Comments by "K. Rich" (@thekaerichtexas) on "FULL TESTIMONY: Aaron Dean testifies in his own defense for deadly shooting of Atatiana Jefferson" video.

  1. Looking at this objectively and taking my feelings out of it, his lawyer put on a good defense. This case really is 50/50, totally up in the air. No one in this situation technically did anything wrong. He followed his training. Dean had a right to shoot Atatianna had a right to have her door open and had a right to defend her home if she heard a noise And the neighbor had a right to call police out if he felt his neighbor was in trouble. That's the real messed up part about it...it really is no one person's fault for what happened. It truly is a tragedy and a series of unfortunate events. Should he do time for following his training (and making an honest mistake)? I don't know.... to be guilty you have to prove that he had a guilty mind. He didn't wake up that morning and think I'm going to drive to this street and kill a random person. He was trying to complete his work assignment. She heard a noise and was trying to protect herself. I don't think he's a bad guy and I don't think the neighbor is a bad person. It's just a damn tragedy. I don't know what justice would be at this point. She's never coming back and while putting him in jail might make the family feel better.... it won't bring her back. Should we destroy his life for an honest mistake? I don't know. If you've never worked in law enforcement you have no idea the depth and breadth of this. Officers are human and unfortunately sometimes make mistakes, you just pray to God that it's not a deadly one. Has he suffered enough? I can't say. This is a tough case. We know AtaTianna should still be here and we hate that she's gone. But what punishment would fit the crime? Making him a felon? Banning him from police service forever? Locking him up? This is gonna be tough for the jury. The way its going I'm thinking manslaughter or a lower charge, I don't think the jury will think murder is appropriate in this case. And I don't think walking away scott free will work either....my prediction Is that the jury will ask for the lessor charges and give him minimal time. Just my prediction. I guess we'll see
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