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.
>> 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.
Clearly, he was facing a real threat.
“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.”
Breaking into a house with guns is a very dangerous activity. They should be held criminally accountable if wrong, even if merely negligenct. In fact, it should be a capital offense.
“No, they did not deserve to die. The homeowner fired first, without determining whether or not he was facing a real threat.”
You’ll make a fine Obama storm-trooper boot licker. Anyone breaking into a house with guns is a “real threat.”
Shame the innocent man had to die instead of the criminal police whose idiocy caused the problem.