She being so confused to the point she didn't know where she was, does not justify her actions.
Not a good description of that event. She was not confused per se....just like a lot of folks when they have a lot on their mind and after having worked a l3 hr shift she was not focused real well....when you live in a big apartment building like that...you get into a rouotine park at a certain level on which your apartment is located and then walk the same path each and every day to your apartment....most people could do it
blind....her mistake and it is reasonable was to park on the wrong level...one level up from where she should have parked.
also one needs to understand this was a very rare case...probably the only one like it...a police officer inadvertently goes to the wrong apartment ....starts to put her key in and lo and behold the door opens...obviously ajar...so she takes 2 quick steps through the door into the dark apt. where the lights are not on...and immediately sees the silouhette of a human figure...can you imagine the shock? Most folks would be scared shitless and take off running...but she was a police officer trained to handle situations like being confronted with a threat and she knew how to deal with it....she told the suspect to show his hands....he refused, instead he began to yell at her and advance towards her...big mistake on his part.
Now in his defense he was no doubt shocked also and according to some ...smoking marijuana...which may have contributed to his irrational behavior aka failing to follow the orders of a uniformed police officer. He had to know she was a police officer but she had no clue to who he was....thus she perceived a threat to her life and rightly so...he could have been a burglar, rapist or who knows what. A definite threat at any rate and then he refuses to show his hands....a good shot.
