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Officers showed up at the home and found a man struggling with a woman over a knife. An officer opened fire and struck the man, killing him at the scene. Only later did they discover the man who was killed lived at the home and was struggling to fend off the woman who had broken into his home.
Police say Brandon Durham, 43, had called 911 and reported multiple people outside his home shooting, then told the 911 operator that someone had entered his home through the front and back doors and he was locking himself in the bathroom.
He also told the 911 operator that he was home with his 15-year-old daughter, according to police. Officers kicked open the door after arriving on scene and hearing someone screaming as well as damage to vehicles parked outside the property, police said.
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As a person of color, we do not trust the police.
This is why.
About a year ago I had a very disruptive neighbor. Every night he would bring tons of women over and play loud music, and yell over the music with the people he had over.
Then, in the daytime he had a girlfriend, who worked nights. Every day she’d come over and they’d yell for hours and hours. She had a legitimate reason to be angry at him. He was the father of his child. He never married her, and in the 6 months he’d been a father he got 2 other bitches pregnant. Her words, not mine. On top of that, he was calling off work to invite MORE bitches over, and making up the lost money by pawning her jewelry. Which only got him $23 because the pawn dealer ripped him off. She says it was real gold, real diamonds. And the jeweler convinced him to sell for $23.
On top of that, he wouldn’t even let her and his son move in with him because it would “clash with his business”. Essentially he was just giving excuse after excuse after excuse.
Why she didn’t just leave him, and sue for child support, I don’t know. He was clearly using her. He didn’t love her. They fought daily. Neither of them were happy. And as they fought, the baby cried and cried and cried.
I asked him to keep it down. Others in the building asked the same. His indoor voice was louder than most peoples “onstage without a microphone” voice.
In short, for 8 months it was a daily struggle to sleep.
But I only complained to the landlord. Never the police. When my sister found out, she couldn’t imagine what I meant by “This isn’t something to be resolved by the police”.
My sister is a Karen. A real bad one. She wants all her problems to go away with a complaint from her to someone else.
But she never stops to put herself in others shoes. I restrain myself from saying I “hated” that neighbor. Only because I reserve hate to be powerful and meaningful. So I don’t hate him. However I do think he was highly inconsiderate not only to his girlfriend/son, but also all around him at any given time.
A real “main character” complex.
Still though, I didn’t call the police, because I didn’t feel his inconsiderate behavior prompted a risk of death.
IF (any that’s a big IF), If police could be trusted to arrive, handle citizen resolution in a fair non-violent way, then yes, I’d have called the cops. I certainly felt it was a job they SHOU LD do. It just didn’t feel like a job they COULD be trusted to do.
And none of my family/white friends could understand why. All of my black friends did.
As a European, I am sorry that the US police is incompetent and dangerous like this that you cannot trust them to handle these kind of situations and have to be afraid that someone gets killed. In other countries this would be standard case to call the police for, although they could only handle the disturbance aspect if there is no direct indication of violence or abuse
I understand your motivations, but I think that guy would still have found his tires running flat on a regular basis. And his power going out. And any other petty things I could think of to make his life worse.
I hate that guy, whether you say it or not. He is bringing unwanted, unloved children into a world where they will always be at least a step behind their peers, and without any understanding of why their world is so hard. And the reason is THAT GUY. So fuck him. He deserves what he gets.
Partying all night every night, a kid would “disturb his business”?
Yeah I’m pretty sure this was some sort of low level hustler of some sort of stimulants, whatever might be the go-to wherever the earlier commenter is from.
I really wouldn’t suggest making people like that annoyed in small ways like that, because they would never connect it to being a consequence of them acting that way and it would only make them more mad, probably making him more likely to harm others.
So… while it would be cathartic, remember to think twice.
I really wouldn’t suggest making people like that annoyed in small ways like that, because they would **never** connect it to being a consequence of them acting that way and it would only make them more mad, probably making him more likely to harm others.
Very good point. Someone like this has a shitty day it isn’t because they’re a shitty person in their opinion. They take it out on others.
Exactly.
Deflate his tires and he might just abuse the people he’s already abusing even more.
The escalation is what I’m welcoming.
I never call the police for shit like that either. Some big animal is standing in the road? Sure. Car accident? Sure. If they’re already at the scene I’ll talk to them.
I’ve never seen anything get better in a heated situation because the cops showed up.
I grew up in complete chaos though. I seen my dad get beat half to death by them when I was a kid, followed a few years later by my brother being tackled and kicked at the bottom of our stairs.
My brother was a beast though, so I’m not sure anyone else could have controlled him that night.
He somehow survived being the beast he was and he’s a good father and a contributing member of society these days. Better than me actually.
It sounds like there was child abuse happening. Imo, you made a mistake not calling the police.
Woosh af. Bullets dont solve child abuse social workers and crisis response do
Sounds like OP did neither. While I dont trust cops at all, statistically, it would have been better to make the call because they more often than not don’t shoot people. And actually, yes, bullets would solve the child abuse problem, just not in a way anybody would want. Can’t abuse a child if you’re dead.
I’d absolutely roll the dice for the child’s safety over the piece of shit parents life.
Im sure watching their shitty parents getting murdered in front of them would do wonders for their mental health.
You’re making the assumption that there’s a 100% chance that they will get shot. Cops suck, but they don’t shoot 100% of the time.
One is more than it should be.
I’m the whitest white guy who ever whited, but I don’t trust the police for the same reasons.
I don’t trust anyone who could shoot me and get away with it.
I’m the whitest white guy who ever whited
Weird time to bring up jerking off.
Never call the police why we all need to be armed. Seriously dude called for help and was killed in by the people who was supposed to protect him.
What they do to the lady who had broken in?
What they do to the lady who had broken in?
From the article:
Boudreaux was not hit by gunfire. She was booked for home invasion with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon child abuse and domestic violence.
I wouldn’t be surprised if she ends up charged with felony murder because of the cop’s escalation, though.
100%, ultimately she is the cause, and also, you KNOW the police ain’t stepping up to take their own accountability.
Pretty sure gender also came into play.
As a person of personhood, this is likely the best default.
an officer-involved shooting occurred
Only the officer was involved in shooting.
that and the homeowner he wrongfully shot i guess but yeah mainly the cop shot while everyone else just got to be a part of being shot at
Guy had some violent criminals outside his house trying to break in and hurt him and his family. Calls the cops. Now he’s got an extra violent criminal with a gun who breaks into his house and kills him. Why does anyone call the cops anymore???
What else do you do? I get the point but who else deals with that if you can’t? At a certain point you have to roll those dice right?
But a gun, learn to use it, call a lawyer then cops. Or gamble on the cops and going fisticuffs with a knife like this poor guy did.
Smash cut to Rambo over here in an actual perceived thread, tripping over his footie pajamas in the dark and shooting himself in the dick with the first bullet and his neighbor in the face with second. Then reveals that the “gang of migrants” “breaking in” was actually just mormon kids knocking on your door to tell you about home pest control service they are also selling on their iPads.
You secured the perimeter, dipshit.
Sure is a nice straw man you built for yourself to jerk off over.
“Just Mormon kids” selling pest control? at 12:40 AM?
Oh, I’m sorry… Do you work to populate your own planet filled with your dead family in the afterlife while wearing special underpants and being afraid of soda… only during business hours?
The funny thing is that real Mormonism is so much weirder than that.
Like the magic masonic underwear.
If you weren’t aware, Mormons wear magic masonic underwear. They are required to wear magic masonic underwear.
a bunch of guys breaking into your house and you with one gun will probably have the same outcome
especially if you store it safely, locked in a safe, unloaded, ammo separate
Then store it safely, fully loaded, with one in the chamber.
that’s not how responsible gun owners are meant to store it
I agree that cops aren’t responsible gun owners.
Uh, no. Firearms are nearly pointless if they cannot be used.
Store it loaded in a quick release safe or hidden in such a manner that it will not be accidentally accessed.
per the Justice dept - that is not the “official” advise, but a layman opinion https://www.justice.gov/media/1337981/dl?inline
while I understand your emotional reaction in the context of the story, my personal belief is that “well regulated militia” does intend the safe and responsible use of firearms under specific circumstances, and not to be a .44 under your pillow or duct taped to the back of your armchair
while it’s not illegal per se, if anyone else picks up your gun not stored correctly you could (depending on the state) be on the hook for illegal transfer of a weapon (+ to a minor if relevant), or brandishment laws.
As it’s much more likely that an unstored firearm (quick access safe aside), could be stolen, picked up by someone else, or seen by a visitor (postal worker, jehovas witness, canvasser, guest…) than a full scale home invasion by a militia - it might be worth weighing the likelihood of trying to take down multiple assailants in a firefight against these outcomes
I thought that you are supposed to leave the chamber empty, preventing accidental discharge?
Fair question. Not pulling the trigger prevents accidental discharge.
Having one in chamber saves time. It’s one less thing to do in a stressful situation when every millisecond counts. If it’s got a safety, train with it engaged and flip it off as part of any exercise.
a bunch of guys breaking into your house and you with one gun
Welcome to the argument for standard capacity magazines.
He feel victim to one of the classic blunders.
Nice thing about not having children is you can leave your gun loaded with a round in the chamber.
Just flip it to fire and pull the trigger.
Anyone not welcome will be put down immediately
You separate and control both people. You use your police h2h training to deescalate the situation, soak them both in pepper spray or taze them both while you sort out the facts. You get stabbed doing your duty to serve and protect civilians because you knew that is what you signed up for and why police are heroes…
Oh wait…
Personally I blast a monolog sequence from an old mobster movie and then fire blank rounds of a tommy gun
And then give them to the count of 10 to get their ugly, yellow, no-good keister off my property, before I pump their guts full of lead.
Merry Christmas you filthy animal!
And a happy new year!
Basically same, but I don’t have blanks…
Hopefully you’re firing at least one variety of blanks.
You’re rooting for people who break and enter in occupied dwellings instead of a person defending their home, on a post about the cops showing up and shooting the homeowner who was struggling against a home invader attacking them with a knife? Ooooook.
Rooting, no, nor did I say so
However I do hope you have a look at realistic stats on gun ownership, namely that you are in an attempt to compensate for your insecurities making yourself and anyone who lives with you more likely to die. Depending on your age and ethnicity (I’m going to assume 20s and white for now), when you enter your 40s or 50s you are much more likely to use that gun on your temple or as an edible than you are to “defend your home”.
So…yeah, I hope people like you don’t have kids unless you can sort your emotions out and be a logical adult.
Tired old body shaming won’t get me to surrender to home invaders, sorry but anyone with half a brain can see right through that shameful tactic. Furthermore “People with gun more likely to kill self with gun than people without gun” duh, and people in water more likely to drown than people in the desert, but
A) Don’t shoot yourself. Problem solved.
B) If I really wanted to die and didn’t have a gun, I have a half gallon of nicotine suspended in VG I could drink, a bottle of tylenol I could take, and a half bottle of 100 proof whiskey I could polish off on the train tracks within a 5 min walk of me. “Not having a gun” isn’t what’s gonna stop me from killing myself “not wanting to kill myself” is a lot more effective.
So yeah, mind your own business.
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copsANYONE should be killed lowers the IQ in any conversation. They’re about killing people; we’re not.”Shooting at the cops is only going to end one way, you, dead.
“After Brandon Durham falls to the floor the officer shoots him five more times.”
Sounds like a fucking execution.
Dead people can’t sue. Also shooting isn’t to disable, shooting is to kill. You are trained to keep shooting until you are confident the threat is neutralized.
Person that looks like they were just outside, with crime hoodie and all? Probably not the suspect. Some guy half naked in his evening wear? POW POW POW!!!
Shit like this will be the police’s downfall, because once the people don’t trust you, you’re not a policie force, but civilian suppression force.
you’re not a policie force, but civilian suppression force.
Corporate has asked you to describe the difference between these two pictures.
Attacking the wrong person aside, opening fire during a knife attack (not directed towards cops) seems like a huge overreaction.
Also, person in undies vs a person in a hoodie and jacket. Who looks like they just got woken up out of bed vs was outside a moment ago.
Games should have friendly fire more often to remind everyone not to fire into a melee
…that seems like one of the few times where shooting is justified.
If someone is literally about to kill a victim police should use force. Obviously, they shouldn’t shoot three wrong person, but defending people from attackers is the entire reason for police to be armed.
But why shoot them? Why not at least tase them? To me it seems that taser would be as effective as a gun in this case but not as deadly
Tasers ate good for someone who’s unarmed. They’re not reliable enough to stop someone who is actively trying to kill someone with a weapon.
Shoot first, investigate ourselves later. The lesson here is don’t call the police? There’s a good chance that you’ll overpower the attacker than be rescued by undertrained police.
My dad once called the police to help his friend who was having a bit of scary episode. He was threatening to hurt himself. My dad, in a panic and feeling helpless, was hoping the police could help bring him down from the edge. All they did was make the situation worse, barking orders and making demands, escalating emotions. The night ended with the friend being tazed and arrested.
My dad no longer calls the police for things. Honestly, we’re extremely lucky he wasn’t shot.
I always laughed at these house signs that say: we don’t call 911 and two revolvers. Now i think they are actually right, just for the wrong reasons.
In 2025 you have to protect yourself from police in America. They could come to the wrong door and bust in and try to kill you. You have a right to defend your life and that includes killing a police officer.
The next president has already said he’s going to give them blanket immunity. That means cops can do anything they want now
Forget about 911, buy a gun and train often. The police will not only not protect you, they will kill you even if you are innocent
I remember reading about major police fuck ups in 2000 when I was first really getting online. It never gets easier to look at these miserable excuses of policing. Best part is that the officer involved in this shooting was born at roughly the same time I became aware of this shit.
There’s no better place to be a murdering son of a bitch than one’s local police force. And that’s a hundred fold now that’s it’s going to be the new Gestapo
Every leftist in this country needs to own a gun before they start banning gun sales based on political affiliation
Only YOU will be able to ensure your own safety in the next 4 years.
Some people look at me crosseyed when I tell em’ I own guns
You should see how they jaw drops when I tell em’ I want more
I ain’t talking a sawed off to keep thieves from my front door
I want a Glock and an auto cuz I don’t trust the cops y’all
Typical day on the job for police then
Sadly this is the reality of it, he was targeted simply because he was a man attacked by a woman and society is often as misandrist as it is misogynistic.
Misandry is “in” now
Misandry has been in since feminism got equality for women and thought “Can we go for revenge?”
Edit: I’m not trying to dis anyone here, I believe the battle against sexism is a virtuous one. But unfortunately, we have a status quo where we only care about the rights of women and pretend being a man is life on “Easy Mode”, when that’s very much not the case.
It’s why chuds go for grifters. They’re desperate for anyone to say that they matter. It’s just cult shit.
Hating men is okay and if you point it out you’re an abusive rapist.
We shouldn’t judge groups of people based on the actions of a minority, unless it’s men.
Dipshit probably on paid leave
He won’t even get that. They’ll play it off like he had to make a call before the knife killed someone and that it’s unfortunate the homeowner got shot. Even though you can clearly see the knife is in her hand…
The police don’t do anything wrong this was proven when they investigated themselves…
When seconds matter… The cops are minutes away
He would’ve been better off if they were hours away!
“Dispatch told us the lady who called for help had a really low-pitched, masculine voice. Not our fault.”
Life is cheap in the USA.
HARAMBE, pnut, now this guy
