An police officer in Texas is returning home, but gets confused and enters another home instead of her own. Spotting the home occupant, and thinking he is an invader in her home, the police officer shoots him dead.
The news story I read made no mention that the rightful home occupant threatened the officer, nor that he had a weapon. He apparently posed no danger.
But, she shot him dead, the same.
There is a mentality some of us have. There is a code of conduct. It says, if someone enters your home as a bandit, you have the right to kill them.
Even if Officer Amber Guyger had been in her own home, this shooting would have been wrong. It would have been right in the eyes of many. Many would have even applauded her. Still, it would have been wrong. Wrong it wrong, even when it is popular.
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