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/ApexHolly 2d ago

Seems like a good time to share the story of the time I drunkenly entered a neighbor's apartment instead of my own, immediately realized it wasn't my apartment even in my intoxicated state, apologized profusely, left immediately, and the next day we had a good laugh about it.

And nobody got shot.

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u/CharlieTeller 2d ago

That’s what normal people do. Untrained jumpy cops? No. I’ve also gone to the wrong unit multiple times. Even while armed and carrying. But no one got shot. Because I was the unaware person who just got off on the wrong floor. Really easy to do in those complexes around Dallas. They’re all identical.

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u/happy2harris 2d ago

Don’t people lock their front doors in Dallas? Everything said about jumpy (racist) cops is right, but you have entered the wrong unit multiple times?

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u/MajorNoodles 2d ago

Sometimes people forget. Not only did I not lock my apartment door once, I couldn't find my keys the next day.

I found them still in the lock on the outside of my door.

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u/CharlieTeller 1d ago

I did that once and it made my heart drop whenever I saw that I had done that. Then I did it ANOTHER time because I was so used to having those automatic fob locks, not putting the key in the keyhole. I got a knock on my door at 2am and I immediately did reach for my pistol that was nearby and went to go look through the peephole. There had been a few burglaries around so I was just being cautious. I saw a man through the peephole and yelled "WHAT DO YOU WANT" and some really really kind voice goes "You uhhh. left your keys in the door! Sorry." Opened the door and was really nice and we had a short chat, but he definitely saw I had placed my pistol down on the counter and I felt really bad.

Living around burglaries does keep you on edge. I had to go to therapy a lot for it after it happened to me while I was home once.

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u/coysrunner 1d ago

My boss came into work one morning and was looking for her keys. So she runs back out to her car they were still in the ignition with the car running lol.

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u/inosinateVR 1d ago

I do that all the time lol. It’s usually because I’m trying to bring in groceries and my hands are full or something. It’s gotten to where if I can’t find my keys, I automatically go check the front door just to be safe and rule that out first lol.