Amber Guyger, Dallas Officer Who Killed Botham Jean in His Home, Is Fired

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

The Dallas Police Department on Monday fired an officer who fatally shot her neighbor inside his apartment this month, an episode that gripped the city and led to protests over the killing of an unarmed black man in his own home at the hands of law enforcement.

The department’s chief, U. Reneé Hall, announced the termination of the officer, Amber R. Guyger, citing her arrest in the killing of Botham Shem Jean, who lived above Ms. Guyger in a Dallas apartment complex. Ms. Guyger, who was off duty, entered Mr. Jean’s apartment the evening of Sept. 6 and fired her service weapon twice, striking him once in the torso.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/amber-guyger-fired-botham-jean.html

Normal police procedure or do they know something else?

 

[Sarpedon]

The two are not mutually exclusive.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

The two are not mutually exclusive.

That's true and they seem to be framing this as normal police procedure. But... if we recollect all the times in the news we've heard about police being charged with crimes, the mere charge has rarely resulted in an outright firing. So I am a little suspicious, though I cannot prove anything at all at this point.

In any case, she did get fired and that is probably fair...