrong apartment & shot someone she thought was an intruder I believe her.

 

[gitana1]

Based on harm caused, death is pretty significant no?

Yes. As opposed to degree of injury and property damage.

But as to death, there are also degrees. Death with torture or rape is more than just death.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

If her defense is she entered the wrong apartment & shot someone she thought was an intruder I believe her.

That said, what do you feel should happen to her?

 

[gitana1]

It's one thing to go to the wrong floor, it's quite another to enter and shoot someone dead. I've gone into a men's room by accident but I didn't stay and use the urinal.

Nice analogy. Even better, you didn't stay and attack an innocent man for being in the ladies room and causing you to feel he was a danger.

 

[Longtime_lurker2019]

Yes. As opposed to degree of injury and property damage.

But as to death, there are also degrees. Death with torture or rape is more than just death.

Good point. I also dont think life or 20 years is appropriate. But some punishment, a convicted felon without access to firearms.

 

[mickey2942]

If her defense is she entered the wrong apartment & shot someone she thought was an intruder I believe her.

Which is why we may see a mistrial here. People may be firmly in one position or another.

Now, a mistrial isn't the same as being exonerated. I don't know if the prosecution would re-file if there is a mistrial.

 

[BeachSky]

Maybe. It went on for quite a while, not just a small sniffle. She appeared to be very upset. moo

Is there a clip/ link / of it ?

 

[Rocco]

If her defense is she entered the wrong apartment & shot someone she thought was an intruder I believe her.

I think her defense is she entered the wrong apt and shot someone she thought was an intruder who was going to attack and kill her. Not sure where she got that impression or why she didn't mention it during her 6 minute 911 call.

 

[gitana1]

bbm

Glad to see someone use the term I believe describes Guyger perfectly.

Yes. Absolutely trigger happy. She had no reason not to back out and call for back up.

 

[Jax49]

Is there a clip/ link / of it ?

Not sure when it started but she appears to be crying at this point.

 

[kim.kitchenstupman]

I do not see her as Trigger happy.
I see as a horrible accident. An innocent man died but not out of malicious intent or a racist motive.

 

[bwt42]

That said, what do you feel should happen to her?

Not sure.

 

[iluvmua]

I think 20 years would be appropriate

Jmo

 

[Rocco]

I do not see her as Trigger happy.
I see as a horrible accident. An innocent man died but not out of malicious intent or a racist motive.

She made it from the doorway to the kitchen area, by the dishwasher, without any harm coming to her. He may or may not have made it to a standing position from the sofa he was sitting on, in the living room, and was found lying by that sofa after he was shot.

trig·ger-hap·py
/ˈtriɡər ˌhapē/
adjective
adjective: trigger-happy
ready to react violently, especially by shooting, on the slightest provocation.

Standing up or attempting to stand up was the provocation. I'd call that slight. JMO

 

[rosesfromangels]

I think 20 years would be appropriate

Jmo

She'll get 2 in the clink, and five years probation is my amateur opinion and speculation. Now the *civil* trial and the associated reparation is what is going to really help bring justice. She will have to pay the Victim's family dearly $$$$$ for taking his life.

Amateur opinion and speculation

 

[kim.kitchenstupman]

I think 20 years would be appropriate

Jmo

Wow! 20 years?!
I am hoping for even probation maybe.

 

[rosesfromangels]

I do not see her as Trigger happy.
I see as a horrible accident. An innocent man died but not out of malicious intent or a racist motive.

This is her second shooting incident in a small window of time. Further, there has been questionable material obtained from her FB page that suggests she is racist. All of this will be examined during the trial, and whatever the facts are, should come to light.

I do not like anything about this woman who disgraced her uniform, and the honor of the great men and women in blue. That being said I am trying, trying hard to stick to facts and not get caught up in what an ugly, selfish soul this woman appears to have.

Amateur opinion and speculation