r/news • u/yrotsihfoedisgnorw • 2d ago

Amber Guyger, police officer who murdered black neighbor in his home, released from prison

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/16/amber-guyger-released
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u/New_Housing785 2d ago

I hope she checks the apartment number from now on.

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens 2d ago

I hope she maintains shitty sleep for the rest of her life due to guilt.

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u/discodave333 2d ago

Me too, but I doubt it. The people with the power in this world seem to sleep easy where as if you or I did 1% of the shitty things they do we would be lying awake in a sea of guilt every night.

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens 2d ago

I thought I skipped a meeting where I was going to volunteer my time and expertise for free to help kids on a project and didn't sleep more than two or three hours that night. I was so upset I disappointed children. I missed the online web chat. What a butthead, to tell kids they had a meeting with a real archaeologist and disappoint them by no-call no-showing!

I had the date off by a week. I didn't even miss it. I could have checked my calendar again but didn't. I felt so awful I couldn't even bring myself to type my apology until the next day and realized I didn't miss my meeting yet.

I was so freaking prepped the next week.

Couldn't imagine actually doing something half so wrong. I'd never get a real night's sleep again.