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Texas -Cop shoots 72-year-old dead in his home (Wrong address, no charges)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news ^
| 1/30/2014
| Ashley Collman
Posted on 01/30/2014 10:55:13 AM PST by dragnet2
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According to a search warrant affidavit released by the Star-Telegram in July, the two officers encountered an armed Waller near the corner of his home, told them they were police and to drop his gun.
Waller didn't drop his gun and instead raised it at Hoeppner who proceeded to fatally shoot the senior citizen seven times.
According to the autopsy report, Waller suffered three hits to his chest as well as single shots to his abdomen and hand. Two other bullets grazed his wrist and forearm.
'I don't know who the guy is,' Hanlon says. 'The guy came out with a gun. He wouldn't put the gun down. He pointed it at Hoeppner. Hoeppner fired.'
Waller was found in his garage and pronounced dead at the scene.
Waller's widow and the rest of his family released a statement of their own as well, saying they would not comment on the grand jury's decision until their independent investigation into the shooting finished.
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posted on
01/30/2014 10:55:13 AM PST
by
dragnet2
To: dragnet2
Just remember the new rules:
You screw up, you pay
The government screws up, you pay
You can’t lie to the government
The government can lie to you
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posted on
01/30/2014 10:57:04 AM PST
by
henkster
(Communists never negotiate.)
To: dragnet2
Fort Worth PD is really full of these guys. Has been for decades.
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:00:42 AM PST
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: dragnet2
Defending your home can sometimes prove fatal.
To defend your home from the police or the state could prove fatal with no consequences for the murderers.
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:02:02 AM PST
by
Sopater
(Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
To: dragnet2
As always, no details.
I'll get the popcorn anyways........
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:02:34 AM PST
by
onona
(The entitlement army doesnÂ’t vote for candidates, they vote for gravy.)
To: dragnet2
As terrible as this decision appears, at least it was taken by a JURY instead of a police chief, or a prosecutor.
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:03:29 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
To: dragnet2
"Chief Jerry Halstead of the Fort Worth Police says he hopes the grand jury's decision will help start the healing process for both the Waller family and the cop"
The Chief is delusional. Justice and the healing process have not even begun. Hopefully, the killers and their Chief will be held to justice somewhere in the future.
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:04:01 AM PST
by
Truth29
To: All
This sounds like something that would happen in Florida.
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:04:05 AM PST
by
MplsSteve
To: dragnet2
What happened - was he wearing a dog costume?
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:04:22 AM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: henkster
So much for moving to Fort Worth, TX...
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:05:14 AM PST
by
Kackikat
To: dragnet2
The should make the family pay for the blood to be cleaned off the officers clothes, and for the ammo.
To: dragnet2
At least the police got to go home that night. /sarc
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:06:19 AM PST
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: dragnet2
Bad guys - stupid criminals with long hair
Good guys - stupid criminals with short hair
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:06:35 AM PST
by
gaijin
To: Truth29
I hope the family sues and sues and sues.....cops are hired by WE THE PEOPLE....they are our servants.....they do OUR bidding....and yet they can go to the wrong house and kill a guy for protecting his own home....
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:06:52 AM PST
by
cherry
(.in the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is revolutionary.....)
To: dragnet2
According to a search warrant affidavit released by the Star-Telegram in July, Am I understanding that correctly? The cops got a search warrant to investigate a burglary?
That does not sound right.
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:07:29 AM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in comparison.)
To: dragnet2
He may not have heard them. Either way, the bastards were at the wrong house and killed an innocent man. They should be fired and sent to prison for manslaughter at the very least.
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:08:07 AM PST
by
ZULU
(Magua is sitting in the Oval Office. Ted Cruz/Phil Robertson in 2016.)
To: dragnet2
That’s BS! -— police need to be held accountable for such negligence...and I’m a former LE officer...it’s just the right thing to do...they screwed up - and a citizen died...
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:10:32 AM PST
by
BCW
(Salva reipublicae)
To: dragnet2
As usual, the police absolve themselves of all wrong doing.
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:11:59 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: dragnet2
it seems, IF you call the police; THEN you'll pay w/your property
or your life @ risk and your beloved friends & animals, too.
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:13:16 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: dragnet2
That's the cops' story.
With no other witnesses (alive) they'll be sticking to it.
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posted on
01/30/2014 11:14:34 AM PST
by
AU72
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