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Related: About this forumAA Woman in her own house killed by Cop in Ft Worth. 🕯️
Source-https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/fort-worth-police-killed-black-woman-inside-her-home"Put your hands up, show me your hands, the officer said before firing a shot all in less than four seconds."
Snip-"Atatiana Koquice Jefferson, 28, was killed in a bedroom at the home at around 2:30 a.m., according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner.
Snip-The individual, a black female, who resides at the residence succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased on the scene, read the Fort Worth PDs statement. The officer, a white male who has been with the department since April of 2018, has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome [of] the critical police incident investigation.
Snip-Fort Worth Star-Telegram Reporter Jack Howland spoke with James Smith, a neighbor from across the street who placed a call to police around 2 a.m. after seeing that two doors on the home were ajar and the lights on.
Snip--Smith told the Star-Telegram that he was shaken by the incident, and said he took part of the blame.
If I had never dialed the police department, shed still be alive, Smith said..
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None of this is on Mr Smith, it's all on the cops
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AA Woman in her own house killed by Cop in Ft Worth. 🕯️ (Original Post)
irisblue
Oct 2019
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Thomas Hurt
(13,929 posts)1. Dallas/Ft Worth has a serious problem with their cops.
Guyger and now this guy.
irisblue
(34,405 posts)2. Cop Culture Chickens. Tamir Rice, Ohio was shot 8 seconds after roll up
My AC failed in July, I spent alot of time with the LR door open, screen door set till bed time. That was a change that an assigned patrol office would have noticed, light spillong out.
I also know I could not have responded to amything in 4 seconds.
In Her Own Damn House
irisblue
(34,405 posts)3. In the story
It mentions she had a gun, and that was all
rogue emissary
(3,218 posts)4. murdered because of a GD wellness check.
Smith told Howland that he called a non-emergency Fort Worth police number, asking for a wellness check on his neighbor, who lived with an aunt that had been in the hospital and her 8-year-old nephew.
Smith told the Star-Telegram that he was shaken by the incident, and said he took part of the blame.
If I had never dialed the police department, shed still be alive, Smith said.
It makes you not want to call the police department, he added. If you dont feel safe with the police department, then who do you feel safe with?
irisblue
(34,405 posts)5. And in GD