[daybreakcoming]

; Shot Police Officer breaking into daughters bedroom,

I know cop haters must love that headline.....never mind that the back door to house was located in that room. And he keeps pistol in "her bedroom"? i.e.""I immediately ran to my daughter's room, got a pistol"

[Mark was here]

I know cop haters must love that headline.....

There is a difference between real cops catching real bad criminals, and revenue agents out just using their badge to make a buck.

I like real cops. I put revenue agents, "Just doing my job" in the same class as NAZI prison guards executing the prisoners, after all they were "Just doing their job!". These same revenue agents will bust in to your house and steal your guns, if that is what it takes to get their pension. Their pension holds more sway than their oath to defend the Constitution.

[TennMountains]

You raise a good point, but one of the articles I read stated that the back door was also an entrance into the daughter's bedroom. Apparently this was neither a large duplex, nor a normal residence layout. The police apparently thought it was another door into the residence they had a warrant for, and for all we know, at one time may have been. But it would help explain why his gun was in that room. Further, I've seen nothing that would indicate this young man had any sort of criminal record. I can't help but hope there's something wrong with the information being put forth.

[El Gato]

And he keeps pistol in "her bedroom"? i.e.""I immediately ran to my daughter's room, got a pistol"

Not particularly unreasonable. It might only be a one bedroom duplex. I know I lived in one of those for awhile, with a daughter slightly younger than his was at the time. Even if it was a two bedroom, those places generally don't have much closet space, and stuff tends to get stored in the kids room, at least until the kid accumulates enough stuff of her own that needs to be stored.

[calex59]

It sounds to me like it was the ONLY bedroom. They said he wqs sleeping in the living room because he daughter used the bedroom. Logical place to keep a pistol to my way of thinking since a 14 month old is hardly likely to load a magazine and chamber a round. This story could be true as presented and if so the cop got what he deserved, breaking and entering is breaking and entering no matter who you are. If, however, he properly identified himself, and a lot of times they don't, then this guy should have been tried for something. Whether or not he deserves first degree murder is very questionable.

Personally I think no knock warrents should be done away with, as they have been repsonsible for more than one innocent persons death, the cops are constantly breaking in the doors of the wrong houses.