Popular Post smac97 Posted October 3, 2019 Popular Post Posted October 3, 2019 From Wikipedia: Quote On September 6, 2018, off-duty Dallas patrol officer Amber Guyger entered the Dallas apartment of Botham Jean, and shot and killed him. Guyger said that she had entered the apartment believing it was her own and shot Jean believing he was a burglar. On October 1, 2019, Guyger was found guilty of murder. The next day, she received a sentence of ten years in prison. Guyger's apartment was on the third floor, directly below Jean's apartment on the fourth, in an apartment building with mostly identical floor plans on each level. After she shot Jean she called 911. Jean was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died from his wound. The investigation was taken over by the Texas Rangers, who were responsible for Guyger's arrest three days later. Guyger was charged with manslaughter. Guyger was clearly at fault. She went into the wrong apartment (Jean's), thinking it was hers, and thought Jean was an intruder. Guyger is white, and Jean was black. Guyger was, at the time, an off-duty police officer. Guyger exchanged somewhat racist/offensive texts with police officers. In this highly charged story, though, there was this interaction between Guyger and Jean's brother, Brandt: I found this very touching and thought-provoking. Thanks, -Smac 5
The Nehor Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 While punishment should happen it is soul healing to let go of anger or hatred towards the perpetrator and can inspire the guilty as well.
Ahab Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 Christ desires to forgive us but he also wants us to learn from our mistakes ad try to not ever repeat them again. Hopefully she'll act differently next time if she walks into someone else's apartment while thinking it is hers.
The Nehor Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, Ahab said: Christ desires to forgive us but he also wants us to learn from our mistakes ad try to not ever repeat them again. Hopefully she'll act differently next time if she walks into someone else's apartment while thinking it is hers. I am hoping this is not a situation that comes up regularly. 1
Calm Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 It is unfortunate that we don't have the capability of providing the option of giving true restitution (as in devoting one's life for a significant time period to serving the community) in cases where people accept responsibility and want to restore what their tragic mistakes have destroyed to the best of their ability while requiring enough restriction so that they make real, massive sacrifices that are meaningful to both victims and the community as well as themselves so they aren't crippled by regret. Not sure how to prevent such a program from being taken advantage of, though, by those who lack meaningful regret and go that route simply to avoid greater discomfort. Jail should be about restricting those who are dangerous, imo.
RevTestament Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 3 hours ago, smac97 said: From Wikipedia: Guyger was clearly at fault. She went into the wrong apartment (Jean's), thinking it was hers, and thought Jean was an intruder. Guyger is white, and Jean was black. Guyger was, at the time, an off-duty police officer. Guyger exchanged somewhat racist/offensive texts with police officers. In this highly charged story, though, there was this interaction between Guyger and Jean's brother, Brandt: I found this very touching and thought-provoking. Thanks, -Smac Tragedy. She was honest at her trial though that she could have saved Jean. She didn't try to make those excuses. I think that goes to her credit, that she realized how in the wrong she was, even if it was only after the fact. Brandt is the one that stood up though and was the man. Following the example of Martin Luther King and Christ. Tragedy shows who we are.
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