Things neither side is looking at.
1. It's terrible that these people live in a world where they can't call or go knock on the neighbors door to check on them. It's not wrong to call the police just sad that they don't know their neighbors.
2. It's sad that we live in a world where police are being ambushed. To deny that fact would be ignorant. So these officers are trained to think hey this may be an ambush.... How terrible is that? To go to work thinking someone wants to kill you. Which makes every interaction worse. Then it's a self fulfilling prophecy. They are nervous and.things like this happen. So the public has less trust and more disdain.

Putting that officer to death by a firing squad will not fix the problem. No new laws, no protesting, no difference in training. It will get worse and worse and worse.

Then when you get in front of the window and a person on the other side has a gun pointed at you... things happen real fast...as they did.

To play video games at 2:30 am with hour lil nephew is awesome parenting.

It was Saturday night, not a school night. It has always been a late night for our kids.

you suck as a parent.

This is what has me wondering. Did she have her firearm pointed at the officer? In the vid he holler's "your hands, let me see your hands" If her pistol was aimed at the officer, wouldn't he instead yell "Police, drop your weapon"

No matter how you slice it, this is a horrible situation for all involved, and my heart aches for that young child who witnessed the shooting.

True to an extent. Not all of the population feels this way. Some people are being taught to feel this way. There are lawyers and politicians that want to profit from these things and they must keep that narrative alive.
I for one don’t feel threatened by the police. It’s not because of how I was born. It is because I highly respect the job and I know the street or sidewalk is not the place to debate the commands that might be directed at me.

The job tough enough without all this added in and above all else, the goal is to try your best to do some good for someone else and go home safe at the end of the shift.

What did the Officer do blatantly?

Nothing besides shoot before being shot. Now with that aside, we don’t know a lot of the details that will later come out such as what they believed they were responding to and why they chose not to knock on the door. I would assume they were just scanning the area and seeing if anything looked out of the norm before making their presence known and he got a gun pointed at him. I still think the weapon went off before he intended for it to. Just my opinion...and them saying he isn’t cooperating isn’t exactly right either. He chose to remain silent just like anyone else would have and not incriminate himself.

You both missed that I said ...”the ONES that screw up so blatantly,” which encompasses officers like Amber Guyger and the guy recently who planted drugs during a hundred traffic stops.

You both also ignored what I wrote with an asterisk next to it, but here is what the chief of police said about it:

“Human life is a precious thing and should not have been taken from Ms. Jefferson," he said. "[To the public] I ask you please do not let the actions of one officer reflect on the other 1,700. There's absolutely no excuse for this incident and the person responsible will be held accountable."

While taking questions during a press conference Tuesday, Kraus grew emotional when describing the morale of the police department, saying while "officers are hurting" over the shooting, he has not encountered an officer who disagrees with the decision to arrest Aaron Dean.

"I don't have any officer saying this action should not have been taken against this individual, this officer. I'm getting the complete opposite response. 'Chief thank you for being quick and decisive. This is going to help heal us,'" Kraus said.

“We have a great many officers who work extremely hard, every day. They do this at great sacrifice and with a servant's heart. I ask you to please do not let the actions of one officer reflect on the other 1,700. There's absolutely no excuse for this incident and the person responsible will be held accountable," Kraus said. "Human life is a precious thing, it should not have been taken from Miss Jefferson."

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/V...es-No-Excuse-for-Shooting-563141541.html

Seems to me like the interim chief of police and many of his officers feel blatant mistakes were made.

What do you expect the officers to say to their boss?? Were you expecting, “Hey Chief.. You really screwed that one up.”

What did the Officer do blatantly?

I think you’re over complicating it. Does the media and politicians complicate things? Sure, but I don’t think it’s to the extent that you are making it out to be. I think people have a reasonable expectation of not being gunned down in their house by police officers making a mistake. When it happens, especially twice in 13 months thirty miles from each other, people are understandably going to be upset and concerned. It also happened a few years ago in Fort Worth when two rookie officers went to the wrong address and shot the home owner in his garage.

I was raised to respect law enforcement and I do to this day. I don’t understand the rush to justify the LEOs that so obviously make mistakes that should never happen. I don’t think it does anything positive for the vast majority of the LEOs who are great at their job. In fact, I think it does a disservice to them and makes their jobs infinitely harder (that’s reality, not that I think it should be that way). The FW interim chief said as much during his press conference, where he mentioned this will set back their community relations. So far, I think FWPD has done a very good job of handling the situation and trying to be forthright publicly, saying he would’ve fired the cop for breaking protocol even if he hadn’t shot anyone, etc.

It’s a hard job complicated by many growing issues. I’ve said many times I couldn’t do it. I respect the hell out of those who do, and I think it takes a special person to do it. I thank God for them. I just don’t see the purpose or benefit of trying to justify the ones that screw up so blatantly.*

*and I say that with reservation. There are some facts that need to be confirmed that may change a few things, but ultimately I don’t think the officer acted appropriately and he should have been fired and arrested/charged.

He said blatantly...I’m not saying best judgement or policy was not used. I believe mistakes were made but we lack a lot of details.

He said blatantly...I’m not saying best judgement or policy was not used. I believe mistakes were made but we lack a lot of details.

I’m not defending the guy or taking his side without knowing or seeing the video.

Maybe I see different possibilities and what ifs

I’m not defending the guy or taking his side without knowing or seeing the video.

Maybe I see different possibilities and what ifs