Maye on Death Row; Shot Police Officer breaking into daughters bedroom

The Hattiesburg American | January 23, 2004 | Hattiesburg American

[TennMountains]

Only a link and title are allowed for any material from Gannett Publications.

[Riley]

OK- went to the NAACP site and did a search.

Searched for Cory Maye:
"Your search - Cory Maye - did not match any documents. "

Searched for just Maye:
"Your search - Maye - did not match any documents."

Searched for Hattiesburg:
Three hits- including one that gives contact info for their office in Hattiesburg. The other two do not mention Mr. Maye or his case.

Nuthin'

Oh- but they do have a big "Save Tookie" article on their home page.

[Homer1]

more from TheAgitator

[dljordan]

"local law enforcement officials have refused to say what the officers were searching for or whether Mayes was a suspect in the raid."

Uh-huh. More cops tricks?

[Pharmboy]

Crooked cops and judges are now the standard in America.

Overheated rhetoric seems standard for you.

[Mojave]

Announced their presence in unit #1, found nothing, moved to a side door which was actually unit#2, entered forcifully while not announcing their presence or identity perhaps because they thought it was the same unit, officer shot by tenant in unit#2.

Possibly. The jury heard all of the facts and rendered a verdict.

[Homer1]

One of the blogs talked with two jury members who decided to convict based on reasons such as not liking Maye's defense attourney.

[Mojave]

"McDonald said that Maye was the only person involved in the shooting. Maye was not shot." --Hattiesburg American, Dec. 27, 2001

[F.J. Mitchell]

Slimy on the part of these hick town cops, for sure.

I recall an incidence that happened in a small Eastern, New Mexico town, some twenty years ago. A man was pursued for speeding and some fifteen miles west of town, by that time the pursuit had grown to several cars; they shot his tires down and he wound up in a pasture, far from the road. Rather than waiting him out they Bonnie and Clyded the car-speeder shot to death.

I don't even recall there being an investigation- same Cops probably still on the streets of that town.

That's slimy!

[RGSpincich]

The jury heard all of the facts and rendered a verdict.

All the facts that were admitted by the judge, anyway. If the judge made errors hopefully the appeals court will correct them.

[khnyny]

"Oh- but they do have a big "Save Tookie" article on their home page."

So much for priorities. I guess poor Mr. Maye doesn't have the $$ or political pull of a former gang leader (and he's no OJ or M. Jackson). How disgusting.

Kudos to you for checking the NAACP web site.

[JimRed]

If these are the facts and the police did not declare themselves on the way in ...

And, who do we believe? Did he have a record? Criminals lie automatically, and LEOs are not always 100% truthful, especially when in the CYA mode.

[beltfed308]

Very interesting. Having no warrant would seem to me an illegal act being committed. Any civilian would at the least be looking at a felony charge.

If the officer was unarmed as stated in the article then I think the jury might have decided on that aspect.

Double standard to say the least if true.

[Riley]

I haven't Googled "Cory Maye" yet, but I did a search with Clusty and got lots of hits- both in the 'Web' and 'Blogs' categories.

Going to take a while to sift through it all.

[Mojave]

If the judge made errors hopefully the appeals court will correct them.

If the judge didn't, hopefully justice will be rendered swiftly.

[eddie2]

http://www.theagitator.com/archives/025962.php#025962 Might check out this website found on dogpile. Don,t know anything about agitator.

[Mojave]

I recall an incidence that happened in a small Eastern, New Mexico town, some twenty years ago.

Uh huh.

[SevenMinusOne]

And, who do we believe? Did he have a record? Criminals lie automatically, and LEOs are not always 100% truthful, especially when in the CYA mode.

Agreed -

However "cowboy" police officers play CYA all the time as well -

There seems to have been very little need for a assault on this house. That does seem clear.

[JimRed]

Further, I've seen nothing that would indicate this young man had any sort of criminal record.

If he did have a record, stating that fact in the story would interfere with the leftist anti-cop agenda of most of the MSM...

[Mark was here]

The man your hero murdered was a K-9 officer.

Never said he was my hero. Try again. I like real cops, it's those who profit from the drug business I don't particularly care for, but I certainly don't wish them dead. Just wish they were in a more honest line of work.

This officers death is but a small price to pay, to keep the revenue flowing to those profiting from the WOD. Some may use it as a call for more revenue to flow into their pockets.

[SauronOfMordor]

It's a self-serving assumption.

A man asleep in his own home. His baby is one occupant. If the other occupant had not been his wife/girlfriend, I'm sure the article would have given it passing comment, purely on the basis of the oddness of the situation

In any event, I would have voted to acquit