Posted on 12/10/2005 6:28:19 AM PST by TennMountains
Edited on 12/11/2005 12:54:13 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
And cops have NEVER manipulated facts to fit their scenario that they are pure as the driven snow! Get real, the jury was going by what the same cops who busted in on this guy told them. The cops stand by their own, right or wrong, and if this story is the way it was written, they were wrong in this case.
I have been victim of cops serving a warrent at the wrong house, my house. They were looking for someone I had never heard of and I didn't have time to get my gun(which I now keep on my person at all times)and was roughed up and thrown against the wall(complaints later were ignored by the officer's superiors)and shouted down when I tried to ask what was going on. They searched my house without a warrent, because the one they had was for a house not even close to mine, subjected me to humiliation and were never brought to account for it. Don't tell me that cops are all wonderful, law abiding citizens. The police forces of this country are full of a**holes who love the power and misuse it constantly.
Why would a man with no criminal record, not pay attention to cops screaming out they are police and decide to shoot one? This doesn't make sense. It is more likely the cop didn't announce himself when he broke in.
Or he didn't hear it. It is kind of odd to me that if someone were to decide to shoot it out with the cops- that he'd fire only three shots and then he'd suddenly stop and put down the weapon.
And why on earth would this guy decide to intentionally shoot it out with the cops if he knew he didn't have any drugs or anything in the house?
Based on what we *think* we know about this case at this point- and the information is admittedly thin- it sounds more like a tragedy than a crime.
It should have been specified in the warrant. They did have a warrant, right?
Right?
"They did have a warrant, right?"
Umm...sort of.
http://www.theagitator.com/archives/025971.php
But all we have is this guy's blog at this point. Time will tell.
I'm giving 10-1 that this case will be thrown out on appeal or at least have the charge changed to something much less than murder....
That's the point of the hurried entry and all the yelling and shouting--to disorient the people inside the building.
Usually, nothing happens that results in a death--but sometimes ---- happens.
There have been other notorious cases, sometimes where the death of the homeowner occurs. And in some of them, the police were at the wrong home with an invalid warrant.
---- happens.
Yeah. He decides to shoot it out with the cops...a guy with NO record (fact), wh is not listed in the warrant (fact) and has no drugs in his house (fact)...so in his mind...these wouldn't be cops. If you knew you had 100 lbs of coke in your house...then the guys busting in your door at 2 am are likely to be cops. This guy decides to shoot it out and then stop when he hears the word "police?" knowing he doesn't have any reason for police to be there in the first place?
Yeah...that makes a LOT of sense. I think It's the cops busting in...so I'll shoot one then stop...even though I've never done an illegal act in my life...I'll KILL a cop...knowing it's a cop and then stop shotting. Those who think he "MURDERED" a cop...THINK about the LOGIC of that. Never done an illegal act to have a record and decides to pick this one night with his daughter in the bedroom to KILL a cop...knowing he's a cop....just because. Think about it.
We're not in disagreement.
"The defense attempted to prove that Maye did not know the persons breaking in were police officers, and that he was trying to protect his infant son, who was in the bedroom with him."
Was it a son or a daughter?
Weren't also two other persons arrested at the duplex?
I certainly don't presume to know all the facts. The guy could be as guilty as sin....but you could also have a "To Kill a Mockingbird" type of thing going on here where the cop that was killed is a local kid...and the town is outraged and facts matter little. If the guy got stuck with a public defender...he got screwed....again...he might of got what he deserved...who knows....but there might have been a whole lot of "we're gonna get the guy that killed our buddy..."
Agreed. Which brings the question why did Maye not demand a speedy trial?
From post #4 above:
Local law enforcement officials have refused to say what the officers were searching for or whether Mayes was a suspect in the raid. Two other residents of the duplex were temporarily detained, but then released without charges, the Associated Press reported.
Why would officials refuse to talk? It sounds suspicious to me.
"They took a one year old into custody?"
No, they took two other guys who lived in the duplex.
Apparently, there was a gun fight and, hence, enough time for one of the three to hide the drugs if any were on the premises.
Don't know about constantly but we certainly do hear about it when it happens. That said, there should be complete surveilance to ascertain the address is correct before making their move. And btw, it was a duplex just FYI
The article does not state whether there is more than one bedroom - all we can do is surmise. I found the headline and the report to be too incomplete and misleading to make an IMO judgement. Again, guessing...they probably did identify themselves at front door, the man may have been sleeping with tv on, and didn't hear. When no answer.....well.
But I don't think the "cop got what he deserved" as you say. Perhaps you meant the system.
At any rate this "news" story is two years old.
I understood it to be at the wrong address. How did this get through a grand jury?
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