Woman Killed By Police Officer Shooting At Dog In Arlington, Texas
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 4 months ago
BBC.
A woman in the US has died of a gunshot wound after a police officer fired his gun when he saw a barking dog running towards him.
The unnamed policeman was responding to a call about the woman in Arlington, Texas.
She has been named as 30-year-old Margarita Brooks.
She died of her injury in hospital.
Police have described it as a tragedy, and say an investigation is under way.
Video at the link. So let me assist the police department with the description. Rather than a tragedy, this is classified as a homicide.
There. Fixed it.
I note again for the record. Any time you call the police and they get involved, the level of danger for you goes up one or two orders of magnitude.
On August 4, 2019 at 9:25 pm, Dan said:
The ONLY relevant question anyone should ask about this incident is
what would happen if someone NOT wearing a badge did the EXACT SAME THING. Whatever would happen to a nonbadgemonkey should be exactly
what happens to this keystone cop of an idiot. Sadly however NOTHING will happen to this criminal pinned to a badge…..with the possible exception of a PAID vacation at the taxpayers expense.
On August 4, 2019 at 10:57 pm, George 1 said:
What would happen if someone without a badge did the same thing? The person would be charged with negligent homicide at the least.
On August 5, 2019 at 12:16 am, Sunny said:
So, did the dog attack the cop? They never seem to tell whether there was an actual dog attack on the cop. I’m thinking it’s because the cop was just a wuss and the dog just barked instead of attacking.
Yes, this cop should be up on charges of homicide or manslaughter, something! But he won’t be.
sunny
On August 5, 2019 at 3:07 am, Jack said:
LE killing Innocents.
We need Regulate or buy back all the cops.
Don’t forget the US Gov’t has Nukes
On August 5, 2019 at 8:33 am, revjen45 said:
When the cops f’k up “Duh, oops!” is sufficient.
Nothing to see here.
Move along.
On August 5, 2019 at 10:07 am, June J said:
“According to Police Chief Will Johnson, the officer had undergone eight hours of training for canine encounters, as well as mandatory firearms training.”
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/08/01/arlington-police-investigating-shooting-involving-officer
“The Arlington Fire Department confirmed that the victim was the daughter of one of its captains.”
People who knew couple and the dog are saying it was a medium size beagle/retriever mix and always friendly.
On August 5, 2019 at 4:49 pm, Chris Mallory said:
“So let me assist the police department with the description. Rather than a tragedy, this is classified as a homicide.”
So let me assist the police department with the description. Rather than a tragedy, this is classified as a murder.
A homicide requires only a volitional act by another person that results in death, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm.
“According to the Texas District & County Attorneys Association (TDCAA), “Someone is criminally negligent as to the result of his conduct if he ought to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that result would occur.”
The TDCAA continues, “This risk must be of such a nature that the failure to perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care than an ordinary person would have exercised.”
I would consider mailmen, UPS drivers and pizza delivery to be “ordinary” people who regularly face dogs without spraying several rounds int he general direction.
At the very least this cop violated Col. Cooper’s 4th rule. With innocents down range he should not have fired his weapon.