[Uncle Hal]

When I lived in L.A., maybe 15 years ago, there was a raid early in the morning in which the L.A. Sheriffs Department raided the wrong home in the mountains above Malibu. They thought the guy was growing marijuana, which he was not. The suspected weed was observed by the Sheriff's helicopter and amazingly no ground inspection was ever made before the raid. The homeowner thinking somebody was breaking into his house grabbed his gun and was shot to death by the cops. Come to find out, although much of the homeowners land was in L.A. County the home was located in Ventura County. The Ventura County authorities were never notified of the raid beforehand. As I recall the police got away with a slap on the wrist. No action was ever taken against them.

[george wythe]

The homeowner thinking somebody was breaking into his house grabbed his gun and was shot to death by the cops.

The War on [some] Drug plus dynamic entries, a dangerous combination for all involved.

IMHO, getting some weed will never be worth the life of a citizen or police officer.

[Heyworth]

As I recall, there was even more to it. The land was coveted to add to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, so a pretext to seize it was eagerly seized upon.

Then there's the case somewhere in the south where the cops broke in on some guy and he did shoot the cop dead. No drugs were found, and the dead cop was the only one who allegedly had the information that led to the raid. But he was the Chief's son, so now the shooter is on death row. There have been a couple of threads about the case here.