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Police have murdered another unarmed black person. This time the cop shot into the persons house and killed a person living there.
'That's murder': Fort Worth police officer shoots woman inside her home
After a white police officer responding to a report of a house door standing open killed a black woman inside her own home on Saturday, an attorney for the womanās family said the officer had not had time to perceive a threat before shooting.
āYou didnāt hear the officer shout, āGun, gun, gun,āā attorney Lee Merritt said after viewing video taken from a Fort Worth officerās bodycam during the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson, 28.
āHe didnāt have time to perceive a threat. Thatās murder.ā
Jeffersonās family told KXAS TV she was watching her eight-year-old nephew when she was killed. A neighbor had called a non-emergency line to report that the front door to the house was open.
In a brief statement to media on Sunday, Lt Brandon OāNeil of Fort Worth police said the officer would be interviewed on Monday by the departmentās major case unit.
āThe officer observed a person through a rear window in the residence and fired a shot at that person,ā OāNeil said. āThe officer did not announce that he was a police officer prior to shooting. What the officer observed and why he did not announce āpoliceā will be addressed as the investigation continues.
'That's murder': Fort Worth police officer shoots woman inside her home
So what's the excuse going to be this time?
'That's murder': Fort Worth police officer shoots woman inside her home
After a white police officer responding to a report of a house door standing open killed a black woman inside her own home on Saturday, an attorney for the womanās family said the officer had not had time to perceive a threat before shooting.
āYou didnāt hear the officer shout, āGun, gun, gun,āā attorney Lee Merritt said after viewing video taken from a Fort Worth officerās bodycam during the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson, 28.
āHe didnāt have time to perceive a threat. Thatās murder.ā
Jeffersonās family told KXAS TV she was watching her eight-year-old nephew when she was killed. A neighbor had called a non-emergency line to report that the front door to the house was open.
In a brief statement to media on Sunday, Lt Brandon OāNeil of Fort Worth police said the officer would be interviewed on Monday by the departmentās major case unit.
āThe officer observed a person through a rear window in the residence and fired a shot at that person,ā OāNeil said. āThe officer did not announce that he was a police officer prior to shooting. What the officer observed and why he did not announce āpoliceā will be addressed as the investigation continues.
'That's murder': Fort Worth police officer shoots woman inside her home
So what's the excuse going to be this time?