Posted on 09/25/2012 9:04:13 AM PDT by AAABEST
A 61-year-old man was shot to death by police while his wife was handcuffed in another room during a drug raid on the wrong house.
Police admitted their mistake, saying faulty information from a drug informant contributed to the death of John Adams Wednesday night. They intended to raid the home next door.
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The two officers, 25-year-old Kyle Shedran and 24-year-old Greg Day, were placed on administrative leave with pay.
“We did the best surveillance we could do, and a mistake was made,” Lebanon Police Chief Billy Weeks said. “It’s a very severe mistake, a costly mistake. It makes us look at our own policies and procedures to make sure this never occurs again.” He said, however, the two policemen were not at fault.
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AAA I’m in Knoxville, TN and it doesn’t show up in our local newspaper on line under state news. That and they state it happened Wednesday Night says it’s older news.. How old? I’m not sure either.
Fortunately, my wife was home alone and we hadn't amassed the arsenal that we have accumulated at this time. I never did get any kind of reasonable explanation from the Sheriff's department. I certainly am not one of the "I hate the cops crowd" as I work with the cops on a daily basis. But occasionally sloppy work does get them into trouble.
i DO NOT accept this “a perosn is dead because were at the wrong house” excuse, as though if they had been at the “right house” it would have been OK to kill THAT person!
These cops need to go to the rope!
No you're not but posting a 12 year old article as news is sneaky.
That said the officers and chief should have been fired. There is no excuse for raiduing a Wrong House. None whatsoever. A trucker screws up and someone dies he never drives a rig he's fired and no one will hire him again. A cop screws up unlawfully entering someones house and someone dies but it's OK?
I agree with you completely; it is amazing to me how much of a reaction old and already resolved news on something like this can create.
“The homeowner fired at the police first with a sawed off shotgun. What were the police supposed to do?”
Not raid the wrong house.
They deserved to die, not the innocent man who was defending his home.
Folks, for the love of Pete, start thinking about ending the war on drugs. Demand it, let it be sold at Walgreens or given away free at clinics, but enough of this. These raids won’t stop as long as the American people are insistent on continuing the war on drugs. The dogs are not going to stop being shot, the cars being searched, etc.
I fought the WOD everyday, full time, for five years. It cannot be won the way it is being prosecuted. It is helping greatly to destroy the nation and it has been going full steam since 1972 with no end in sight.
Again, I implore to you, individually and collectively, to consider the complete legalization, regulation, distribution, and possible taxation of what are considered illicit narcotics commonly abused by citizens.
The article didn't mention he had more than one wife. That means that just one woman is a widow, not multiple women.
Am I missing something? You clearly stated that, "a women is now a widow."
just a typo. It was earily when I replied to the thread.
RIP.
My brother is a retired police officer. They are permiitted to fire back when fired upon. They were given the wrong address, and by all accounts they did identify themselves.
No, they did not deserve to die. The homeowner fired first, without determining whether or not he was facing a real threat.
Same as with the other walking talking crap that stumbles across my path — I hear the noise you make, but I don’t believe it.
“Same as with the other walking talking crap that stumbles across my path — I hear the noise you make, but I don’t believe it.”
I’ve heard that about psychotics. Sad. I didn’t realize. God bless you, you poor thing.
>> No, they did not deserve to die.
Here in Texas, if you kill a cop wrongfully kicking your door down, the law considers that they DO deserve to die.
I don’t do drugs and I don’t commit crimes. I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that there is no reason for the police to swat me. If they kick down MY door and I am at all able to defend myself against them, they WILL die. And as a Texas citizen I’ll be justified and exonerated.
Anyway, the idea that these cops somehow were not responsible for double checking their information — HOWEVER they obtained it — is asinine. Would you have me believe that they were just handed a written order to capture or kill some random homeowner and they knew NOTHING of the supposed perp, or the supposed crime, or the informant, or the court order, etc?
Bullshit.
The steroids make that tiny little brain of yours overactive, don’t they?
Of course I already knew that you just “make stuff up” and feel justified somehow.
Carry on.
“Carry on.”
Sir!
That is the way the story reads. And no, I am not aware that police officers are in the habit of second guessing their assignments or the addresses they are given.
Do alkies run things now, since their drug is legal?
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