Las Vegas police kill victim of home invasion, Brandon Durham, who called 911 for help
Las Vegas police kill victim of home invasion, Brandon Durham, who called 911 for help
Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting in which an officer killed a victim of a home invasion who had called 911 for help.
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.
As a person of color, we do not trust the police.
This is why.
261About 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.
90As 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
29I 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.
25I 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.
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I'm the whitest white guy who ever whited, but I don't trust the police for the same reasons.
57I don't trust anyone who could shoot me and get away with it.
9I'm the whitest white guy who ever whited
Weird time to bring up jerking off.
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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?
32What 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.
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Pretty sure gender also came into play.
28As a person of personhood, this is likely the best default.
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an officer-involved shooting occurred
Only the officer was involved in shooting.
158that 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
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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???
111What 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?
11You 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.......
10Wouldn't you rather kill a cop than die by cop?
Anyone busting down my door is getting 600 rounds per minute from a 120 round magazine. I don't give a fuck who they are. My finger will continue to wiggle until there are no rounds left. They can always identify them by their badge or their fingerprintsPolice are not here to protect you, they are here to protect the property of the wealthy. They will kill you without a second thought
Arm the left and Make Nazis Afraid Again.
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"After Brandon Durham falls to the floor the officer shoots him five more times."
Sounds like a fucking execution.
83Dead 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.
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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.
56you’re not a policie force, but civilian suppression force.
Corporate has asked you to describe the difference between these two pictures.
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Attacking the wrong person aside, opening fire during a knife attack (not directed towards cops) seems like a huge overreaction.
33Also, 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.
17Games should have friendly fire more often to remind everyone not to fire into a melee
10...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.
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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.
31My 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.
18I 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.
12In 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
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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.
29There'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
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Typical day on the job for police then
24Sadly 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.
19Misandry is “in” now
3Hating 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.
-4Misandry 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.
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Dipshit probably on paid leave
12He 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....
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When seconds matter... The cops are minutes away
11He would've been better off if they were hours away!
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"Dispatch told us the lady who called for help had a really low-pitched, masculine voice. Not our fault."
9Life is cheap in the USA.
3Cops are trash. What else is new?
1HARAMBE, pnut, now this guy
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