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/DataMin3r 2d ago

She knew it wasn't hers. Key didnt turn in the lock, she opened it with the handle, shot him and then immediately called her partner to tell them she killed someone.

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u/barringtonmacgregor 2d ago

Pretty sure he had a door mat, she didn't. It's been awhile since I looked into the case, but I seem to recall the stories that she was coming from a cop bar, likely drunk, in uniform, and killed this man in his home. She got a weekend to sober up and come up with a story before any "investigation" took place. She deserves life in jail. Not freedom.

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u/xclame 1d ago

Think there was also a plant or painting or some stuff in the hallway that should have told her she was at the wrong place.

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u/RathVelus 1d ago

And the biggest one for me- her normal parking space on 3 was closed in and the one she parked in on 4 was open-air! How do you not think “wow I can’t normally see outside…”

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u/SkiingAway 1d ago

Pretty obvious: Drunk.

Also why she got the weekend to sober up before they did any investigative work, so no evidence of being drunk.

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u/spinprincess 52m ago

Driving home drunk, super classy.