Sen. Ted Cruz Calls Rival Beto O'Rourke 'Quick' To Blame Dallas Cop Who Killed Botham Jean
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Sen. Ted Cruz Calls Rival Beto O'Rourke 'Quick' To Blame Dallas Cop Who Killed Botham Jean
Antonia Blumberg, HuffPost 11 hours ago 
Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who are facing offRep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who are facing off in the U.S. Senate race in November, both weighed in over the weekend on the fatal shooting of a black man by a white off-duty police officer in Dallas on Sept. 6.
At a rally Friday night, O’Rourke agreed with those calling for the firing of officer Amber Guyger, who shot and killed her neighbor, 26-year-old Botham Jean, after entering his apartment . Guyger claimed she mistakenly thought she was in her own apartment.
“There has to be a full accounting for how young black men continue to be killed in this country without accountability, without justice, without these full investigations, without respecting their civil rights,” O’Rourke said. “This cannot continue.”
Asked whether Guyger should be fired, the representative said: “I don’t understand, given the actions, how anyone can come to any other conclusion.”
Cruz, in an interview with Fox 26 Houston that aired on Sunday, said O’Rourke and other Democrats were too “quick to always blame the police officer.”
“I don’t think we should jump to any conclusions,” the senator said. “It may have been just a horrific misunderstanding.”
Guyger, 30, was returning home from a 12-hour shift in uniform on the evening of Sept. 6 when she walked into Jean’s apartment, which she said she mistook for her own, and shot him twice. According to a Texas Rangers arrest affidavit released Monday , Guyger said she fired her gun after Jean ignored her “verbal commands.” She then called 911.
Jean died later at a hospital.
Guyger was taken into custody on Sept. 9 on a manslaughter warrant and booked in the Kaufman County Jail, southeast of Dallas.
Cruz called the shooting “a tragic situation.”
“The individual ... was at home in his apartment and found himself murdered,” Cruz said, using a bizarre choice of words. Guyger “may have been in the wrong. She’s facing legal proceedings, and if a jury of her peers concludes that she behaved wrongly, then she’ll face the consequences.”
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How is it that she simply 'walked in' to this apartment? Does he not lock his door? Does she not lock her door when she goes to work?
BEST question so far. I know, right? Does the apartment complex just use all the same locks and keys to cut down on costs?? WTF??
Good question. I was wondering about that myself
It's that kind of irregularity that has me withholding judgment.
And now the police are trying to smear the murdered man's good name by implying he had marijuana in his home.
So the fuck what? Maybe if he had a gun he would still be alive. So many gun nuts want everyone to be armed to the teeth just in case of home invasion....and his home was invaded, was it not?
A "home invasion" requires an intent to commit a crime. Present evidence does not suggest she had any such intent, but the investigation is ongoing.
I agree that would not appear to be pertinent, based on the statements she's already made. I guess time will tell.
He is dead and he did nothing wrong. She was at the wrong apartment and shot the resident twice because of her ignorace. At minimum that is manslaughter. She should be held to a higher standard because she is(was) a cop.
Do you object to a full investigation of the incident?
Maybe you prefer we just hang her.
So it would seem.
The reason is still under investigation.
I believe that is the charge that has been filed.
What higher standard do you propose?
"Present evidence" is the key phrase in your comment. I don't trust the Texas Rangers to thoroughly investigate this. It all sounds too fishy to me. I don't believe that she just "accidentally" walked into the wrong apartment.
It is intended to be.
Are you familiar with the Texas Rangers?
I'm withholding my decision on what I believe until there is more complete information. I can imagine any number of plausible scenarios, but currently they are just that....imagination.
No, but they're cops investigating a cop. The only time that ever seems to work out is on TV
Well if you're that well informed, how wrong could you be?
Yes. That's sarcasm.
My takeaway here is the Cruz does not say what his own position is.
Does Cruz think it's OK to blow away a neighbor in his own home? Does he think the police officer mistook her neighbor's home for her own?
O'Rourke expresses a very reasonable position. Cruz expresses none.
Why would he have a position? Why would he voice that position and possibly prejudice an ongoing investigation?
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He thinks the matter is under investigation by highly trained professionals.
There is not a "position". It's not an opinion poll. There won't be any voting. It's not some television show where the audience decides whether it was an accident or a murder. A homicide has occurred. Evidence is being gathered. Charges have been filed, and other charges may be under consideration. Professionals are handling it. Neither Ted Cruz nor Beto O'Rourke have anything to do with any of that. It is HIGHLY inappropriate for a public official to politicize such a situation.
As soon as he speaks on the topic, Cruz affects the outcome.
O'Rourke did not go out of his way to express an opinion. He answered a question about cops killing people. There's a lot of that going around, in case you hadn't noticed...
I don't think "murder" is going to be applicable. Some sort of gross neglect that led to a loss of life and she is responsible. Whatever law covers that.
She doesn't really have a defense.
If she does any jail time it will be little. Maybe a couple years. His family should probably prepare themselves for that result.
I hope the lady at least has the decency to have a very guilty conscience about it.