I used the wrong term. My bad. I was referring to being frisked for officer safety. In my defense, I did half assed try to be more informed when I posted by using Google...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/stop_and_frisk
"A stop-and-frisk refers to a brief non-intrusive police stop of a...
While I agree officer safety is important, I also believe it's as over used as "for the children". A Terry stop requires an officer to believe the person is armed AND dangerous, but a lot of officers ignore one or both requirements because of "officer safety". It becomes "the boy who cried...
There is no law requiring you to ever open your door. Again, if police have the authority to enter your home, a locked door is simply an inconvenience for them.
IF I was an apartment dweller, I'd be doing what I can to make sure my door is harder to open.
If someone is attempting to break down my door, I'm defending myself. I'll be conveniently positioned behind cover, and I'll do what is necessary to survive.
However, this isn't what happened. The...
"In general, the main differences between manslaughter and murder are as follows. Manslaughter is killing someone without planning the crime ahead of time or in a situation where killing was not intentional. Murder is killing someone by planning the crime ahead of time."...
I'm not advocating officer safety, I'm more of the common sense tactics type of person. As a non police officer, if I knock on a stranger's door, I'm not standing in front of the door. That's just common sense and self preservation.
Would a reasonable person answer the door armed? Probably...
After watching the video, my thoughts...
1. The police officer was smart to stand off to the side.
2. The police officer was pretty quick to draw and shoot.
Most important take away...
3. FOR **** SAKE, DON'T OPEN THE ****ING DOOR FOR ANYONE UNLESS YOU ARE 100% CERTAIN YOU KNOW WHO IT IS...
First video states that she was given a deferral program. Second video states all charges were dropped. It seems to me that the city had no problem with what happened until it went viral.